Pepper cabbage slaw, the Pennsylvania Dutch classic with shredded cabbage, green pepper, carrot, and a sweet-tangy vinegar dressing. No mayo, holds for days in the fridge.
Sugar and spice apple cakes baked in muffin tins with whole wheat flour, nutmeg, and chopped apples, then dipped warm in melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar. Like apple cider donuts in cake form.
Lemon sponge bakes in individual custard cups in a hot-water bath. The filling separates magically into a tangy curd layer below and a feather-light cake-like sponge on top.
Spiced pecan thumbprint cookies with cinnamon-scented dough and a glossy jam center. Buttery shortbread-style cookie with a nutty crunch, ready for the holiday cookie tin.
Pecan shortbread cookies with buttery, melt-in-your-mouth crumb and a simple powdered sugar glaze drizzle. Five ingredients, no eggs, with toasted pecans throughout each tender bite.
Southern spoon bread made with stone-ground white cornmeal, eggs, butter, and milk. Custardy and soft enough to scoop with a spoon, with a golden crust on top.
Hearty raisin muffins with a soaked-cereal base for extra moisture, studded with raisins and walnuts. A quick, wholesome breakfast muffin that comes together in one bowl, best served warm from the oven.
Soft pumpkin cookies with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, and pecans. A big-batch fall cookie recipe using canned pumpkin puree.
Toll House crumb cake with sour cream batter, chocolate chips folded in, and a brown sugar walnut-chocolate streusel topping. The classic Nestlé coffee cake recipe.
Layers of raspberry jam and chocolate give a surprising tang to this dessert.
Ginger crinkle cookies with molasses, cinnamon, and cloves, rolled in sugar and baked until crackled on top. Chewy centers with crisp, sugary edges that shatter on the first bite.
Pumpkin butter with brown sugar, orange juice, lemon zest, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves simmered until thick and spreadable. A fall breakfast spread for toast and English muffins.
Sweet Vidalia onion jam caramelized in butter with brown sugar. A 5-ingredient condiment for chicken, turkey, burgers, or cheese boards. Ready in 25 minutes.
Date drop cookies studded with chopped dates and walnuts and warmly spiced with cinnamon and cloves. A drop-and-bake batter with no chilling or rolling, ready for the cookie jar in well under an hour.
Sweet and sour meat with green bell peppers, raisins, and a tangy cornstarch-thickened sauce. Use leftover chicken, beef, pork, or turkey for a quick dinner for two.
Homemade monkey bread from scratch with buttery yeast dough balls coated in cinnamon-brown sugar and layered with nuts in a tube pan. Pull-apart and caramelized.