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Old-fashioned apple ring fritters: peeled apple slices dipped in a quick milk-and-egg batter, pan-fried in shortening until golden, and dusted with cinnamon sugar. A 30-minute dessert from grandma's kitchen.

Traditional Chinese almond cookies made with ground almonds, lard, and almond extract, each topped with a whole blanched almond. Crumbly, fragrant, and golden, just like the ones from your favorite bakery.

Easy chocolate brownie with nuts is baked in a pie plate.

A soft, honey-kissed buttermilk bread made entirely in the bread machine. Just add the ingredients, press start, and let the machine do the work.

Kaesekuchen, traditional German cheesecake: a light cottage cheese and sour cream filling with lemon, vanilla, and raisins, baked on a buttery shortcrust base and topped with almonds. Lighter than the American style.

Raisin zucchini bread with cinnamon, walnuts, and vanilla baked into two moist loaves. The shredded zucchini disappears into the batter, adding moisture without any veggie taste.

Moist carrot walnut quick bread spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Loaded with grated carrots, chopped walnuts, and raisins for a warmly spiced loaf.

Oat-peach muffins blend rolled oats soaked in buttermilk with molasses, cinnamon, and juicy peaches. A lower-fat breakfast muffin with tender crumb and whole-grain chew.

Traditional English plum pudding, a steamed Christmas classic packed with raisins, currants, apples, walnuts, and beef suet. Spiced, dense, and deeply boozy-optional.

Blonde walnut brownies are buttery brown sugar bars studded with chopped walnuts, baked in one pan and cut while still warm. Chewy edges, soft centers, no cocoa needed.

Old-fashioned molasses pull taffy made with just 6 ingredients. Boil, pour, cool, then pull the candy by hand until it turns golden and light. A classic Pennsylvania candy-making tradition.

Sheepherder bread, a Basque-American sourdough leavened entirely with active starter. A simple six-ingredient loaf with chewy crumb and rustic crust traditionally baked in cast iron.

Quick and easy muffins from pantry staples, ready in about 30 minutes. A plain muffin base you can flavor any way you like for fast weekday breakfasts or afternoon snacks.

Chewy sourdough drop cookies with whole wheat pastry flour, brown sugar, raisins, and nuts. A clever way to use sourdough discard in a quick cookie with warm nutmeg spice.

Granny's chicken and dumplings made the Southern way with rolled, cut flat dumplings and a whole chicken pressure-cooked into rich stock. Old-fashioned scratch comfort food from a hand-me-down recipe.

Impossible banana cream pie that makes its own crust while it bakes. Bisquick, eggs, milk, and butter blend into a self-crusting custard topped with fresh bananas and whipped cream.