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Lemon blueberry bread topped with a buttery lemon sugar crust that bakes deep golden and crunchy. Fresh blueberries and bright lemon zest fill this easy, no-mixer stir-together quick bread loaf.

Any fruit coffee cake layers a tender butter cake with cooked fresh fruit (apples, peaches, apricots or blueberries) and a walnut crumb top. Endlessly adaptable bakery-style coffee cake.

Apricot pineapple pie fills a double crust with sweet-tart cooked dried apricots and crushed pineapple in a clear cornstarch glaze. A vintage diner-style fruit pie with intense jam-like flavor.

Kibbee with ground lamb and bulgur wheat pressed into a pie plate with a pine nut stuffing center, scored into wedges, and baked until crusted. A Lebanese classic.

Sweet potato casserole with a crunchy pecan-coconut-brown sugar topping baked until golden. The holiday side dish everyone fights over at Thanksgiving.

Grilled pork chops Dijonnaise with a double-mustard rub and herb butter finish. Seared over hot charcoal then wrapped in foil with parsley-chive butter to steam through - juicy, never dry.

Pan-seared pork tenderloin medallions in a Riesling wine sauce with green peppercorns, raisins, balsamic vinegar, and toasted pine nuts. Restaurant-quality in 40 minutes.

Pecan pie bars: shortbread crust topped with classic gooey pecan pie filling, baked in a sheet pan and cut into 36 holiday bars. All the flavor of pecan pie, none of the slicing drama.

Everyone loves the crunchy oat topping and sweet pear filling in this fruity crisp. This crisp is delicious, served warm.

Old-fashioned salmon loaf bound with cooked rice instead of breadcrumbs, brightened with mustard and a glossy egg-and-butter bind. A thrifty five-ingredient pantry supper from a vintage clipping.

Granny's icebox sugar cookies sliced from a chilled log, sprinkled with sugar and nutmeg, and baked into crisp-edged, soft-centered rounds. The make-ahead slice-and-bake recipe with old-fashioned charm.

German chocolate cake from scratch with a cooked coconut-pecan frosting. Three layers of buttermilk chocolate cake topped with a rich, chewy caramel-style filling.

Really easy to make, and good flavour, especially with some good cheese!

Sliced apples baked under a crumbly corn flake topping spiked with orange zest, brown sugar, and nutmeg, then drizzled with fresh orange juice.

Cherried sweet potato scallop layers sweet potatoes and tart cherries in brown sugar and orange juice syrup, crowned with toasted marshmallows. A retro holiday side with a tart twist.

Jan's 1940s apple pie heaped with McIntosh and Cortland apples, finished with a quick water-rinse trick on the top crust that produces an exceptionally flaky finish.