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Hearty whole-wheat muffins with dried apricots, orange zest, and apricot nectar, studded with nuts for crunch.

Microwave bran muffins with dark molasses, buttermilk, and brown sugar ready in just 15 minutes. Tender, fiber-packed, and no oven required. Toss in raisins if you're feeling fancy.

New Mexico spoon bread baked in a cast iron skillet with creamed corn, green chiles, and melted cheese. A custard-soft cornbread with Southwestern heat you slice like pie.

Shoo fly pie with a gooey molasses bottom and spiced brown sugar crumb topping. This Pennsylvania Dutch classic uses cinnamon, mace, ginger, and cloves for warm, deep flavor.

Honey bran muffins made in the microwave with All-Bran cereal, buttermilk, and honey. Keep the batter in the fridge and microwave fresh muffins in under 3 minutes anytime.

Cheesy Southwestern spoon bread with creamed corn, green chiles, and cheddar baked golden in one pan. This custardy cornbread side is somewhere between cornbread and a savory pudding, and it goes with everything.

Old-fashioned Southern cream cookies made with sour cream, walnuts, and pressed flat with a cinnamon-sugar glass. Soft, cakey drop cookies that yield six dozen from one batch.

Soft, chewy drop cookies packed with chopped figs, molasses, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger with hints of lemon and vanilla. An old-fashioned spiced fig cookie recipe that makes 2 dozen.

Peanut butter cake with a creamy peanut butter icing made from sugar, margarine, and hot water. A tender, nutty sheet cake with peanut butter in every layer.

Quick apple breakfast bread topped with overlapping cinnamon-sugar apple slices on a biscuit-style raisin dough. No yeast, no rising, baked in 20 minutes flat.

Veal paprika simmered in white wine with mushrooms, onion, and sour cream over buttered noodles. A Hungarian-inspired comfort dish with a rich, velvety sauce.

Once he perfected his Extra Crispy he had customers who wanted it to be spicy and bold so he created his Hot and Spicy Chicken. Here is his original recipe which has changed a bit in this day and age. It comes frozen and is cooked frozen and not prepared fresh in many stores.

Moist date cake studded with chocolate chips and pecans, baked in one pan with a hint of cocoa. A nostalgic New England sheet cake that's simple to make and impossible to resist.

Chewy brown sugar cookies studded with white chocolate chips and bright maraschino cherries. A patriotic twist on the classic drop cookie that bakes up in under 10 minutes.

Granny Smith apple pie with a flaky homemade crust and a buttery brown sugar crumble topping spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. From-scratch apple pie the way it should be.

Spiced applesauce cake baked right in mason jars, sealed while hot for shelf-stable storage. Loaded with raisins, pecans, cinnamon, and cloves. A brilliant homemade gift or emergency pantry treat.