Baked winter squash and fruit roasts butternut, yam, apple, pear, and banana with cider and warm spices. A naturally sweet, oil-free Thanksgiving side dish.
Bread machine fruit and nut loaf with dried apricots, pecans, and warm spices of ginger and nutmeg. A homemade gift-worthy yeast bread that bakes hands-off in the ABM.
Friendship cake bakes brandied fermented fruit starter into a tender tube cake with golden raisins, nuts, and orange extract. The classic 30-day starter dessert passed kitchen to kitchen.
Frozen pumpkin dessert layered with spiced pumpkin ice cream filling, crushed gingersnap cookies, and chopped pecans. No-bake, no-churn, garnished with fresh fruit.
Fruit custard pie pours a silky scalded-milk custard into a pastry shell, then tops it with fresh berries that sink and bake into pockets of jammy fruit. A simple British-style dessert with six pantry ingredients.
Amish friendship bread is a quick fruit bread made from sourdough starter passed between friends. A community-tradition recipe that turns fermented batter into two cinnamon-spiced loaves.
Banana cake sweetened with fruit sweetener instead of refined sugar, with sour cream, chopped nuts, and optional coconut. A naturally sweetened banana cake that bakes in 25 minutes.
White chocolate fruit tart with a buttery shortbread crust, creamy white chip and cream cheese filling, and glazed fresh fruit on top. A stunning no-fuss dessert.
Fruit tzimmes with mixed dried fruits, brown rice, and honey, thickened with a traditional einbren roux and broiled until golden. A warm Jewish holiday dessert.
Crispy buttered phyllo wraps around layers of wine-simmered ground beef with mushrooms and a tangy feta, cream cheese, and cottage cheese filling. Serve golden wedges to a hungry crowd.
Easy fruit cobbler with a self-rising batter that puffs up around any sweetened fruit. Six ingredients, no mixing with the fruit, and the batter magically rises to the top as it bakes.
A delicious muesli mix made of rolled oats, seedless raisins and bananas.
Meringue pecan pie binds Ritz cracker crumbs and chopped pecans into a stiff egg-white meringue, then bakes into a chewy-crisp slice. No pie crust required. Top with ice cream or fresh fruit and whipped cream.
Hot Grape Nuts cereal microwaved with skim milk for a warm, crunchy breakfast in under a minute. Customize the texture from big crunch to soft with fresh fruit or honey on top.
Lighter cheesecake made with blended cottage cheese and low-fat sour cream on a graham cracker crust. A slimmed-down dessert topped with cherry pie filling or fresh fruit.
Whole wheat coffee cake with fresh fruit, lemon, yogurt, and a cinnamon-brown sugar crumble topping. Made with egg whites and nonfat yogurt, this lighter brunch cake serves 16.