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Creamy portobello mushroom soup built on buttery sauteed leeks, onions, and meaty portobellos, thickened with a flour roux and finished with half-and-half. Earthy, velvety, ready in 45 minutes.

Cheddar crab supreme: a velvety sauce of sharp cheddar and sherry folded with flaked crab and mushrooms, spooned over rice. A creamy, elegant retro seafood dish that holds warm for entertaining.

If you are a fan of pudding try this delicious recipe that is made with chopped nuts and a bit of vanilla extract.

Lincoln almond cake: a tall white butter cake with chopped blanched almonds folded through, lifted by stiff-beaten egg whites and baked in a bundt pan. Tender, fragrant, snowy-white.

French silk pie with a cloud-soft, no-bake chocolate filling whipped from butter, sugar, eggs, and unsweetened chocolate. Set overnight in a flaky pie shell for the silkiest slice.

Impossible coconut pie: a self-crusting magic pie that separates into custardy filling, golden top, and chewy crust as it bakes. Just dump everything in a blender, pour, and bake.

Winner of the 1991 Michigan Chocolate Cake Contest Created by Linda Theil

Nut refrigerator cookies (icebox cookies) with brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and chopped nuts. Slice-and-bake dough that chills overnight and yields crisp, buttery cookies with caramel notes.

Potato fudge uses mashed potatoes as the secret binder in a chocolate candy rolled in coconut or walnuts. A Depression-era confection that works better than it has any right to.

Maple pecan crisps with brown sugar, vanilla, and maple extract baked thin until golden and snappy. An egg white wash and minced pecans give each cookie a glossy, nutty crunch.

Fudgy brownies made with a full bag of melted chocolate chips, butter, and whole wheat flour. Six ingredients, 30 minutes, and intensely chocolatey in every bite.

A puffy, golden Dutch baby pancake baked in a hot cast iron skillet with butter, eggs, milk, and a hint of nutmeg. Finished with lemon juice and powdered sugar for a dramatic brunch centerpiece.

Oatmeal sesame crisps with brown sugar, butter, rolled oats, and sesame seeds baked into a thin slab and snapped into pieces. Crunchy, nutty, no-flour cookie bars in under 25 minutes.

Giant chocolate chip cookies shaped into 2-inch balls for thick, bakery-style results. Crispy edges, chewy centers, and loaded with chocolate chips.

Homemade fortune cookies with cake flour, egg whites, and vanilla, folded warm around personal messages. A crisp Chinese-American treat that turns dessert into a paper-tucked surprise.

Texas-style sheath cake (sheet cake) baked on a cookie sheet with cocoa, buttermilk, and a full half pound of butter. Thin, fudgy, and frosted while still warm. A potluck legend.