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A chocolate cherry fruitcake made easy with quick-bread mix, maraschino cherries, pecans, chocolate chips, and a splash of kirsch. Fruitcake even skeptics will love.

Chocolate cinnamon meringue cookies with toasted pecans and cocoa powder. Crisp on the outside, chewy in the center, and naturally gluten-free.

Maria's Ischli cookies are Austrian sandwich cookies with ground hazelnuts or almonds, filled with raspberry jam and topped with chocolate icing. A classic European holiday cookie.

Caramel fudge cake layers a chocolate cake mix base with melted caramels, sweetened condensed milk, and chopped nuts. A potluck-style sheet cake with a gooey caramel layer baked right inside.

Honey apple pie with Granny Smith apples in a honey-cream sauce dusted with cinnamon and nutmeg. Open-faced, no top crust, and caramelized to golden perfection.

Flourless walnut cake with ground walnuts, whipped egg whites, and lemon zest. Naturally gluten-free, dramatically tall, dusted with powdered sugar and cocoa.

Whole wheat rosemary muffins with tangy goat cheese centers and golden raisins. Lighter than the classic version but still packed with herbal flavor for brunch or dinner sides.

Pecan crunch apple pie with chopped apples, brown sugar, and toasted pecans baked into a single-crust pie. The separated egg trick gives the filling a light, almost cake-like lift.

Cranberry and Granny Smith apple pie with nutmeg in a double crust. Tart cranberries burst against sweet apples for a festive holiday pie with gorgeous ruby-red filling.

Puccia, traditional Italian olive-studded bread rolls from Puglia made with biga starter and whole wheat flour. Crusty, airy rolls with a long rise for deep flavor.

Upside-down apple cinnamon rolls with just 4 ingredients: canned apple pie filling, refrigerated rolls, pecans, and brown sugar. Cooked in the microwave and flipped onto a plate in minutes.

Crispy vanilla rosettes fried on a decorative iron, then dipped in vanilla icing. Scandinavian holiday cookies that look like edible snowflakes. Yields 12 cookies.

Tangy goat cheese replaces cream cheese in this elegant cheesecake with a honey-kissed graham cracker crust and silky sour cream topping. Bright with lemon zest and vanilla, it chills overnight for a make-ahead dessert that wows.

Rhubarb cream cheese pie with a tart cooked rhubarb base and a sweet cheesecake-like top layer. Two pies in one slice: tangy fruit filling under a smooth, creamy custard cap.

Annie's butter cookies: one buttery, rich dough that shapes into candy canes, pinwheels, spritzes, cutouts, or drop cookies. The Christmas-cookie foundation worth memorizing.

Three-layer apple torte: buttery shortbread crust, sweetened cream cheese filling, cinnamon-sugar apples, and slivered almonds. German-style baked in a springform.