Pecan

Try these for both dessert and breakfast. They're great with their pan juices or the Apple Custard Sauce.

Pumpkin adds beautiful color to the all-American cheesecake while pecan praline makes a southern-style topping. Begin preparing this cake a day ahead.

Unlike the topping on German chocolate cake, which is soft and gooey, the coconut-pecan crust on this cake-like brownie is baked, making it crisp.

Here's a quick, modern version of an old-fashioned favorite.

The components of this recipe-purchased ham or turkey, the relish and dinner rolls- can be combined by your guests to make little sandwiches.

Many kinds of vegetables and even some fruits go well with this versatile dip.

In 1933, Ruth Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, chopped up some chocolate bars and added the chunks to cookie dough, hoping that they would blend into the dough as they melted. Instead they held their shape, and Toll House cookies were a delicious creation. By the 1940s they were a hit.

A cup or so of the linguine cooking water is the secret to a properly made pasta with pesto.