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Soft, cake-like apricot cookies with jewel-toned jam centers that bake up tender and light. Chopped dried apricots in the dough add chewy bits of fruit throughout each cookie.

Chewy butterscotch cookies with dark brown sugar, chopped walnuts, and a melted caramel-cream drizzle. Each cookie crowned with a walnut half and baked low and slow.

Apple-orange pie with a lattice crust, made with fresh orange juice, nutmeg, and melted butter poured over sliced apples. A citrusy twist on classic apple pie.

Vera's buttermilk cookies use powdered buttermilk and a half-sugar, half-sweetener blend for a lower-sugar tangy sugar cookie. Crisp edges, soft centers, ready in 35 minutes.

Orange blossom spritz cookies made with butter, orange zest, and vanilla, pressed into decorative shapes and baked until firm. A classic holiday cookie press recipe.

Southern hush puppies with cornmeal, chopped onion, and evaporated milk fried until golden and crisp. A Florida fish fry classic with a crunchy exterior and tender center.

Vintage stuffed date drops from the 1950s: pecan-stuffed dates dipped in sour cream cookie batter, baked into tender little drops, and finished with a browned-butter golden glaze.

Maple ginger snap cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar with real maple syrup, ground ginger, cloves, and cinnamon. Crispy, spiced, and coated in a sparkly sugar crust.

Fig chess tarts with a buttery lemon-scented shortbread shell, filled with brown sugar custard studded with chopped dried figs and walnuts. A Southern chess pie translated into bite-sized tart form.

Chocolate hazelnut raspberry thumbprints: chocolate-cocoa cookies rolled with ground toasted hazelnuts, indented and filled with raspberry jam. Three dozen elegant holiday cookies.

Fruit ginger drop cookies made with gingerbread mix, candied fruit, and chopped nuts. A 4-ingredient holiday cookie ready in 25 minutes.

Homemade boiled-then-baked bagels with a chewy crust and dense, satisfying interior. Just 5 basic ingredients, shaped by hand and simmered before baking for authentic texture.

Light fudge brownie sundae with a self-saucing chocolate cake baked over a built-in fudge layer, topped with frozen yogurt. A reduced-fat dessert that uses applesauce in place of butter.

Baci di Dama are Italian "lady's kisses": delicate ground almond cookies with candied orange peel, sandwiched together with melted chocolate. Gluten-light, flourless-forward, and elegant enough for gifting.

Healthy orange cookies with wheat germ, allspice, and unsweetened chocolate chips. No butter or oil, sweetened with orange juice for 40 guilt-free cookies.

Flourless chocolate Chambord cake: a dense, fudgy dark chocolate cake spiked with black raspberry liqueur. Gluten-free dessert for Valentine's Day, dinner parties, or anytime indulgence.