10,000 oat bran recipes

Cream cheese swirl brownies with a fudgy chocolate base marbled with tangy cheesecake filling. Made from scratch with real chocolate melted in a double boiler and crunchy pecans.

Old-fashioned turn-of-the-century molasses bundt cake with two cups of unsulfured molasses, cake flour for tenderness, and a dusting of powdered sugar. Serves warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Angel food cake hollowed out and filled with butter pecan ice cream, frosted with sweetened whipped cream, and topped with toasted pecans. A stunning no-bake frozen dessert.

Creamy herring salad layers marinated herring with sliced apple, onion, and a sour cream-yogurt dressing. German-style smorgasbord classic that marinates for 5 hours and finishes with fresh dill.

Old-fashioned double-crust lemon pie filled with thin lemon slices in a buttery sugar-egg filling, topped with a cinnamon-sugar crust. Tart, sweet, and meant to be served warm.

Slow cooker pork chops simmered with mixed dried fruit, orange marmalade, ginger, and apricot nectar. Sweet-tart braise with a glossy thickened pan sauce. Five-minute prep, hands-off dinner.

Frozen Irish cream and whiskey soufflé tucked inside cream puffs, drizzled with hot bittersweet fudge sauce. A make-ahead showstopper dessert for entertaining.

Stirred custard sauce is a quick microwave crème anglaise with egg yolks, half and half, amaretto, and vanilla. Silky and ready to spoon over fresh fruit.

Pinon cookies bake into light sponge-like rounds topped with toasted pine nuts, made from just eggs, sugar, flour, and pignoli. Italian-style cookie with an elegant payoff.

Rocky Road refrigerator cake layers fudgy coffee-spiked brownies with whipped cocoa cream, mini marshmallows, and chopped walnuts. A make-ahead chocolate dessert that turns richer and sliceable after a night in the fridge.

Portuguese biscotti, lemon-scented ring-shaped butter cookies with a crisp, slightly crumbly texture. A Portuguese-American tradition that differs from Italian biscotti with lemon and a single bake.

Homemade yeast cinnamon rolls swirled with brown sugar, cinnamon, and raisins, then finished with a coffee-spiked confectioners' glaze. Soft, pillowy from-scratch rolls with a grown-up twist on the icing.

Sichuan shredded pork in yu shon (fish-fragrant) sauce with wood ear mushrooms, water chestnuts, and hot bean paste. A spicy-sweet-sour stir-fry that hits every flavor note.

Simple Danish apple cake with diced apples, pecans, and cinnamon baked in one bowl, one pan. Barely sweet, warmly spiced, and calling for a dollop of whipped cream on top.

German potato pancake (Kartoffelkratzet) made from boiled potatoes grated with eggs, sour cream, and flour, then pan-fried in lard until crisp. Traditionally served with stewed rhubarb.

Chocolate mint rice pudding layered in sherbet glasses, lightened with whipped cream and egg whites, studded with cooked rice and swirls of mint jelly.