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Old-fashioned Nantucket molasses cookies with brown sugar, butter, and a soft, cake-like texture. Six pantry ingredients and no eggs, just like the New England whaling-era originals.

Throughout the Middle East, bureks are made by folding buttered, cheese-filled phyllo dough into little triangular shapes. Cigarro bureks taste the same but, as the name implies, are rolled into cylindrical shapes resembling small cigars.

Cinnamon sledge bars combine cinnamon's warm, comforting flavors with a buttery crust studded with indulgent pecans.

Divine Southern decadence cake: chocolate wafer and toasted coconut crust, dense fudgy chocolate-cashew filling with espresso and hazelnut liqueur, finished with whipped cream and chocolate curls.

Fortune is very important in Chinese New Year, so people cook a lot of fortune dishes, this fortune cookies is one of them!

Braided almond crescent ring using store-bought crescent roll dough and almond paste filling. Golden, flaky, and topped with sliced almonds. Brunch showpiece in under 45 minutes.

Streusel and cream pear kuchen with a yeasted hot-roll base, sweet cream cheese filling, cinnamon-pecan streusel, and fanned poached pears on top. A German-style coffee cake worthy of a holiday brunch table.

Phipps famous shortbread made with broiler-roasted flour, rice flour, a full pound of butter, and chunked milk chocolate. Toasted flour gives it a deep, nutty flavor.

Classic stovetop rolled oats cooked in 5 minutes and topped with your choice of butter, brown sugar, honey, jam, or cream. Simple, customizable breakfast oatmeal.

Garlic soup with chicken built on a homemade broth enriched with mashed roasted garlic and a buttery flour roux. Warming, savory, and deeply restorative.

Chocolate bread made in a bread machine with cocoa powder, butter, egg, and vanilla. A sweet, enriched yeast bread with deep chocolate flavor, makes two loaves.

Fluffy white buttercream icing made with shortening, powdered sugar, and a hint of almond extract. Stays bright white and pipes like a dream for decorated cakes.

Baked cinnamon-sugar doughnuts and doughnut holes made from Bisquick batter, twisted into playful bow knot shapes and dunked in melted butter. Ready in 20 minutes flat.

Tender rabbit browned in butter and olive oil, braised in a generous splash of brandy with clove-studded onions and bouquet garni, then finished in a silky cream and mustard sauce.

Bhartha, a classic Indian curried eggplant roasted until smoky and tender, then cooked down with tomatoes, onions, and ghee. Finished with fresh coriander.

Buttery shortbread bars topped with pecans, dried cherries, mini chocolate chips, and orange marmalade. A two-step bake that turns simple cookies into festive holiday treats in about an hour.