Goose recipes

Rich chocolate layer cake with applesauce folded into the fudge base. Four layers split from two 8-inch rounds, frosted with fluffy apple cream or apple fluff for an elegant finish.

Yuletide chocolate chip cookies loaded with candied cherries, currants, pecans, and almonds. A festive holiday cookie with brandy flavoring and warm pumpkin pie spice that ages beautifully in the cookie tin.

Granny Smith apple pie packs tart sliced apples between flaky shortening crusts with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and lemon zest, finished with a honey-spiced whipped cream on the side.

Magnificent chocolate cake baked in a 10-inch tube pan with six ounces of unsweetened chocolate, six eggs, and chopped nuts. A tall, tender, old-fashioned bundt-style cake.

Lemon chiffon cake with bright lemon juice, fresh zest, and a cloud-light crumb leavened by stiff-beaten egg whites. The vintage springtime cake that's still impossible to beat.

German chocolate pies: two pies at once, gooey cocoa-pecan-coconut filling in flaky shells. One to eat now, one to freeze. A Southern dessert for holidays and church suppers.

Garlicky whole wheat focaccia studded with provolone and fresh oregano, dimpled and drizzled with toasted garlic oil that pools in every dent. A hearty semolina crumb under a crackly, golden top.

Thin, crispy oatmeal lace cookies with orange zest and shredded coconut. Made with lard for extra-crisp edges that spread paper-thin during baking.

A flourless-style cocoa sponge cake made with cake meal, potato starch, and ground almonds. Split into three layers with strawberry preserves and topped with whipped cocoa cream. Passover-friendly.

Oatmeal banana cupcakes sweetened with honey and mashed banana. Quick-cooking oats add hearty texture to a soft, tender crumb. Simple one-bowl method, ready in under an hour.

Fermented mincemeat made with venison or beef tongue, suet, apples, dried fruit, red wine, cider, and brandy. A six-to-eight-week crock cure transforms the ingredients into the deep, boozy filling of old hunting cabin Christmas pies.

Homemade English muffins cooked on a griddle, not baked. Soft yeasted dough with cornmeal-dusted tops and bottoms, full of nooks and crannies for catching melted butter.

Fudgy chocolate raspberry brownies with a hidden layer of raspberry preserves sandwiched between rich unsweetened chocolate batter loaded with toasted walnuts.

Homemade hamburger buns made in a bread machine, then shaped, proofed, and baked into soft golden rounds. Freezer-friendly and far better than store-bought.

Peppernuts cookies with ground raisins, coconut, and nuts in a brown sugar-buttermilk dough, rolled into ropes and cut into bite-sized pieces. A Mennonite holiday tradition.

Chocolaty double cruncher cookies with rolled oats, crushed corn flakes, coconut, and a chocolate filling. A crunchy sandwich cookie with triple texture.