Recipes with flour

Scottish shortbread from a simple flour, sugar, and butter mix: buttery, crumbly, melt-in-the-mouth wedges baked pale and gold. A classic three-ingredient treat that doubles as a gift-in-a-jar mix.

Macadamia white chocolate cookies with raspberry jam stirred into the batter for fruity sweetness. Buttery, chewy, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Sweet potato mini bundt cakes with currants and fresh orange peel, rolled in cinnamon sugar while warm. Low-fat and made without butter or oil.

Whole wheat apple bread with peanut butter, oats, wheat germ, honey, and walnuts. Packed with wholesome ingredients and warm allspice for a hearty, nutritious quick bread.

Crisp cocoa-almond cookies filled with white chocolate ganache. Slice-and-bake dough makes shaping simple, and the thin, snappy wafers pair beautifully with the creamy filling.

Honey poppy seed muffins with whole wheat pastry flour and sunflower oil. Boiling milk activates poppy seeds for intense nutty flavor. Naturally sweetened brunch muffins make 12.

Chewy chocolate peanut butter chip cookies bake up soft in the center with deep cocoa flavor and a full bag of peanut butter chips folded through the dough. A drop-and-bake batch cookie ready in 30 minutes.

Orange and white chocolate muffins scented with fresh orange zest, vanilla bean seeds, and melted white chocolate chunks. Tender crumb, golden tops, perfect with morning coffee.

Decadent chocolate brownies spiked with coffee, Godiva liqueur, and crunchy walnuts. These fudgy brownies with a ribbony texture are pure indulgence for chocolate lovers.

Baked red snapper with a cracker crumb topping, mushroom-wine cream sauce, and melted Swiss cheese. A crispy, cheesy fish dinner that comes together in under an hour.

Dutch apple crumb bars stack a shortbread crust, apple-date filling, and cinnamon oat crumble into sliceable bars. Classic streusel topping over tender baked apples with a chewy date kick.

This gingery cookie is crisp and has a hint of orange flavor. It is ideal for gingerbread people or holiday cookie shapes.

Fruit solitaire tarts with orange-scented butter pastry shaped like playing card suits, filled with cherry and blueberry pie filling. A festive New Year's Eve dessert.

Old-fashioned coconut oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips, wheat germ, and brown sugar. A chewy, textured drop cookie with oats, coconut, and a boost of nutrition from wheat germ.

Pressure cooker chocolate cheesecake with dark chocolate, cream cheese, and a chocolate cookie crumb crust. Steams in 20 minutes with no cracking, no water bath fuss.

Peanut butter cookies studded with chocolate toffee bits and crowned with peanut halves. Makes 7 dozen tender, chewy cookies with crispy edges in just 30 minutes.

Curried shrimp in a creamy roux-based sauce made with turmeric, ginger, curry powder, and shrimp-poaching broth. Served over white rice for a flavorful weeknight dinner.

Chocolate shortbread made with just 5 ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, cocoa, vanilla, and flour. Rich, crumbly, and baked low and slow in a shortbread pan.

Madeleines are delicate French shell-shaped sponge cakes, scented here with orange flower water and made from a simple batter of eggs, cake flour and melted butter. Buttery, light, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Bread machine naan: yogurt-enriched Indian flatbread baked in a screaming-hot oven for puffy, blistered rounds brushed with butter and topped with onion. The home-kitchen cheat for restaurant naan without a tandoor.

This fruity tart is loaded with fruitiness and juiciness, enjoy every single bite with mouthful of delicious blueberries.

Homemade yeast breadsticks, plain or seeded with fennel, caraway, or poppy seeds. Thin, crispy, bakery-style sticks that keep for weeks stored airtight.

Treat your kids with these irresistable cookies that are perfect for their lunchboxes or for a tasty dessert after dinner.

Curried corn and tomato soup: a silky pureed Indian-spiced soup with sweet corn kernels, fresh tomato, and a swirl of cooling yogurt. Bright, warming, and ready in 40 minutes.

