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A custard-style rhubarb pie with evaporated milk, cinnamon, and cloves poured over fresh rhubarb in a single crust. Tart, creamy, and warmly spiced. A springtime classic.

Speedy chocolate cookies made with cocoa powder and corn syrup, no chilling needed. Dip in water then granulated sugar for sparkly tops that crackle as they bake.

Creamy Irish white onion soup with butter-softened onions, cloves, nutmeg, and a swirl of cream. A gentle, warming soup that's ready in 20 minutes and tastes like a cozy evening by the fire.

Flourless chocolate goo cake made with three-quarters of a pound of butter, semi-sweet chocolate, milk, and seven egg yolks. An intensely fudgy, barely-baked chocolate dessert served cold with whipped cream.

With hints of apple and pecans, this stuffing will not go to waste at the dinner table!

Ham and potato chowder with corn, green peppers, and a creamy flour-thickened milk broth. A hearty stovetop soup that uses leftover ham and pantry staples.

Seared filet mignon with a red wine and shallot pan sauce reduced with beef stock and thyme. A classic French bistro steak dinner ready in 30 minutes.

A festive bread machine loaf studded with maraschino cherries, candied fruit, dates, and walnuts in a rich buttery egg dough. Holiday baking made effortless. One loaf, zero fuss.

Brussels sprouts and egg noodles baked in a sour cream and cottage cheese sauce with caraway seeds and golden buttered breadcrumbs on top. A cozy casserole that converts sprout skeptics.

Bread machine rye bread (ABM) blends bread flour with rye flour for a mild, sandwich-friendly loaf. The dump-and-go recipe that fits the timer cycle and produces sliceable rye every time.

Holderschmarren is an Austrian fruit dish with elderberries, pears, and plums sauteed in butter with rye bread, milk, and cinnamon. A rustic, comforting dessert ready in 20 minutes.

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Open-faced appetizer bites with Hungarian salami, hard-boiled egg, feta, dill pickles, kalamata olives, and shredded Jarlsberg on buttered bread. A no-cook Eastern European party platter ready in 20 minutes.

Cinnamon breakfast muffins studded with chopped apples and topped with a crunchy pecan streusel. Tender, golden-domed bakery-style muffins for a slow weekend morning.

Hearty broccoli ham hot dish layered with rice, homemade white sauce, and buttered breadcrumbs. A Midwestern casserole classic that uses up leftover ham.

Broiled catfish with lemon and dill served over rice pilaf tossed with zucchini, carrot strips, and mayonnaise. A 30-minute weeknight dinner built around pantry-ready fish.