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Apricot filled cookies are buttery thumbprint cookies with a glistening pool of apricot preserves in the center. A classic teatime cookie with a tender shortbread base, makes about four dozen.

Flourless chocolate mousse cake with a baked base and raw mousse topping, using 16 eggs and a full pound of semi-sweet chocolate. Gluten-free, intensely rich, and meant to fall.

Biscotti crocanti, traditional Italian twice-baked cookies with whole almonds and a pairing of almond and anise extracts. The classic crisp Italian biscotti for dunking in espresso or vin santo.

Whole wheat carob chip banana bread made without eggs or dairy. Sweetened with sucanat and ripe bananas, this makes two tender loaves in under an hour.

No-roll apple pie with a press-in-pan oil crust and a sweet streusel top. Cinnamon and ginger spice six cups of sliced apples for a beginner-friendly pie that skips the rolling pin entirely.

Versatile butter-rich yeast dough made in a bread machine, then shaped into loaves, dinner rolls, cloverleaf rolls, cinnamon-raisin swirls, or breadsticks. One dough, six possibilities.

Buttery melt-in-your-mouth cookies made with cornstarch for an impossibly tender crumb. Rolled in powdered sugar and pressed with a fork, they practically dissolve on your tongue.

A festive red velvet cake made with German chocolate cake mix and sour cream, topped with a cooked flour frosting and handmade marzipan holly leaf decorations.

Hot fudge cake that bakes its own chocolate sauce underneath. A cocoa batter with a sugar-cocoa-water mixture poured on top creates a self-saucing pudding cake in 40 minutes.

Brown sugar raisin walnut drop cookies for the holiday cookie tin. All brown sugar (no white) for deep caramel chew, packed with raisins and walnuts in every bite. Three dozen from one bowl in twenty minutes.

No-yeast herb beer bread made with self-rising flour, sugar, and a bottle of beer. Flavored with parsley, chives, garlic, and celery seed for a savory, crusty loaf.

One of the best carrot cakes I've ever had with a decadent cream cheese frosting.

Cinnamon bread rolls flatten white bread, spread with cream cheese, roll into pinwheels, then dip in butter and cinnamon-sugar before baking. A 25-minute cheater's cinnamon roll.

Kahlua balls with crushed Oreo cookies, chopped nuts, powdered sugar, and Kahlua coffee liqueur rolled into bite-sized truffles. A no-bake, boozy cookie ball that chills overnight.

Chocolate applesauce bread baked in mason jars for a charming homemade gift. Moist cocoa cake with a hint of almond, sealed fresh right from the oven.

Decadent chocolate mint melt-aways: tender piped mint shortbread topped with white chocolate mint ganache and dipped in bittersweet chocolate. Three layers of cool mint and rich chocolate in one cookie.