Homemade whole wheat crackers: a nutty, crisp copycat-style cracker with wheat germ, brown sugar, and butter. Rolled thin on the sheet pan, scored into squares, and baked in 8 minutes flat.
Grilled salmon with potato and watercress salad, a smoky indirect-grilled salmon served over pickled red onion potato salad and peppery watercress. Low-fat summer dinner for six.
Red velvet cheeseball is a no-bake dessert dip made from cream cheese, butter, and dry red velvet cake mix, then rolled in mini chocolate chips. A sweet, creamy party centerpiece for dunking vanilla wafers and graham crackers.
Triple-layer cheesecake with a chocolate cookie crust, chocolate cream cheese base, brown sugar pecan middle, and almond-vanilla sour cream top. Showstopper dessert, worth the effort.
Oven-baked pork ribs glazed with a thick, sticky pineapple-brown sugar sauce spiked with Worcestershire and beef bouillon. Slow-baked until tender, then finished at high heat for a caramelized crust.
A creamy tofu-based cheesecake loaded with almond flavor from almond meal, almond extract, and a crown of slivered almonds on a graham cracker crust. Blend, pour, bake. No dairy, no eggs, no stress.
Arizona pecan chocolate rum pie with an all-lard pastry crust and a filling of unsweetened chocolate, dark corn syrup, brown sugar, chopped pecans, and a splash of rum.
Wormy baked apples: cinnamon-brown sugar baked apples stuffed with raisins and walnuts, served with gummy worms wriggling out the top. A Halloween dessert that's actually good to eat.
Mrs. Fields $250 cookie recipe with ground oatmeal, double chocolate (chips and grated bar), two cups of butter, and chopped nuts. Makes 8 dozen legendary cookies.
Parkin is a variety of gingerbread, good warming stuff to eat out of doors in cold weather. When I was a child, it was always a firm favourite for the firework party on Bonfire Night each year. This is adapted from my mother's recipe.
Pisang goreng (Indonesian fried bananas) in a light egg batter, served over vanilla ice cream with a warm brown sugar rum sauce. A tropical dessert.
Raisin bran bread is a soft brown sugar yeast loaf that uses your morning cereal as the secret ingredient. Bread machine or hand-shaped, this bakes up tender with embedded raisins and a hint of bran nuttiness.
Overnight hash brown casserole with frozen potatoes, sour cream, cream of mushroom soup, and cheddar cheese. Assemble the night before and bake for a hands-off brunch side.
Rosemary hash browns with soft scrambled eggs make a diner-style breakfast plate, with golden potatoes scented with rosemary and onion alongside creamy, just-set eggs. A hearty morning from one skillet.
Chef Tom's pecan pralines, the New Orleans-style sugar candy made with brown sugar, evaporated milk, butter, and toasted pecan halves. Drop spoonfuls cooled on wax paper for that signature flaky-creamy bite.
Old-fashioned Canadian jam jam cookies: oatmeal and brown sugar rounds sandwiched around a homemade date filling. A prairie-farmhouse classic with a soft, chewy bite.
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