Recipes with sugar

Classic apple pie in a graham cracker crust with crumbly brown sugar topping. Brush the crust with egg yolk to seal it, pile in spiced apples, then add buttery streusel on top.

Cantaloupe and honeydew melon balls soaked in fresh watermelon juice with rum and sugar. A boozy, refreshing summer fruit dessert that chills overnight for maximum flavor.

A simple, no-frills biscotti recipe. My mother gave this recipe to me. It's easy, quick, easy, and one of my preferred Italian cookie recipes.

Flaky pastry squares layered with spiced apple filling and crumbly streusel topping, drizzled with vanilla glaze. These hand-held treats bake up golden and taste like portable apple pie.

Fresh spinach tossed with sautéed chicken breast, ripe strawberries, and red onion, all dressed in a sweet poppy seed vinaigrette made with the pan drippings. A bright, filling salad ready in 20 minutes.

Basic Italian focaccia from scratch: a slow-risen yeast dough dimpled and drizzled with olive oil, then topped with tomato, basil, and parmesan. Crisp outside, airy and chewy inside. The foundation every focaccia lover should know.

Rose geranium cookies made with rosewater and chopped geranium leaves baked into a soft, floral butter cookie. A unique garden-to-cookie-sheet treat.

A ridiculously easy chocolate cherry cake made with just cake mix, cherry pie filling, and almond extract. Holes poked in the warm cake let a boiled milk chocolate frosting sink in for poke-cake bliss with Black Forest flair.

Caribbean-inspired banana bread with grated coconut, ginger, and lime, finished with a warm rum-lime-brown sugar glaze poured over the top. Egg-free and packed with tropical flavor.

Instead of eating direct from the cob, try this scrumptious recipe that's easy to follow!

Lime delight is a no-bake retro Jello dessert: lime gelatin and lemon juice folded into whipped evaporated milk, set on a graham cracker crust for a fluffy citrus fridge cake.

Pad Go: Thai stir-fried lobster with fresh ginger, garlic, jalapeño, and scallions in an oyster-fish sauce glaze. A showstopping seafood dinner that's on the table in 30 minutes.

Traditional Irish soda bread made with just flour, buttermilk, and baking soda creates crusty golden rounds or skillet farls in under an hour with no yeast required.

Applesauce-raisin doughnuts made quick with a baking mix: spiced cake doughnut dough with applesauce and raisins, fried golden and tossed in cinnamon sugar. Warm, moist and easy fall doughnuts.

This recipe is healthy and tasty, very nutritious too. It can be served as a fruits salad, or mixing with ice cream, they all go very well!

Peanut butter chocolate fudge bundt cake with chocolate and peanut butter chips baked in, topped with a double glaze. Rich, dense, and over-the-top.