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2,030 recipes

Figgy Almond-Polenta Tea Cake

A gluten-free tea cake of almond flour and polenta bound with sour cream, eggs, lemon zest and vanilla, topped with halved fresh figs and a sprinkling of sugar before baking.

Dessert1 hr 30 min6–8 servings386 kcalVegetarianDiabeticLow-SodiumHigh FiberRenal

Main ingredient: unsalted butter

HB-6985 · Hand-built original

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Figgy Pudding

Individual steamed-style puddings of brandy-soaked figs, dates and raisins in a warmly spiced batter, served with a whipped brandy butter.

Dessert2 hrServes 6890 kcalVegetarianLow-SodiumHigh FiberRenal

Main ingredient: ½ cups dried figs

Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream

HB-13744 · Hand-built original

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Financier Pepero

Bar-shaped brown-butter and almond flour financiers coated in dark and white chocolate with cookie crunch, coconut, crushed almonds, and Oreo.

KoreanDessertServes 16146 kcalVegetarianDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: almond flour

Pairs well with: coffee, milk, hot chocolate, tea

HB-16479 · Hand-built original

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Fiori di Sicilia Pound Cake

A pound cake in the quatre-quarts tradition — equal weights of eggs, sugar, butter and flour — lightened with beaten egg whites and perfumed with vanilla, citrus zest and fiori di Sicilia extract, baked in a loaf pan.

DessertMakes 1 cake1414 kcalVegetarianLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: shells

HB-6990 · Hand-built original

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Flan (Traditional Caramel Custard)

Flan (Traditional Caramel Custard) is a Spanish dessert built around egg. It takes PT18000S in total and makes 8 to 10 servings. It pairs well with toast and hash browns.

SpanishDessert8 to 10 servings290 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: egg

Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado

HB-0921 · Hand-built original

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Flan Cubano

A smooth baked custard of condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, and vanilla over a dark caramel, baked in a water bath and served chilled and inverted so the caramel coats the top.

CubanDessert4 hr 20 min8 servings353 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeRenal

Main ingredient: eggs

Pairs well with: cafecito (Cuban coffee)

HB-4193 · Hand-built original

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Flan de Leche (Caramel Cream)

Flan de Leche (Caramel Cream) is a Dominican dessert built around egg. It takes 80 min in total and serves 6. It pairs well with toast and hash browns.

DominicanDessert1 hr 20 minServes 6175 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: egg

Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado

HB-0922 · Hand-built original

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Flan de Leche (Caramel Cream)

Flan de Leche (Caramel Cream) is a Dominican dessert built around egg. It takes 80 min in total and serves 6. It pairs well with toast and hash browns.

DominicanDessert1 hr 20 minServes 6175 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: egg

Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado

HB-0923 · Hand-built original

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Flan de Queso

Flan de Queso is a Puerto Rican cream-cheese flan: a smooth custard of cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, and vanilla baked in a water bath over a layer of caramel. It is chilled, inverted, and served in wedges with the caramel on top.

Puerto RicanDessert1 hr 20 min12 servings126 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: cream cheese

Pairs well with: coffee, coquito

HB-4222 · Hand-built original

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Flourless Chocolate Brownies

These flourless brownies rely on melted chocolate, cocoa and cornstarch for a thin, chewy crumb with a deep chocolate flavor. Chocolate chips scattered over the batter melt into the top as they bake.

AmericanDessert40 minServes 9319 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeRenal

Main ingredient: butter

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-17154 · Hand-built original

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Flourless Chocolate Brownies (gluten free)

Gluten-free brownies made by melting dark chocolate and butter, stirring in brown sugar, vanilla and eggs, then folding in almond meal and rice flour for a fudgy, moist crumb.

WesternDessert40 minServes 16117 kcalVegetarianLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: rice

Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream

HB-7005 · Hand-built original

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Flourless Chocolate Cake

A dense flourless chocolate cake of melted semi-sweet chocolate and butter with sugar, espresso powder and cocoa, baked with a pan of steam in the oven, cooled and served with a mocha whipped cream.

AmericanDessert3 hrserves 8391 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeRenal

Main ingredient: chocolate

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-7006 · Hand-built original

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Flourless Chocolate Cake

A rich, dense flourless chocolate cake of bittersweet chocolate and butter whisked with sugar, eggs and cocoa, baked in a parchment-lined 8-inch pan until a thin crust forms on top, and dusted with more cocoa.

Dessert45 minMakes one 8-inch cake (12-16 servings)110 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: sugar

HB-7007 · Hand-built original

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Flourless Chocolate Cake with Orange Blossom Water and Strawberry Champagne Sauce

A dense flourless dark chocolate cake scented with orange blossom water, served chilled with orange blossom whipped cream and a strawberry Champagne sauce.

AmericanDessertOne 9 in/23 cm cake427 kcalGluten-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: dark chocolate

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-13762 · Hand-built original

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Flourless Chocolate Cakes

Individual flourless chocolate cakes of melted dark chocolate and butter with eggs, sugar and cacao, baked in ramekins and served with vanilla ice cream and shaved chocolate.

AmericanDessert15 minServes 8244 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeRenal

Main ingredient: egg

Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado

HB-12192 · Hand-built original

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Flourless Chocolate Chip Chickpea Blondies with Sea Salt

Blondies with no flour at all: chickpeas blended smooth with peanut butter, maple syrup and vanilla, folded with chocolate chips, baked in a square pan and finished with coarse sea salt.

