2,556 bitter recipes

Cajun lamb curry blends Louisiana heat with Indian spice. Coconut cream, cayenne, jalapeno, ripe banana, and toasted pecans build a sweet-hot curry served over rice.

These cookies go well with after dinner coffee or tea.

French apple cake with poached apples topped in a light, flourless almond batter with lemon zest and whipped egg whites. Served lukewarm with custard or cream.

Orange liqueur cake with chopped dates, pecans, and buttermilk batter, soaked in a Grand Marnier orange syrup. The fruitcake alternative for people who claim to hate fruitcake.

Milk chocolate bar bundt cake with melted Milky Way bars folded into the batter, plus buttermilk, pecans, and vanilla. A Southern church-cookbook classic with serious richness.

Milky Way layer cake melts eight candy bars with butter into a chocolate-caramel-nougat batter for a moist Southern celebration cake. Tender crumb, rich frosting-friendly base, layered or sheet style.

Red potato colcannon keeps the skins on, steams the potatoes, and mashes them with browned cabbage and onion softened in milk. Irish comfort food done lighter.

Bread machine rye bread with caraway seeds and brown sugar for a slightly sweet, earthy loaf. Simple dump-and-start recipe with a classic deli-style flavor.

Peach and raspberry brown betty with nutmeg bread crumb filling, topped with buttered coconut bread cubes. A rustic baked fruit dessert ready in 40 minutes.

Bread machine sourdough wheat bread, an easy dump-and-press loaf of whole wheat and bread flour with a soft, nutty crumb. Just measure, add to the machine, and let it knead, rise, and bake for you.

Chocolity Poppers are chocolate marshmallow popcorn bars loaded with salted peanuts, baked until chewy. A sticky, crunchy, no-fuss treat that kids and adults demolish equally fast.

Slice-and-bake chocolate cookies made with melted unsweetened chocolate, Dr. Pepper soda, and chopped walnuts. The soda adds a subtle spiced sweetness you can't quite place but can't stop eating.

Baked barley casserole with sauteed mushrooms and onions in chicken broth. Pearl barley absorbs the savory broth as it bakes, turning tender and chewy with a nutty flavor.

New potato casserole with thinly sliced potatoes and onions baked under butter until tender and golden, served with herbed sour cream. Five ingredients and effortlessly simple.

A rustic French fish soup from Brittany with chunky fish, potatoes, and herbs simmered in a fragrant broth. Served over crusty bread with fish and potatoes on the side.

Poor Knights of Windsor: sherry-soaked bread fried golden in butter, dusted with cinnamon, and topped with crushed raspberries and whipped cream. A British dessert classic.