10,000 sweet recipes

Old-fashioned Dutch meatloaf with ground beef, breadcrumbs, and a sweet-tangy tomato-mustard-brown-sugar glaze. A nine-ingredient retro comfort food classic baked low and slow.

Sweet and creamy, this spread works well on zucchini bread or even a bagel.

Babe's Apple Cake is a rustic, wholesome treat made with whole wheat flour, wheat germ, diced apples, walnuts, and warm cinnamon-nutmeg spice. Dense, moist, and barely sweet enough to call dessert.

Grandma's sweet pickled beets made with canned whole beets in a vinegar-sugar brine. Only 5 ingredients, ready to jar in 20 minutes. Let them sit a few days and serve cold.

German-style sauerkraut salad with juicy blue grapes, julienned ham, and a creamy yogurt-honey dressing. Tangy, sweet, and savory all tossed together in 10 minutes.

Savory German cabbage muffins with grated cabbage, celery seed, and onion flakes. Tender, slightly sweet, and unexpectedly hearty. A bread-basket alternative for soups and stews.

Slow-simmered kumquat chutney with rhubarb, fresh ginger, raisins, and warm spices. A complex sweet-tart preserve that cans beautifully for gifting.

Chinese-style wok beef with fresh tomatoes and green peppers in a soy-wine glaze, ready in 30 minutes. The tomatoes cook down into a natural sweet-savory sauce that clings to every slice.

Sawdust salad layered jello dessert with lemon-orange gelatin, pineapple custard, and cream cheese whipped topping. Vintage church potluck dish that’s sweet, light, and ready in stages.

Try these decadent snacks that are covered in chocolate. The perfect treat for when your sweet tooth acts up again!

Crab casserole Florentine with layers of buttery spinach, cream of mushroom, and a Swiss cheese béchamel folded with sweet crab meat and crunchy water chestnuts.

Japanese pickled cauliflower, a quick refrigerator pickle with green pepper and celery in a sweet-tart brine with a surprising splash of cola for caramel depth.

Four-cheese manicotti stuffed with ricotta, fontina, mozzarella, and Parmesan in a homemade tomato sauce. From-scratch Italian comfort food baked until bubbly.

Thai duck curry (kaeng pet) simmered in coconut milk with a handmade curry paste of dried chilies, lemongrass, shrimp paste, and coriander seeds. Rich, aromatic, and deeply spiced.

Traditional Wiltshire lardy cake with layers of spiced lard, sultanas, raisins, currants, and candied peel folded into yeasted bread dough. Sticky, sweet, and warm from the oven.

Tiger slaw: crisp cabbage, carrot, and daikon with sweet apple and mango, tossed in a bright lemongrass vinaigrette of ginger, lime leaf, and chili. A fresh, no-cook Asian-style slaw.