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A three-layer Christmas cream cake with coconut and walnuts in a buttermilk batter, frosted with cream cheese icing studded with chopped maraschino cherries. Southern holiday baking at its prettiest.

Homemade chocolate caramels with unsweetened chocolate, cream, and brown sugar cooked to firm ball stage. Rich, chewy candy poured over chopped nuts and cut into squares.

Honey mustard glazed chicken and onions served with a honey-mustard sauce and pasta.

South Indian-style aloo baingan: potatoes and eggplant simmered with a fresh ginger-coconut-chili paste, mustard seeds, asafetida, and toasted spices in ghee. A vegetarian curry full of layered aromatics.

Comforting baked pudding layering sliced apples with buttery graham cracker crumbs, walnuts, and brown sugar, baked until the fruit melts into jammy sweetness.

Chocolate crinkle cookies with a frozen marshmallow surprise hidden inside, rolled in sugar and baked until they just crack. Fudgy, gooey, and fun for holiday baking.

Tex-Mex pork stew: slow-simmered pork shoulder with black beans, corn, green chiles, and chili spice. A dump-and-go stew for the crockpot or stovetop with bold southwestern flavor.

Applesauce raisin and nut cake bakes a moist, cinnamon-scented sheet cake using hot applesauce, butter, raisins, and chopped nuts. Old-fashioned thrifty home cake, no eggs needed.

When spring arrives, prepare this cake that will have you wishing you baked another one!

Creamy vanilla cheesecake on a cookie crumb crust, drizzled with melted caramel and German chocolate toppings, then showered with toasted pecans. Every slice is a candy-counter dream come true.

Louisiana-style rice and oyster dressing with chicken livers, the Holy Trinity of onion, celery, and bell pepper, plus Worcestershire and cayenne. A Southern Thanksgiving dressing that goes beside the bird, not inside it.

Lean turkey and pinto bean chili with bell peppers, jalapeño, and chili powder. Hearty pot of chili in an hour with cooking spray instead of oil for a lighter base.

Competition-style beef chili with ground sirloin, mole sauce, red bell peppers, and kidney beans. The mole adds chocolate-chili depth that sets this showdown recipe apart.

No-starter friendship Bundt cake with brandied fruit, coconut, dates, and a hit of orange and walnut extracts. The classic friendship cake without the 30-day countdown.

Treat your roast with a new succulent flavor with this simple recipe that uses horseradish and cabbage.

A dead-simple 30-minute vegetarian dinner: chickpeas and brown rice simmered in a garlicky crushed tomato sauce. Five ingredients, six servings, zero stress.