10,000 sugar recipes

Crispy tortilla strips layered with shrimp, bay scallops, smoky chipotle cream sauce, and bacon in a baked seafood chilaquiles casserole. Feeds six in 40 minutes flat.

Lattice-topped dried fruit pie packed with prunes, apricots, golden raisins, dried apples, and walnuts under a cinnamon-sugar crust. A year-round pie that brings holiday flavors to any season.

Mexican-style quesadilla pizza on flour tortillas with refried beans, cumin-spiked pizza sauce, green chiles, olives, and melted cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese.

Raspberry cheesecake cookie pizza with a giant butter cookie crust, cream cheese filling, swirled raspberry preserves, and toasted almonds. A dessert pizza that slices into wedges like a pie.

Classic New York cheesecake with a graham cracker crust, silky cream cheese and sour cream filling, and a no-crack hot-then-low oven method for a perfectly smooth top.

German almond cookies with fresh lemon zest, ground unblanched almonds, and a buttery crumb that shatters at first bite. Overnight chilling builds flavor and makes rolling easy.

Best cheesecake ever, wonderful mix of flavours with the ginger crust and caramel.

Peanut butter snap cookies with brown sugar, butter, and vanilla, shaped into balls and baked until crisp. A big-batch recipe that yields 7 dozen crunchy peanut butter cookies.

Pineapple fudge cooked stovetop with crushed pineapple, marshmallows, and pecans, then beaten to a creamy, old-fashioned finish. Ready in 30 minutes and yields nearly 49 pieces.

Filipino calamari stew with squid simmered in garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, and pepper: tender in 10 minutes, served immediately while still hot and tangy.

Homemade Polish kielbasa recipe: spiced beef and pork sausage with sweet paprika, marjoram, and fresh garlic, ground and stuffed into casings. Authentic old-world sausage-making.

Pork tenderloin with Dijon mustard cream sauce sears pounded medallions, then deglazes the pan with beef broth, tarragon, cream, and mustard. French bistro classic in 30 minutes.

Mandeltorte, a classic German almond torte made with ground almonds, bread crumbs, and whipped egg whites. Filled with lemon orange custard and dusted with powdered sugar.

Old-fashioned elderberry grape jelly: foraged elderberries and half-ripe grapes simmered, strained, and boiled with sugar to a sheeting set. No commercial pectin needed thanks to the under-ripe grape skins.

Buttery yeasted beignets scented with orange zest and rum, fried until golden, dusted with powdered sugar, and served with a warm homemade butterscotch dipping sauce.

Mei Kwei Tao (Pickled Peaches in Red Rose Petals) recipe