Goose recipes

Farmer's yeast starter, the old-fashioned way. Hops, potatoes, honey, and whole wheat flour build a wild, lively starter for hand-raised loaves. Refrigerator-keeper.

Classic Spudnuts: fluffy potato doughnuts made with real mashed potatoes and yeast, fried golden and dipped in a powdered sugar glaze. This big-batch recipe makes about 100 doughnuts that freeze beautifully.

Easy snack cake loaded with apples, mini chocolate chips, and pecans. No mixer needed. Apple juice keeps it moist while cinnamon adds warmth. Dust with powdered sugar or top with whipped cream.

Luscious apricot bars layered over a shortbread crust with a chewy brown sugar topping studded with plump apricots and chopped walnuts. A classic two-layer dessert bar rolled in sugar.

Chewy chocolate chip cookies loaded with whole wheat flour, oats, and sunflower seeds. Rolled in seeds before baking for a nutty, crunchy coating that makes 6 dozen crowd-pleasers.

Golden orange bundt cake made with cake mix, buttermilk, orange zest, golden raisins, and walnuts, topped with a fresh orange glaze. A semi-homemade cake with bright citrus flavor.

Johnny Appleseed cake made with whole wheat flour, applesauce, honey, raisins, and walnuts. An egg-free spice cake sweetened naturally without refined sugar.

Raisin brown bread with whole wheat flour, molasses, and buttermilk baked into a dense, hearty loaf. No yeast needed for this classic one-bowl quick bread studded with plump raisins.

Egg shortbread cookies with a tender, crumbly texture from butter, sugar, and a whole egg. Blind-baked with pie weights for an even, golden result. Simple 5-ingredient recipe.

Frosted spice fruit cookies are old-fashioned molasses-spice rolled cookies loaded with walnuts, golden raisins, and dates, finished with an orange juice glaze. Holiday cookie tin staple.

Oatmeal coconut crisps are a big-batch cookie with brown sugar, butter, rolled oats, and coconut baked until crisp at the edges and chewy in the center.

Budapest tea bread bundt cake with a swirled cinnamon, cocoa, raisin, and walnut filling. A Hungarian-inspired sour cream coffee cake for tea time or brunch.

Yogurt chocolate chip cookies with honey and brown sugar for a soft, chewy texture. Plain yogurt replaces some fat for tender cookies with a subtle tang.

Wartime impossible pie from South London with one batter that splits into crust, custard, and filling as it bakes. Use it sweet with coconut and vanilla, or savoury with canned tuna or salmon and frozen vegetables. Pantry magic.

Mom's secret sweet potato pie with boiled sweet potatoes, nutmeg spice, corn syrup, and a custard filling that sets perfectly for clean slices every time.

Gugelhupf is an Austrian yeasted bundt cake rich with butter, eggs, raisins, ground almonds, and lemon zest. Traditional Habsburg breakfast bread served warm with butter or coffee.