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Chocolate potato cake made with hot mashed potatoes for an incredibly moist crumb, cocoa, cinnamon, and folded egg whites. Finished with tangy cream cheese frosting.

Saltine cracker dressing loaded with crumbled sausage, smoked oysters, sage, and thyme. Stuff your bird or bake it as a hearty side dish that brings Bohemian comfort to any holiday table.

Arni psito me patates, Greek roast leg of lamb studded with garlic, brushed with lemon and butter, and roasted with tomato paste-rubbed potatoes. A classic Greek Sunday roast.

Make grandma proud with this simple and easy crockpot recipe that is perfect for feeding a hungry group of people.

Old-fashioned applesauce cake with warm spices, walnuts, and raisins, baked in a tube pan and finished with a bourbon whiskey frosting. A holiday-worthy spice cake that improves overnight.

A moist bundt cake loaded with cinnamon schnapps-soaked apples and nuts, drenched in a buttery cinnamon glaze while still warm from the oven.

Cheddar cheese biscuits brushed with fresh garlic butter, a quick copycat of Red Lobster's Cheddar Bay biscuits made from biscuit mix. Drop-and-bake, golden, and ready in about 25 minutes.

Give your stew a new look with this recipe that will satisfy the hunger of seafood lovers everywhere.

Old fashioned shortcake with tender buttermilk biscuits split, buttered, and layered with sweetened fruit and whipped cream. A classic summer dessert that beats any sponge cake bakery version.

Delicate French curled cookies (tuiles) made with butter, powdered sugar, egg whites, and vanilla. Paper-thin ovals baked until golden, then rolled around a wooden spoon handle.

Pink maraschino cherry cake with cherry juice in the batter, chopped cherries, and nuts folded through. A retro 1950s layer cake ideal for Valentine's Day or bridal showers.

Classic double-crust apple pie crowned with a bubbling pecan praline topping made from brown sugar, butter and half-and-half. Cinnamon apples meet candy-store crunch in one Southern-style pie.

Greek pork braised with celery in a silky avgolemono sauce of egg yolks, lemon, and butter-flour roux. A tangy, comforting classic from the Aegean home kitchen.

Flourless chocolate cake baked in a water bath with just five ingredients. Dense, fudgy, and intensely chocolatey with 12 ounces of melted chocolate and a full cup of butter.

Individual beef Wellington with sherry-mushroom duxelles on top of each filet, wrapped in puff pastry. Single-serving portions that bake quickly and hit the table pink in the center.

A great all-butter flaky pie dough that comes together by hand or in a food processor. Cold butter, the minimum water, and a good chill are the keys to a tender, shatteringly flaky crust.