810 shape recipes

Lemon filbert logs are buttery shortbread-style cookies shaped into fingers, rolled in chopped hazelnuts, and baked golden. Bright lemon zest and brown sugar give each bite a citrusy, nutty crunch.

Veggie Christmas tree platter with broccoli florets shaped into a tree, cauliflower as snow, and cherry tomato and carrot ornaments on a bed of ranch dressing. A festive no-cook appetizer.

Fitascetta is an Italian bread ring topped with red onions slow-cooked for 40 minutes until silky and sweet. A yeasted olive oil dough shaped into a ring and baked golden.

Sweet cheese ring appetizer made with sharp cheddar, mayonnaise, and pecans shaped into a ring with strawberry jam in the center. A no-cook Southern party spread ready in 5 minutes.

Nicomedes' anchovy, an ancient Roman culinary trick: blanched turnip slices shaped like anchovy filets, dressed with olive oil, salt, and poppy seeds to mimic fish without fish. Brilliant vegetarian party piece.

Touchdown football cake: a round yellow cake mix transformed into a football shape with milk chocolate frosting and piped vanilla laces. The Super Bowl party showpiece kids and adults both love.

Sourdough chocolate cookies, a discard recipe with rolled oats, unsweetened chocolate, and a splash of rum. Rolled and cut with cookie cutters for shaped cookies that taste like a tangier brownie.

Spritz dainties for the cookie press, made with brown sugar instead of white for a deeper butterscotch note. Buttery shaped cookies brushed with egg white wash and decorated for the holidays.

Nut butter cookie dough folds toasted, finely ground pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, or almonds into a master holiday butter cookie base. Shape it into Linzer cookies, Viennese crescents, cut-outs, or thumbprints.

Scotch shortbread is a 5-ingredient buttery Christmas cookie cut into festive shapes. Powdered sugar gives a melt-in-the-mouth crumb; tender, sandy, and made for sprinkling with colored sugar.

Homemade water bagels with the proper boil-then-bake method: shaped, chilled, dropped into sugar-water, then baked until shiny and golden. The classic dense-chewy bagel texture, made from scratch.

Bread machine doughnuts: enriched yeast dough kneaded by your bread maker on dough cycle, shaped into rings or twists, deep-fried golden, then dressed with chocolate, cinnamon sugar, or jelly fillings.

Chicago-style deep-dish pizza crust, Part 1: a cornmeal-laced yeast dough shaped with high walls and parbaked for 4 minutes. The foundation of authentic Chicago deep-dish at home.

Applique cookies stack contrasting chocolate-pepper and sugar cookie doughs, cut in different shapes and glued with egg white before baking, then drizzled with chocolate. A striking two-tone decorating technique.

Easy cinnamon ornaments made from just applesauce and ground cinnamon, rolled, cut into festive shapes, and air-dried into fragrant, long-lasting holiday decorations. A no-bake craft, not for eating.

Italian-American ricotta pie with a graham cracker crust, sour cream layer, and homemade black cherry topping. Three layers of dairy and fruit that cross over from cheesecake territory into pie shape.