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Three-layer lemon whipped cream torte with a cloud-light cake made from whipped egg whites, filled and frosted with a lemon custard folded into fresh whipped cream.

Zucchini carrot bread with grated vegetables, cinnamon, and chopped nuts baked into two moist loaves. The double-veggie combo adds moisture and natural sweetness. A garden-season staple.

Yule log cookies shaped into scored logs, baked, sliced on the diagonal, and decorated with holly icing. Spiced with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg.

Sugar and spice molasses cookies for Christmas. Soft, chewy, rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking. Cinnamon, cloves, and ginger for warm holiday flavor.

Basic tart pastry with butter and shortening for a flaky, tender crust. Rolls thin, fits one large or six small tart pans, and blind-bakes golden in 15 minutes.

Simple butterscotch squares made with melted butter, brown sugar, one egg, chopped nuts, and vanilla. A one-bowl blondie recipe that bakes in 30 minutes with just 8 ingredients.

Rum-glazed apple cheesecake with cinnamon-spiced McIntosh apples, toasted pecans, and an apple jelly-rum glaze over a graham cracker crust. A fall showstopper.

Vintage stuffed date drops from the 1950s: pecan-stuffed dates dipped in sour cream cookie batter, baked into tender little drops, and finished with a browned-butter golden glaze.

Lemon crinkle cookies made from just four ingredients: lemon cake mix, an egg, whipped topping, and powdered sugar. Tangy, soft, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Cherry fruit chews are a vintage Bisquick bar studded with maraschino cherries, dates, and walnuts. Seven ingredients, one bowl, baked in a 9x13 pan. Yields four dozen retro holiday bites.

Moist zucchini bread loaded with grated summer squash, brown sugar, cinnamon, and oil for a soft, never-dry crumb. Makes two freezer-friendly loaves, the classic late-summer use for garden zucchini.

Mincemeat oatmeal cookies with molasses, brown sugar, and rolled oats deliver a chewy, spice-laced bite. A vintage holiday cookie with rich fruit-and-spice flavor in every drop.

Hush puppy is an old Southern term that originated after the Civil War. People didn't have enough for themselves to eat let alone feed their dogs, so when the old hounds started barking from hunger, they would throw pieces of fried corn bread to them, yelling, 'Shut up, dog! Hush puppy!"

Friendship banana bread made with Amish friendship starter for extra tang and moisture, plus walnuts and a choice of orange zest or vanilla. A sourdough-style banana loaf.

Buttery rum muffins spiced with nutmeg and cloves, brushed with a warm rum-sugar glaze while still hot. Inspired by the classic hot buttered rum cocktail.

Marmalade biscuit squares with orange marmalade and butter baked under a Bisquick biscuit dough, then flipped upside down. A sticky-sweet treat in 30 minutes.