10,000 sugar recipes

A scrumptious and savory dish made with fish fillets and a bit of Hungarian paprika and cayenne pepper.

Simple brown rice cooked on the stovetop with butter and salt. Foolproof method using a 1:2.5 rice-to-liquid ratio for fluffy, tender grains every time.

Cinnamon swirl bread with a brown sugar and cinnamon ribbon marbled through a tender, sour milk quick bread batter. No yeast needed for this coffee cake-style loaf.

Four cheese ball variations from one base recipe: classic Coventry, pimiento Harlequin, caraway Holiday, and pineapple Fruit & Nut. Cream cheese and sharp cheddar party appetizers.

Butter chicken with yogurt-marinated pieces baked then simmered in a saffron cream sauce with cardamom, cinnamon, and ground almonds. A rich, aromatic Indian classic.

Easy nut fudge made entirely in the microwave with brown sugar, sweetened condensed milk, and powdered sugar. Caramel-toned penuche-style fudge with crunchy nuts, no thermometer needed.

Pear and ginger pudding layered with butter-sauteed pears, broken gingersnap cookies, and heavy cream, then baked until bubbling. A warm, spiced fruit dessert.

Fudgy mint chocolate crinkle cookies coated in powdered sugar with crackled tops. Makes 3 dozen chewy cookies with cool minty flavor in just 30 minutes.

Prune fudge made with stewed prunes, prune juice, sugar, lemon juice, and chopped nuts, cooked to soft ball stage and beaten creamy. An old-fashioned, no-chocolate fruit fudge.

Beef and pork tenderloin party sandwiches on rye with port-brandy marinade, served with endive and horseradish sauce. Cocktail party classic that feeds a crowd with elegant sliced tenderloin.

Chocolate chip walnut pie with a chewy brown sugar custard, pockets of melted chocolate, and toasted walnuts in a flaky shell. Half cookie, half pie. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Tahitian baked mangoes in red wine with vanilla pods and superfine sugar. A simple, elegant tropical dessert served chilled with wine-poached fruit in a ruby syrup.

Nutty graham cracker bars: a cooked butter, pecan, and graham filling sandwiched between graham crackers, chilled until the crackers soften into cake-like layers. Pecan pie in a no-bake bar.

One of the best carrot cakes I've ever had with a decadent cream cheese frosting.

Chewy puffed wheat balls coated in a brown sugar and corn syrup caramel. A classic prairie candy recipe that's sticky, sweet, and ready in 30 minutes with just six ingredients.

Instead of being hard, dry spice cookies, these are soft, moist spicy cookies with a medium hot disposition. Their heat is derived from ground Jamaican Scotch Bonnet peppers.