10,000 sugar recipes

Christmas crackers are sweet honey-wheat holiday cookies stamped with cookie cutters and sprinkled with sugar. Makes 45 crispy-edged rectangles for gifting or dipping.

Cake flour muffins with nutmeg, rolled in melted butter and cinnamon sugar while warm. They taste like old-fashioned cake doughnuts in muffin form.

A yeasted bread ring wrapped around a sweet cream cheese filling, dusted with confectioner's sugar. Part cheesecake, part bread, and entirely showstopping for brunch.

Thumbprint snowball cookies with walnuts, cinnamon, and lemon zest in the dough, filled with raspberry jam and dusted with powdered sugar. A festive holiday cookie.

Slice-and-bake oatmeal icebox cookies with brown sugar, chopped nuts, and vanilla. Crisp when stored airtight, soft and chewy when left loosely covered.

Homemade fig newtons with a chewy brown-sugar cookie wrapped around real fig jam cooked with lemon. The classic lunchbox cookie made fresh, no preservatives required.

Frosted diamond cookies with caraway seeds, topped with billowy White Mountain frosting and pink sugar. A vintage rolled cookie that's crisp, elegant, and surprisingly savory-sweet.

Tyler pie, the classic Virginia heritage custard pie with brown sugar, vanilla, fresh nutmeg, and folded egg whites. Old-fashioned Southern dessert with simple pantry staples.

Cinnamon-topped mini muffins spiced with nutmeg and allspice, brushed with melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar while warm. Donut-style muffin bites in 30 minutes.

Buttery cinnamon crinkle cookies with a cinnamon-sugar crust and a pecan half pressed into each center. Cream of tartar gives them that signature chewy-crisp edge.

Classic Tollhouse cookies with chocolate chips, walnuts, brown sugar, and butter. Crunchy, crumbly, and baked to a golden crisp with vanilla and a touch of hot water.

Polka-dot brownies made with melted semi-sweet chocolate, whipped eggs tripled in volume, and reduced-calorie margarine. Fudgy, lighter than classic brownies, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Baked raisin cinnamon doughnuts made from a biscuit-style dough with no frying. Brushed with melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar for a tender, old-fashioned treat.

Jewish-Catholic apple cake with cinnamon-sugar apples layered through an oil-based batter with walnuts and orange juice. A dairy-free tube pan cake that freezes beautifully.

Peanut butter oatmeal cookies with the classic fork crisscross pattern. Chewy drop cookies made with brown sugar and rolled oats for a hearty, nutty flavor in every bite.

Raisin cinnamon rolls built on frozen bread dough with cinnamon-sugar, plump raisins, toasted almonds, lemon zest, and a tangy lemon glaze. Make ahead overnight, bake fresh in the morning.