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Fluffy buttermilk pancakes topped with a quick stovetop strawberry sauce thickened with orange juice and brown sugar. Brunch-worthy in 25 minutes from start to plate.

My mother and I made these cookies when I was little, many years ago, using the box of dry mincemeat. I have looked for years for the recipe, they are the best cookies ever!!!

Pumpkin apple muffins with chunks of fresh apple folded through pumpkin-spiced batter, topped with cinnamon streusel. Tender fall breakfast bakes that smell like a farmstand on a cold morning.

Green tomato jam: tart-sweet preserve made with unripe tomatoes, lemon, sugar, and water. Old-fashioned garden-rescue jam that uses up the last of the season's tomatoes.

Black Russian brownies stacked with Kahlua, vodka, and a whisper of black pepper for a fudgy, boozy bite. Named for the cocktail, walnut-studded, and built on unsweetened chocolate so the cocoa keeps its bitter edge.

Serve with steamed rice and pair with spiced ale or imperial brown ale.

Sheila made this Mandarin Cake this morning to take to our Paella lunch with Spanish friends. They go crazy for it.

Strawberry liqueur jam made in the microwave with fresh strawberries, green apple for natural pectin, lime juice, and a splash of Grand Marnier or Cointreau. A small-batch jam ready in under an hour.

A famous Scottish style pie or tart. Plums baked in a rich and creamy custard.

Old-fashioned peach pie with sliced fresh peaches, sugar, flour and nutmeg under a hand-woven lattice crust. Baked until the juices bubble through the weave. Serve warm with cream or vanilla ice cream.

Brownie bottom cheesecake layers a dense, fudgy unsweetened chocolate brownie base under a tangy sour cream cheesecake. Two desserts in one springform pan for the ultimate showstopper.

Whole wheat chapatis are unleavened Indian flatbreads cooked on a hot griddle. Five ingredients: flour, whole wheat, salt, ghee, water. Optional open-flame puff for the authentic balloon effect.

Warm and cheesy hors d’oeuvres that are easy to make. Bacon, cheddar and spinach naturally go together and are oh so tasty.

Apple crumble pie cooks tart green apples on the stovetop with mace and lemon, then bakes them in a flaky shell under a buttery cookie-crumb topping. A streusel-style pie that skips the soggy bottom.

Egg free, delish cookie dough in the form of pops. Dipped in your favorite chocolate.

When you taste homemade marmalade once, you will never want any store-bought. Made marmalade today, and it was absolutely delicious; tasted fresh, slightly bitter and not super sweet, just the right balance of the fruits and sugar.