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A silky no-cook chilled soup blending canned apricots and pears with yogurt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Light, refreshing, and ready in minutes. The perfect summer starter.

Hazelnut pastry cream (creme patissiere) with scalded milk, eggs, flour, and hazelnut paste, lightened with whipped cream. A professional-grade filling for pastries.

Creamy chicken pot pie casserole with tender potatoes, sweet peas, and golden biscuit topping. This one-dish comfort meal uses leftover chicken and cream of mushroom soup for foolproof weeknight ease.

A light, cloud-like Swiss souffle made from dried chestnuts simmered in milk, laced with grappa, and lifted by fluffy egg whites. Dusted with icing sugar and served straight from the oven.

Frosted chocolate drop cookies with rolled oats, sour cream-tendered crumb, and a vanilla glaze topped with a pecan half. Bakery-style cake cookies from a 1950s lunch counter.

Cream cheese lemon pound cake from a doctored boxed mix with cream cheese, lemon zest and lemon gelatin. Tender, tangy bundt cake that tastes anything but boxed.

Try this quick, but scrumptious casserole that won't seem like it was made just before dinner time.

Applesauce tea bread is an eight-ingredient quickbread sweetened with applesauce instead of butter. A heavy hand of cinnamon and skim milk keep this loaf low-fat and pantry-simple.

Marshmallows meet molten chocolate in this retro baked pudding with crunchy pecans that's part cake, part magic trick for nostalgic dessert lovers.

Shisky are Eastern European yeast doughnuts spiked with rum or whiskey, double-risen, deep-fried to golden perfection, and dusted with powdered sugar. Light, pillowy, and just a little boozy.

A succulent chicken dish that is so easy to make, you can use your slow cooker!

This new spin on the delicious squash is perfect for the Autumn season and just in time for Thanksgiving.

Turn the gingerbread cookies into this delicious and light pudding.

Bread machine gingerbread loaf scented with molasses, ginger, and cinnamon. A soft yeasted bread (not a quick bread) with spicy holiday warmth and a tender crumb. Just dump and press start.

Hands-off crockpot stuffed peppers with seasoned beef meatloaf filling, spaghetti sauce, and 6-8 hours of slow cooking for tender peppers and juicy meat.

Easy peanut butter cake from a doctored cake mix, made extra moist with vanilla pudding and studded with peanuts, then frosted with chocolate-peanut butter frosting. The Reese's-lover's layer cake, no fuss required.