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Fill your kitchen with that wonderful smell of barbecue with this simple crockpot recipe.

Pecan crispies made with brown sugar, butter, and shortening for thin, crunchy cookies with caramel-like flavor. A simple drop cookie recipe that bakes up crisp every batch.

Lemon pound cake with a fine, buttery crumb and bright citrus zest, baked in a bundt or mini loaves. Old-fashioned five-egg richness with no leavening except properly creamed butter.

Knäckebröd, the traditional Swedish rye crispbread baked thin and crackling. Just six pantry staples turn into snappy crackers, perfect with butter, cheese, smoked salmon, or pickled herring.

Mom's cocoa macaroons: chewy coconut mounds with a soft cocoa note, bound with whipped egg whites instead of condensed milk. A simple seven-ingredient drop cookie that makes four dozen.

Best candy apple pie: a classic cinnamon-spiced double-crust apple pie crowned with a bubbling brown sugar, cream, and pecan caramel poured right over the top. Apple pie meets pecan praline.

Try this succulent casserole that is perfect to make when having guests over for dinner.

Dutch farmer's egg with bacon, potato, and onion baked together and topped with milk-and-egg custard. Rustic European one-pan breakfast for hungry mornings.

Crisp, buttery slice-and-bake cookies with brown sugar, a hint of nutmeg, and bold black walnut flavoring. Shape the dough into logs, chill overnight, and slice thin for a quick batch of 48.

Honey ginger snap cookies with cinnamon and cloves, rolled into balls and baked until crackled. Chewy centers with crisp, crinkled edges from the honey.

This is an elegant looking, although time consuming dish. You'll need an equal amount, (by weight), of the three vegetables, after trimming. Figure on four to six ounces per person.

Hearty West Indies pepper pot soup loaded with short ribs, stew beef, sweet potatoes, kale, spinach, and okra. A thick, meaty Caribbean stew that simmers into rich, layered comfort.

This traditional Irish soda bread studded with plump raisins and fragrant caraway seeds bakes up golden and crusty on the outside, tender and cake-like on the inside, no yeast required.

Moroccan mechoui: paprika and garlic-rubbed leg of lamb roasted over a bed of carrots, onions, tomato and celery. Simple North African feast served straight from the roasting pan.

Creamy onion soup with Emmentaler cheese, kirsch, and horseradish in a smooth roux-based broth. Not the classic browned French style. Translucent onions, white wine, and a fondue-like finish.

Fresh peach cobbler with four variations: classic Southern cobbler with batter underneath and hot syrupy peaches poured over top. Swap peaches for blueberries, strawberries, apples, or blackberries.