4,855 soba recipes

Holiday spice cookies roll out paper-thin from a molasses-and-spice dough with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and allspice. Crisp cookie-cutter cookies for the December tins.

Cherry pudding cake with a spoonable cinnamon batter studded with canned cherries and chopped nuts, served with a hot almond-cherry sauce poured over warm portions.

Applesauce carrot and raisin bread is a butter-free quickbread sweetened with applesauce, lifted with cinnamon and shredded carrot, and studded with golden raisins.

Peanut butter shortbread: round pan-pressed shortbread with peanut butter in the dough and a peanut butter icing topped with melted white chocolate drizzle. Two pan-rounds.

Lightened strawberry shortcake with a buttermilk-canola oil biscuit layered with strained yogurt (skyr) and fresh strawberries instead of whipped cream. A modern healthier take on the classic.

Nutty carob chip cookies sweetened with honey and made with whole wheat flour. Caffeine-free chocolate-chip-cookie alternative for the carob-loving, health-conscious snacker.

Molasses crinkle cookies bake into chewy spiced rounds with a sugary, crackled top, deeply scented with cloves, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice. A lower-fat take using egg whites and soft margarine.

Wacky cake (Depression-era chocolate cake) made with no eggs, no milk, no butter. Vinegar and baking soda lift it to fluffy chocolate perfection in one pan.

Farmer's bran bread builds a sour-milk quick bread loaf from cut-and-stacked rectangles brushed with butter. Old-fashioned pull-apart fiber-rich loaf, homestead-kitchen classic.

Amish friendship bread is a quick fruit bread made from sourdough starter passed between friends. A community-tradition recipe that turns fermented batter into two cinnamon-spiced loaves.

Gingerbread bears: classic rolled and cut gingerbread cookies with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, molasses, and a lemon zest brightener. Chill the dough, roll thin, decorate as bears for the holidays.

Classic snickerdoodles rolled in cinnamon sugar and baked until soft-centered with a chewy edge. Cream of tartar gives the signature tang and crackled top. Pantry-staple cookie recipe.

Flowerpot banana bread: classic banana walnut bread baked in a clay flowerpot in a slow cooker for an unusual conversation-piece presentation. Rustic gift idea with a 1970s charm.

Drop sugar cookies with a soft, crumbly bite from a mix of margarine and oil, two kinds of sugar, and a touch of cream of tartar. No chilling, no rolling, just scoop and bake.

Thyme-fig fruitcake is a rustic, barely-sweet cornmeal cake studded with apple-juice-plumped figs, fragrant thyme and toasted pine nuts. An Italian-style tea cake that leans savory more than sugary.

Chocolate raspberry cream torte: a light chocolate wacky cake layered four high with raspberry jam and pink raspberry cream filling. An impressive-looking dessert made with pantry staples and no eggs.