10,000 sake recipes

Soft cherry muffins with maraschino cherries, almond extract, and a crunchy sugar-almond topping. Buttermilk keeps them tender while cherry juice adds a rosy sweetness.

Applesauce-raisin doughnuts made quick with a baking mix: spiced cake doughnut dough with applesauce and raisins, fried golden and tossed in cinnamon sugar. Warm, moist and easy fall doughnuts.

Spiced cherry biscotti studded with candied cherries and almonds, warmed with nutmeg, and dusted with cinnamon-nutmeg sugar. A ruby-flecked holiday coffee cookie.

Milk chocolate biscotti packed with toasted whole almonds and cocoa-darkened dough. Crisp, twice-baked Italian cookies ready for dunking in coffee or espresso.

Cran-raspberry cheesecake on an almond-genoise base, topped with decorative sponge cake cutouts. An elegant baked cheesecake layered with tangy cranberry-raspberry filling.

Mini chocolate chip cheesecakes: fudgy chocolate cupcake batter topped with a creamy cream cheese dollop and studded with mini chips. Pop-in-your-mouth sized, bake-sale ready, impossible to eat just one.

Chocolate crossword cookies: thick, chewy chocolate bar cookies loaded with chocolate chips, baked in a pan and cut into squares. A bake-sale favorite with a brownie-cookie hybrid texture.

Peanut butter bears: cinnamon-spiced peanut butter cut-out cookies shaped like teddy bears with detailed dough faces. A holiday baking project that's as fun as the cookies are good.

Chocolate snappers with unsweetened chocolate, cinnamon, and corn syrup rolled in sugar and baked until crackled. A chewy, crinkle-style chocolate cookie with a sugary crust.

Classic gingerbread cutout cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger in a sturdy dough that holds its shape. Corn syrup keeps them soft while vinegar adds a subtle tang that balances the warm spices.

These very chocolatey, chewy cookies are a favorite with my young nephews and nieces. When they come to visit we make them together and they have so much fun, just make sure you use an over-sized bowl so the ingredients don't go flying, the boys seem to be overly enthusiastic about stirring. LOL

Rolled ginger cookies with whole wheat flour, molasses, and a warming mix of ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. Chill the dough overnight for clean cut-out shapes that bake up crisp with spicy, old-fashioned holiday flavor.

With three rich, sweet, buttery and chocolatey layers, every bite is a luxury enjoyment. The combination of caramel, chocolate and shortbread is enough to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Double chocolate chip cookies with two cups of chocolate melted right into the dough and two more folded in whole. Deep, fudgy, brownie-like cookies packed with chips.

Adorable gingerbread teddy bear cookies hand-shaped from spiced dough with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. A fun holiday baking project for kids and grown-ups, no cookie cutters required.

Giant oatmeal chocolate candy cookies with chocolate candies, salted peanuts, and quick oats in a chewy brown sugar dough. Scooped by the quarter-cup for bakery-sized cookies.