AmericanDessert0 min16 bars186 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeEgg-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: chickpeas

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-7008 · Hand-built original

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Flourless Peanut butter Cookies

Five-ingredient peanut butter cookies with no flour at all bake up soft in the center with fork-pressed tops. They set as they cool, so patience at the end matters.

AmericanDessert20 minServes 18133 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: egg

Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado

HB-17127 · Hand-built original

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Flower Cake

Delicate flower cakes of sweet white bean paste shade from color to white in a soft gradient. A walnut bean paste center and a coat of coconut powder finish each piece.

KoreanDessertVegetarianVeganDairy-freeEgg-freeLow-SodiumHigh Fiber

Main ingredient: white bean paste

Pairs well with: green tea, tea, coffee, fresh fruit

HB-17099 · Hand-built original

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Fluffernutter Bars

Peanut butter cookie bars baked in a square pan and pressed into a well while hot, then filled with a fluffy peanut butter filling and topped with a layer of marshmallow fluff.

AmericanDessertVegetarian

Main ingredient: peanut butter

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-7009 · Hand-built original

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Fluffernutter Muddy Buddies

Rice square cereal folded through a melted coating of semi-sweet chocolate, peanut butter, butter and marshmallow fluff with vanilla. The coated cereal is dusted with powdered sugar and can be mixed with mini marshmallows, mini peanut butter cups and other small candies and chips.

AmericanDessertMakes about 6 1/2 cups1106 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeEgg-freeHigh Fiber

Main ingredient: rice

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-9838 · Hand-built original

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Fluffy Carrot Cake Bars

Carrot cake bars built on a banana bread mix with grated carrots, raisins and cinnamon, frosted and finished with shredded coconut, then cut into twelve bars.

AmericanDessertServes 1267 kcalVegetarianDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: carrot

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-11570 · Hand-built original

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Foolproof Lemon Bars

Lemon bars with a sandy, pressed shortbread crust of flour, powdered sugar, butter and egg yolk, baked golden and covered while still warm with a tangy lemon, egg and milk filling, then chilled and cut into squares.

Dessert1 hr 10 minMakes 16113 kcalVegetarianDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: egg

Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado

HB-7016 · Hand-built original

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French Buttercream

A rich French frosting built on pâte à bombe: hot sugar syrup whipped into egg yolks until they ribbon, then emulsified with a generous amount of cold butter. The result is lush, smooth and far less sweet than a meringue-based buttercream.

Dessert35 minMakes enough for 24 cupcakes or a 3-layer cake66 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: egg

Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado

HB-7022 · Hand-built original

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French Buttercream

Egg yolks whipped with a 240°F sugar syrup until the bowl cools, then beaten with room-temperature butter, vanilla and a pinch of salt. The finished frosting is silky, glossy and ready for cakes and cupcakes.

Dessert30 minServes 31350 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: egg

Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado

HB-7023 · Hand-built original

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French Coconut Pie

A one-bowl coconut custard filling of eggs, sugar, melted butter and coconut flakes, baked in an unbaked 9-inch pie shell for one hour.

FrenchDessert1 hr 10 minServes 6409 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeRenal

Main ingredient: coconut flakes

Pairs well with: tea, coffee, ice cream, whipped cream

HB-5518 · Hand-built original

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French Silk Pie with Graham Cracker Crust

A chilled chocolate pie in a baked graham cracker crust, with a whipped chocolate layer, a cream cheese whipped cream layer and chocolate curls on top.

FrenchDessert2 hr 40 minGluten-free

Main ingredient: chocolate

Pairs well with: coffee, milk

HB-5517 · Hand-built original

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French-Style Hot Chocolate

A thick, rich drinking chocolate made by whisking finely chopped semi-sweet chocolate into steaming milk and cream with brown sugar and vanilla, topped with soft whipped cream.

AmericanDessert25 min5 to 6600 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeEgg-freeLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: hot chocolate:

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-9846 · Hand-built original

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Fresh Strawberry Cream Pie

A baked graham cracker crust filled with a stovetop strawberry filling thickened with cornstarch, half mashed and half chopped for texture. A whipped cream cheese topping goes over the chilled filling before the pie is served cold.

AmericanDessert3 hr10 to 10 servings250 kcalGluten-freeEgg-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: strawberries

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-7036 · Hand-built original

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Fresh Strawberry Pie

Sliced fresh strawberries fill a crisp baked pie crust under a glossy strawberry gelatin glaze, chilled until the slices hold cleanly.

AmericanDessert45 minServes 1272 kcalEgg-freeLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: crust

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-13803 · Hand-built original

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Fried Apples

This Southern Fried Apples recipe is sweet, buttery, and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Delicious for breakfast, dessert, OR as a side for dinner!

AmericanDessert40 minServes 4421 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeEgg-freeHigh Fiber

Main ingredient: butter

Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee

HB-0944 · Hand-built original

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Fried Bananas with Vanilla Ice Cream

Ripe bananas are dipped in a coconut and sesame batter and fried until the coating is deep golden and crisp with caramelized edges. Served hot with vanilla ice cream, it is a simple contrast of warm crunch and cold cream.

ThaiDessert20 minServes 4382 kcalVegetarianEgg-freeDiabeticHigh Fiber

Main ingredient: banana

Pairs well with: iced coffee, fresh fruit, iced tea

HB-18679 · Hand-built original

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