Recipes with flour

Crispy Indian-spiced vegetable pakoras of eggplant, zucchini, cauliflower, and mushrooms in a curry-coriander batter, served with a spiced mango relish flecked with star anise and cinnamon.

Serve these cute and delicious Irish flag sugar cookies at your St. Patrick's Day party, nobody wil resist these lovely cookies.

Pizza crust made in the food processor with flour, cornmeal, yeast, and olive oil. Quick to mix, easy to handle, and yields two 12-inch crusts with a slightly crisp, slightly chewy bite.

Chicken in parmesan cream sauce with crispy skin, an egg-yolk-enriched mornay sauce, and a broiled breadcrumb-parmesan crust. French bistro classic at home.

Favorite cinnamon twists take soft yeast dough, layer it with butter and brown-sugar cinnamon, then twist it into ridged ropes that bake up golden and tender. All the flavor of a cinnamon roll in a fun, pull-apart twist.

Apple-cheese soup blends tart Granny Smith apples, sharp aged cheddar, and a splash of port into a silky strained bowl finished with crisp bacon. A savory-sweet starter with real depth.

Homemade blueberry cinnamon rolls with a soft yeast dough, brown sugar and cinnamon filling, fresh blueberries, and a powdered sugar glaze. From scratch and worth every minute.

Almond pear coffee cake topped with juicy fresh pears and a buttery almond-nutmeg streusel built on a pound cake mix base. A brunch-friendly bake that uses mayonnaise as the secret tenderizer.

Black and white cake: tender white egg-white layer cake with vanilla and almond extracts, finished with a split cream cheese frosting half vanilla and half chocolate-amaretto.

Slow cooker whole chicken poached with aromatics for 7-9 hours, served with a classic French-style cream sauce made from the cooking stock. A crockpot set-it-and-forget-it dinner.

Deep-fried squid the easy way: tender rings tossed in seasoned flour and fried golden and crisp in hot oil, ready in minutes. Homemade calamari to serve with lemon wedges and your favorite dipping sauce.

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.

Banana oatmeal yeast bread for the bread machine with steel-cut and quick-cooking oats, mashed bananas, and powdered buttermilk. A hearty whole-grain sandwich loaf.

Blarney stones are tender cake bars coated in powdered sugar icing and rolled in chopped peanuts or pecans. A classic Irish-American holiday treat with a crunchy, nutty shell.

Vanilla-frosted fudge cookies are low-fat chocolate drops made with cocoa, oil, and egg whites, finished with white frosting and a cocoa dust. A skinny bakery-style cookie with brownie-like chew.

Medallions of veal with sauces: tender stuffed veal cutlets on a bed of sauteed spinach, dressed with a crayfish Nantua sauce and lemon-chive wine butter, garnished with crayfish and asparagus. Fine dining at home.