427 sofie recipes

Hearty homemade yeast bread with bran, dark molasses, and sunflower seeds. Two rustic loaves with a chewy crust and soft, nutty crumb. Worth every minute of the rise.

Classic Southern yeast rolls with a tender, buttery crumb that pull apart into pillowy softness, perfect for soaking up gravy or slathering with honey butter at Sunday dinner.

Yeasted honey twist coffee cake coiled into a spiral, brushed with a honey-butter topping, and drizzled with vanilla icing. A rich, soft dough with lemon and nutmeg.

Soft apple cookies loaded with raisins, nuts, and warm spices, topped with a vanilla powdered sugar glaze. Apple juice in the batter doubles down on fresh apple flavor.

Old-fashioned brown sugar and butter fudge loaded with pecans. Cooked to soft-ball stage on the stovetop, this Southern-style fudge keeps for weeks in the fridge.

A soft whole-wheat bread machine loaf made tender with buttermilk and heavy cream, lightly sweetened with honey and apple juice concentrate. Just load and let it bake.

Creamy mashed sweet potatoes topped with a buttery pecan praline sauce cooked to soft ball stage. A make-ahead Southern side dish that belongs on every holiday table.

Cocoa cookies with semisweet chocolate chips, pecan-crusted tops, and a gooey caramel center pressed into each one. Soft, fudgy, and done in 35 minutes. Makes 4 dozen.

Old-fashioned whole wheat drop cookies sweetened with honey and brown sugar, enriched with sour cream, and studded with raisins and nuts. Makes 3 dozen soft, cakey treats.

Classic chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with raisins, walnuts, and a hint of cinnamon. Brown sugar and butter-flavored shortening keep them soft and bendy long after they cool.

Schnecken are German-style cinnamon pecan rolls made from a soft yeasted dough filled with brown sugar, raisins, pecans, and cinnamon, then baked in muffin tins until golden.

Old-fashioned fruit-filled cookies with a soft sour cream dough and a homemade date-raisin filling. Sandwich-style cookies with a tender crumb and sweet, jammy center.

Norwegian lefser made with rye flour, whole wheat, and all-purpose flour rolled paper-thin and oven-baked until soft. A traditional Scandinavian flatbread with no yeast required.

Rustic potato bread dough made with real mashed russet potatoes and reserved potato water for a soft, moist crumb. Part 1 covers the dough mixing and kneading process.

Italian cheese bread bakes a yeasted dough with grated provolone, garlic butter, and parmesan into two pull-apart loaves. Crackly tops, soft interior, perfect for a pasta night.

Sesame-oat cinnamon swirl bread layers toasted sesame seeds, rolled oats, and whole wheat into a soft yeasted loaf with a spiral of warm cinnamon. Makes two loaves.