2,556 bitter recipes

Tangy sour cream flavors this moist apple cinnamon coffee cake covered with crunchy nuts and cinnamon brown sugar.

Nusskipferl (Austrian nut crescents) roll a buttery sour cream yeast dough around a ground almond and egg white filling. Flaky, tender, and lightly sweet with a nutty center.

Ultra-moist zucchini cake loaded with cinnamon, chopped nuts, and vanilla, baked in a tube pan and smothered in tangy lemon cream cheese frosting. Shredded zucchini keeps every slice incredibly tender.

Classic fruitcake loaded with dates, pecans, walnuts, and golden raisins. Moist tender crumb with vanilla and lemon extract, baked in a tube pan for beautiful slices.

Nusskipferl are Austrian nut crescent cookies made with a buttery sour cream yeast dough rolled around a sweet ground almond and egg white filling, baked golden.

Loaded oatmeal cookies packed with bittersweet chocolate chunks, raisins, and pecans. Chewy centers with crisp golden edges from a brown sugar butter dough.

Moist carrot cake baked in a tube pan with walnuts and cinnamon, finished with a glossy cooked orange glaze instead of the usual cream cheese frosting.

Giant oatmeal chocolate candy cookies with chocolate candies, salted peanuts, and quick oats in a chewy brown sugar dough. Scooped by the quarter-cup for bakery-sized cookies.

Tender zucchini bundt cake spiced with cinnamon and studded with nuts, crowned with tangy lemon cream cheese frosting. Elegant from-scratch dessert for summer gatherings.

Frosted orange cookies made with mandarin oranges baked into the dough, topped with an orange syrup glaze and fresh orange zest. Soft, fruity, and loaded with raisins and nuts.

Chocolate marshmallow sandwich cookies with soft cake-like chocolate rounds and a fluffy marshmallow cream filling. Homemade whoopie pies for lunchboxes, bake sales, and after-school snacks.

Tart de Brymlent is a medieval Lenten tart of salmon baked with spiced apples, pears, and dried fruits in a pastry shell. A genuine old English sweet-savory recipe for history buffs and adventurous cooks.

The full three-meat Brunswick stew with chicken, beef chuck, and pork simmered for hours with fresh tomatoes, lima beans, corn, okra, and peas. This is the real-deal Southern recipe, thick, smoky, and built for feeding a crowd.

Hearty winter borscht-style soup loaded with pearl barley, lima beans, split peas, lentils, mushrooms, turnips, and carrots in a savory miso-tamari broth. A meat-free, slow-simmered vegan one-pot.

Olive Garden spaghetti carbonara copycat: thick-cut bacon and sautéed mushrooms tossed with spaghetti and a creamy béchamel-Parmesan sauce. The American-Italian chain version, no raw eggs required.

Tropical drop cookies loaded with candied papaya, mango, pineapple, dried apricots, macadamia nuts, and white chocolate chunks. The fruitcake reimagined as a chewy island-style cookie.