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Double chocolate cherry cookies that a favorite during Christmas. A chocolate cookie with and embedded maraschino cherry covered with a baked on chocolate frosting. Takes a bit of time, but the results are over the top spectacular.

Impossible peaches and cream pie that builds its own crust as it bakes. Cinnamon-spiced peaches on the bottom, creamy vanilla custard in the middle, buttery almond streusel on top.

Applesauce carrot and raisin bread is a butter-free quickbread sweetened with applesauce, lifted with cinnamon and shredded carrot, and studded with golden raisins.

Moist Zucchini Parmesan Bread: a savory quick bread with shredded zucchini, sharp Parmesan, grated onion, and buttermilk for tang. Hearty enough to stand in for dinner rolls.

Hearty oatmeal butterscotch muffins with rolled oats soaked in buttermilk, dark brown sugar, and a generous load of butterscotch chips. A make-ahead breakfast batch that yields 18 tender muffins.

Basic refrigerator cookies (icebox cookies) with butter, sugar, vanilla, and a simple slice-and-bake method. Make the dough ahead, chill, slice thin, and bake in 10 minutes.

Granola buttermilk muffins with brown sugar and crushed granola baked right into a tangy buttermilk batter. Hearty breakfast muffins with a crunchy, toasty texture throughout.

Half Moon cookies with a soft, cakey drop cookie base frosted half chocolate and half vanilla. A classic Upstate New York bakery cookie made with sour milk.

Carrot muffins with cinnamon, made with corn oil for a moist, tender crumb. A simple carrot cake-style muffin that springs back when done.

A delicious and moist bread, it's also full of nutrients. An energized breakfast to start your day.

Lemon poppy seed biscotti twice-baked until crisp and golden with fresh lemon zest throughout. A crunchy Italian cookie perfect for dunking in tea or coffee.

Fat-free oatmeal drop cookies with applesauce standing in for butter or oil, rolled oats, and raisins. No eggs, naturally vegan, and done in just 10 minutes.

Biscotti Napoletani: traditional eggless Italian almond biscotti with whole and ground almonds, sweetened with corn syrup. Twice-baked Neapolitan cookies built for dunking in espresso or vin santo.

Savory bulk sausage with celery, onion, and green pepper baked inside a buttermilk cornmeal crust. A rustic, satisfying sausage cornbread pie that makes a hearty one-dish meal.

Slice-and-bake butterscotch cookies with brown sugar, cinnamon, and a make-ahead frozen dough. Press into loaf pans, freeze, then slice thin and bake whenever the craving hits.

Buttermilk pecan fruitcake made with dried pears and toasted pecans instead of the usual neon candied fruit. Buttermilk keeps the crumb tender, beaten egg whites give it lift. A gift-worthy Christmas loaf.