You might need to buy:
  • sifted flour
  • salt
  • cinnamon
  • allspice
  • anise
  • ginger
  • lard
  • sugar
  • white port wine or orange juice
serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • cranberries
  • chopped walnuts
  • eggs
  • almond extract
  • whipped cream or ice cream
You might need to buy:
  • onions
  • salt and pepper
  • allspice

To make these a day ahead, follow steps 1, 2, and 3, then cover and refrigerate the pastries on the baking sheet. These are rich, so allow one per person.

ready in about 45 minutes; serves 12
You might need to buy:
  • light garlic-and-fine-herb soft cheese
  • chopped pecans
  • large egg

Decadent.

ready in about 20 minutes; serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • diced apple
  • vanilla
  • soymilk
  • salt
  • sugar
  • WW pastry flour
  • Vanilla ice cream

You can never make enough of these.

ready in about 30 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • oleo
  • salt
  • turbinado sugar
  • egg replacer in 2 T. water
  • soymilk
  • vanilla
  • WW pastry flour

It’s the orange that makes this the best.

ready in about 20 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • butter/oleo
  • turbinado sugar
  • blackstrap molasses
  • orange juice
  • zest from that orange
  • WW pastry flour
  • soda
  • cinnamon
  • ginger
  • salt

Traditional comfort food

ready in about 40 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • castor sugar*
  • salted butter
  • WW pastry flour

The ultimate 1950s fudge. Pearls optional.

ready in about 25 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • sugar
  • salt
  • butter
  • lg. can evaporated milk
  • semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • German sweet chocolate
  • marshmallow cream
  • nut meats

Don’t confuse 7-grain hot cereal mix with boxed, cold breakfast cereals that may also be labeled 7-grain. Our favorite brands of 7-grain mix are Bob’s Red Mill and Arrowhead Mills. Leftover rolls can be wrapped in a double layer of plastic wrap and stored at room temperature for 3 days; wrapped with an additional layer of aluminum foil, the rolls can be frozen for up to one month. This recipe works for a 9 by 13-inch baking dish or two 9 by 9-inch baking dishes.

serves 18
You might need to buy:
  • honey
  • instant yeast
  • table salt
  • old-fashioned rolled oats or quick oats