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Italian Christmas bread for the bread machine: an egg-rich, raisin-studded sweet loaf with an egg wash crust. A holiday panettone-style bake with minimal hands-on time.

Reese's fudge cookies with cocoa powder dough loaded with chopped peanut butter cups. A rich, dark chocolate drop cookie with melted peanut butter pockets in every bite.

Kazakh gutap: deep-fried herb fritters with a thin laminated dough wrapped around dill, parsley, garlic, scallions, and butter. Served with a tangy sour cream sauce.

New England-style individual lobster pie with sherry cream sauce, egg yolk custard, and a buttery cracker-Parmesan crumb topping. Baked low and slow for a rich, elegant finish.

Almonds have a wide range of culinary uses although desserts and sweet preparations tend to be the most common.

A tasty dessert featuring moist, buttery layers of cake studded with crunchy toasted pecans, all topped with a rich, creamy frosting. This indulgent treat is perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth and delighting your taste buds with its irresistible combination of flavors and textures.

Simple butter cookies that earned honorable mention: just butter, sugar, flour, and vanilla rolled in sugar and stamped flat, no chilling or cutting required for crisp golden edges.

Classic veal francaise with egg-dipped cutlets sautéed in butter, then simmered in a bright lemon, white wine, and chicken broth sauce. Italian-American comfort at its finest, ready in 40 minutes.

Sauce Aurore (Aurora sauce) made from a silky bechamel base with tomato paste stirred in for a blush-pink French classic. Seven ingredients, one saucepan, about 15 minutes.

Wow your family with this simple, but delicious cake that is perfect for dessert after a hearty dinner.

Three-ingredient dump cake with any canned or fresh fruit, dry cake mix, and butter for an effortless cobbler-style dessert that bakes into golden magic.

This is just like the recipe my mother used to make, that I lost and have been searching for, for Christmas dinner.

Hungarian tarts with a cream cheese pastry shell and five filling options: almond, pecan, walnut, coconut, and farmer's cheese. A traditional holiday baking project.

Moist butter pecan banana cake built on yellow cake mix with butter pecan pudding, mashed banana, and toasted pecans baked in a tube pan. A doctored-mix cake that tastes like it took all day.

Egg yolk shortbread bakes a richer-than-classic Scottish biscuit with butter, sugar, flour, and a single yolk for extra tenderness and golden color. Fork-marked, two-stage baked for delicate crisp edges.

It's easy to make, and it tastes a lot better than store-bought crust.