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Dried apple pie, an old-fashioned American pantry-staple dessert with reconstituted dried apple slices, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a flaky double-crust pie. The original winter apple pie.
Osage fry bread, a Native American skillet bread cut into diamonds and fried until pillowy and golden. Crisp blistered exterior with a tender, pull-apart interior for tacos, honey, or powdered sugar.
Sad cake, a chewy, gooey Bisquick cake of brown sugar, pecans and coconut that rises tall then sinks in the middle, exactly as it should. Dense and toffee-rich, it is irresistible warm with ice cream.
Fluffy mashed sweet potatoes with bananas, soy milk, prune juice, and honey, baked until puffed and topped with candied ginger. Dairy-free and naturally sweet enough for dessert.
Split pea soup simmers dried split peas with a smoky ham hock, onion, salt, and pepper for 90 minutes until the peas collapse into a thick green broth and the meat falls off the bone.
Sweet, crunchy puffed rice candy with caramelized syrup coating. Ready in 10 minutes with just 6 ingredients. A vintage treat kids and adults devour.
A copycat of Emeril's famous "Bayou Blast" Creole seasoning. Great to jazz up many dishes.
A depression era soda bread reicip when many ingredients were in short supply.
Passover cake is made with matzo meal. Moist and tasty!
Mashed buttercup squash baked with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and butter, then topped with fresh chives. A cozy fall side dish that brings out the squash's natural sweetness.
Bacon-wrapped chicken breasts layered over savory chipped beef, then smothered in a rich mushroom-sour cream sauce and baked low and slow until fork-tender. A retro comfort food casserole that practically makes itself.
Making the sausages was not as hard as I thought, and it tasted amazing. No need for me to buy sausages any more, this homemade one rocks.
Sri Lankan fish curry (Malu Hodhi) simmered in coconut milk with turmeric, coriander, fennel, and curry leaves. A fragrant, mildly spiced seafood curry ready in 35 minutes.
Cod fillets marinated in lemon, thyme, oregano, rosemary, and garlic, then broiled or grilled until flaky and golden. A light, herb-forward fish dinner with almost zero cleanup.
Double fudge saucepan brownies made in one pot. Half the chocolate chips melt into the batter for fudgy depth, half stay whole for melty pockets in every bite. No mixer, no double boiler.
Traditional English scones bake tender, flaky rounds with raisins and a tall layered rise. Served warm with berry preserves and clotted cream for a proper afternoon tea.