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Yeast rolls from Minnie and Aunt Pete's, soft and tender homemade dinner rolls baked in muffin tins. A heirloom Southern recipe with egg whites for an extra-fluffy crumb.

Classic English meringues sandwiched with whipped double cream and fresh sliced strawberries. Golden, crisp-on-the-outside, marshmallow-on-the-inside meringue shells baked at low heat.

Broiled pineapple slices topped with buttery brown sugar and macadamia nuts until caramelized and bubbly. A five-ingredient tropical dessert ready in 20 minutes.

French honey bread made in a bread machine with honey, olive oil, bread flour, and yeast. Doubles as an excellent homemade pizza dough. Just seven ingredients.

Lucy's apple pie in a jar packs cinnamon-spiced apple slices and thickened syrup into Mason jars, water-bath processed for shelf-stable filling. Pour into a crust whenever pie cravings strike.

Lemon sponge bakes in individual custard cups in a hot-water bath. The filling separates magically into a tangy curd layer below and a feather-light cake-like sponge on top.

Nashville fried biscuits made from a yeasted dough with lard, dropped into hot fat until golden and puffy. A big-batch Southern recipe that freezes well for later.

Ham and coleslaw sandwich on pumpernickel bread with homemade vinegar slaw. A deli-style sandwich where the crunchy, tangy slaw replaces lettuce and adds real flavor.

Homemade English muffins cooked on a bakestone or griddle, not baked. A classic British recipe with yeast dough that produces nooks and crannies for melting butter.

Date sticks: chewy bar cookies packed with chopped dates and nuts in a tender cake-like base, cut into strips and dusted with powdered sugar. Pantry-staple treat.

Classic walnut quick bread with a tender crumb and buttery nut flavor. Simple pantry ingredients, one bowl, and no yeast needed. Slice it thick and spread with cream cheese.

Quick-pickled cucumbers tossed in vinegar, sugar and fresh ginger after a brief salt-draw. A 15-minute Japanese-style sunomono refrigerator pickle, ready to chill and serve.

Rosettes are delicate Scandinavian fried cookies shaped on a decorative iron, crisp like a wafer and dusted with powdered sugar. A Christmas tradition in Nordic and Midwestern kitchens.

Quick oat cracker bread with rolled oats, sugar, egg, and milk. A simple baking-powder-leavened flatbread that skips yeast and rises in the oven.

Pasta with bitter broccoli, garlic, and chili flakes: a Southern Italian classic scented with an almost reckless 14 cloves of garlic and a hit of red pepper heat. Weeknight dinner, minimal effort.

Old-fashioned yeast coffee cake enriched with scalded milk and lard, topped with cinnamon sugar. A tender, bread-like breakfast cake from the yeasted coffee cake tradition.