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Deep-dish peach pie: a baking dish heaped with juicy peaches and brown sugar under a single flaky, golden top crust. A fruit-forward summer pie that lets the peaches shine.

Christmas ribbon cookies made with a cookie press, featuring pink, green, and white striped dough. A festive butter cookie with lemon extract that makes about 60 cookies.

No-knead French bread with a golden egg-washed crust and poppy seeds. The dough develops flavor through gentle stirring every 10 minutes instead of traditional kneading.

Crisp snow peas sauteed with browned butter, toasted almonds, shallot, and a squeeze of lemon. An 8-minute vegetarian side that's healthy, light, and full of flavor.

Oat fruit bars layered with dried apricots, dates, and prunes in a buttery brown sugar and corn syrup base. Chewy, naturally sweet, and no mixer required.

I received this recipe from a friend who knows I love dates. It is an outstanding chocolate square, it is moist, keeps well and freezes nicely.

Mimosa ice cream crepes drizzled with buttered honey: delicate custard ice cream infused with mimosa blossoms, folded into crisped crepes. A foraged spring dessert.

Kalitsounia me kanella, sweet Greek cheese pastries filled with ricotta, cinnamon, and sugar, folded into half-moons and dusted with powdered sugar. Traditional Cretan Easter sweet with a tender pastry shell.

Cream of corn soup builds a classic milk-based bechamel with butter, flour, and minced onion, then folds in sweet corn and celery leaves. A simple, vegetarian comfort soup ready in 40 minutes.

Roasted marinated crab with ginger, garlic, and serrano chiles served with a butter dipping sauce. Whole crab is marinated up to 4 hours, then grilled or oven-roasted until bright red and opaque.

Dutch oven pork chop dinner braised in apple juice with potatoes, carrots, onions, and cabbage. Everything cooks in one pot for a complete fall meal with built-in gravy.

Creamy potato, leek, and salt cod soup finished with sour cream and fresh dill. A milk-based chowder with rich, briny depth that can be made a day ahead.

A golden double-crust pie bursting with fresh nectarines, cinnamon, and lemon zest. No peeling needed, making this the easiest summer stone fruit pie you'll bake.

Impossible pumpkin pie that makes its own crust as it bakes, using Bisquick, pumpkin and evaporated milk. No-rolling, no-fail Thanksgiving dessert blended in 1 minute.

Quick asparagus or spinach lasagne with ham, mozzarella, and a garlic-thyme white sauce, finished in the microwave. A versatile weeknight pasta bake ready in 35 minutes.

Maple taffy apples coated in a boiled maple syrup and brown sugar candy shell that snaps when you bite through. An ice water dip sets the coating smooth and glossy. Real maple flavor, not just caramel.