Filled butter ring cookies sandwich apricot preserves between two shortbread rounds, the top one cut with a thimble window, dusted with powdered sugar. Linzer-style holiday classic.

Quiche Lorraine with bacon, Swiss cheese, scallions, and a nutmeg-seasoned egg custard blended until foamy. Topped with pimientos and baked in a flaky pie crust.

Savory baking powder biscuits with sauteed onion and shallot mixed into the dough. A food processor method for flaky, tender biscuits with a sweet onion flavor.

Vegan bran muffins with whole wheat pastry flour, soy milk, applesauce, honey, and raisins. No eggs, no butter, no oil. High fiber and naturally sweetened.

Peach caramel crisp: ripe peaches baked over a hardened caramel base and crowned with ground almond praline streusel, served warm with vanilla ice cream. Summer fruit dessert elevated with French patisserie technique.

Lebkuchen German Christmas cookies blend honey, molasses, cardamom, and clove into a dense spiced dough rolled and cut into shapes. Family tradition, ages and keeps for months.

Dutch apple pancake: a puffy, custardy oven-baked pancake that bakes right over cinnamon-sauteed apples in a skillet, then gets a cinnamon glaze. A dramatic brunch showpiece that puffs sky-high in the oven.

Bakery-style lemon poppy seed muffins with cake flour, sour cream, fresh lemon juice, and zest. Tender crumb dusted with confectioners sugar. Rich and citrusy.

Chocolate Pecan Shortbread with Chocolate Glaze recipe

Lime squares with shortbread crust: tangy lime curd-style filling over a buttery shortbread base, finished with powdered sugar. The cousin of lemon bars, tinted pale green for visual punch.

Pick any three berries, simmer them in blackberry wine with orange zest, then drop a buttery biscuit topping on top and bake until golden. A warm, bubbling berry cobbler begging for a scoop of ice cream.

Classic veal scallopine with Marsala wine pan sauce. Thin-pounded veal cutlets seared crisp and finished with sweet Marsala in 6 minutes flat.

Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with all brown sugar for chewy depth, four cups of rolled oats, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. A 20-minute one-bowl recipe that yields enough cookies to feed a crowd.

Layered cheesecake brownies stack a dense semisweet chocolate brownie base under a tangy sour cream cheesecake topping. Finished with fresh berry sauce or chocolate ganache for serious dessert ambition.

Spinach ricotta gnocchi (gnudi): pillowy Italian dumplings made without potatoes. Just ricotta, spinach, parmesan, and a touch of breadcrumb. Poached gently and dressed with butter or tomato sauce.

Make-ahead brownie mix yields 12 fudgy brownies plus five mix-in variations: mint, coconut almond, raspberry hazelnut, cherry, and caramel pecan layered. The pantry shortcut you actually want.

Louisiana crawfish etouffee with a dark roux, holy trinity vegetables, tomatoes, and cayenne served over rice. A Cajun classic built on a proper 10-minute dark roux.

Double corn brunch bake with whole kernel corn folded into a soft cornmeal-egg batter. A vegetarian breakfast casserole that doubles as a side dish, topped with fresh salsa.

Crisp bacon muffins fold finely chopped crispy bacon and a spoonful of bacon drippings into a tender cake-flour batter. Savory breakfast muffin with golden bacon flavor in every bite.

Old-fashioned chocolate cake with crushed peppermint stick candy folded right into the batter. A tender cocoa layer cake with a cool, pepperminty crunch. Straight out of a mid-century church cookbook.

French pear fondant tart with chunks of unpeeled pear baked into a tender egg-rich batter. Rustic country dessert sometimes called clafoutis aux poires.

Greek lamb and artichoke stew finished with a silky avgolemono egg-lemon sauce, scented with fresh mint. A spring Easter classic from the Mediterranean table.

Impossible ham quiche skips the crust and still bakes up golden and puffed. Eggs, sour cream, and flour form their own self-crusting base around ham, monterey jack, and sauteed mushrooms. Retro weeknight winner.

Simple Irish soda-style bread with butter, raisins, and no yeast. Creamed butter and sugar give it a tender, cake-like crumb. Just mix and bake.