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Old-fashioned oatmeal chocolate chip cookies made with shortening for extra-chewy texture. A from-scratch drop cookie recipe that makes three dozen.

Knock You Nakeds are gooey caramel brownies made from chocolate cake mix with a melted caramel and evaporated milk layer sandwiched between chocolate chips and chopped nuts. Sinfully rich.

Classic chicken fricassee simmered with carrots, onions, and bay leaf in a thick, savory gravy topped with light, fluffy homemade dumplings. Pure old-fashioned comfort in one pot.

Lighter applesauce fruitcake with dates, raisins, walnuts, and candied fruit. No alcohol soak, no months of aging. Three loaves of moist holiday cake without the heaviness of traditional fruitcake.

Honey spice ball cookies rolled in oats with cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and a tablespoon of honey. Crackle-topped holiday cookies ready in 30 minutes.

Tender buttermilk yeast sticky buns rolled with cinnamon sugar and baked over a pan of melted butter, brown sugar, and toasted pecans. Inverted to reveal a glossy, gooey caramel top.

Soft pumpkin cookies with white chocolate chips, pecans, brown sugar, and pumpkin pie spice. Baked low and slow for a cakey, tender fall cookie.

Pumpkin crunch with a spiced pumpkin custard base topped with dry yellow cake mix, chopped pecans, and drizzled melted margarine. A dump cake with a crunchy, buttery top.

Bran cookies with raisins, cinnamon, and sour milk for a hearty, old-fashioned drop cookie with fiber and a soft, cake-like texture. A wholesome cookie that tastes like a bran muffin in cookie form.

Old-fashioned honey-sweetened oatmeal sandwich cookies filled with a homemade raisin, orange, and lemon fruit filling. A nostalgic farmhouse recipe that yields 4 dozen.

Rich chocolate truffles with crunchy pecan centers, dipped in smooth melted chocolate and topped with chopped nuts. Easy microwave method makes 3 dozen elegant candies.

A chocolate quick bread loaded with chopped nuts. Mixed by hand in one bowl with no yeast or rising time. Wrap it in foil after baking and let it cool completely for clean, even slices.

Gooey caramel and chocolate chip bars made with German chocolate cake mix and pecans. A semi-homemade shortcut dessert that bakes in under 30 minutes.

Wheat germ and nut zucchini bread, a hearty quickbread loaded with grated zucchini, toasted wheat germ, cinnamon, and chopped nuts. Two-loaf yield makes one for now and one for the freezer.

Spiced date drop cookies with chopped dates, toasted walnuts, cinnamon, and cloves baked into a soft, chewy drop cookie. An old-school holiday tin classic that bakes in just 10 minutes.

Traditional New Mexican biscohos cookies spiced with cinnamon, star anise, and cloves, then dusted with cinnamon sugar while still warm from the oven. A cherished holiday cookie that fills the kitchen with the most intoxicating aroma.