Recipes with margarine

Pina colada bread in jars bakes a pineapple, coconut, and rum quick bread right inside canning jars for a charming, giftable treat. Tropical flavor in a decorate-and-give package. Keep the jars chilled and enjoy fresh.

Traditional English apple pudding from Somerset with grated apple, orange zest, and a buttery oat crumble topping. Simple, cosy, and ready with just 5 ingredients.

No bake date drops, chewy stovetop cookies made by cooking chopped dates with butter and eggs, then folding in crispy rice cereal and chopped nuts for a quick treat.

Thin, crispy refrigerator spice cookies with honey, molasses, ground almonds, and a warm blend of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cardamom. Egg-free, low-fat, and perfect for cookie cutters.

Classic no-bake oatmeal cookies with cocoa, peanut butter, and coconut. Drop, cool, eat: a stovetop drop cookie with chewy oats and chocolate-peanut butter flavor.

Oatmeal crusty top apple pie pairs a tender lard-and-oat bottom crust with a brown sugar streusel topping. Cinnamon-spiced apples bake under a crunchy oat crumble for a single-crust pie that drinks like dessert and breakfast at once.

Low-fat moist chocolate cake made with egg substitute, dry milk powder, and cocoa. Tender cake-flour crumb. The everyday chocolate cake that won't wreck your day.

A hearty whole wheat and white flour bread machine loaf enriched with eggs, milk, and a touch of sugar. Soft crumb, golden crust, and practically zero hands-on effort. Just load, press start, and wait for that fresh-baked aroma.

Broiled orange roughy topped with bright citrus sauce made from orange juice, lemon, and nutmeg. This quick weeknight fish dinner takes 40 minutes from start to finish.

Heavenly cream cake built from a store-bought angel food cake split into three layers, filled with vanilla pudding, and draped in a quick homemade chocolate sauce that pools on the plate.

Potato-crust quiche with mashed potato shell instead of pastry, filled with mixed vegetables, cheddar cheese, and an egg-milk custard. Naturally gluten-free and hearty.

Cream cheese rugelach with a tender, flaky pastry rolled around fruit jam. The classic Eastern European Jewish cookie, bakery-style at home with eight ingredients and zero kneading.

Pecan shortbread cookies shaped into little ovals and rolled in powdered sugar. Only 4 ingredients, no eggs, mixed by hand, and they melt in your mouth. A Mexican wedding cookie cousin that makes 4 dozen.

Orange pecan crisps made with crescent roll dough, brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange zest. Flaky, caramelized, and ready in 30 minutes flat.

Two-potato gratin layers thin slices of sweet potatoes and new potatoes with minced onion and skim milk for a lighter take on classic scalloped potatoes. Naturally low-fat side dish.

A smooth, from-scratch tomato sauce simmered with garlic, green pepper, thyme, and basil, pureed silky and ladled over spaghetti. Freezes beautifully for busy weeknights ahead.