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Lemon Meltaway Cookies

Short, tender cookies made with butter, powdered sugar, lemon zest and juice, rolled into balls, baked until the edges turn lightly golden and dusted with more powdered sugar.

AmericanDessert30 min24 cookies120 kcalVegetarianEgg-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: unsalted butter

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

HB-9063 · Hand-built original

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Lemon Olive Oil Cake

A dairy-free Italian-style cake in which beaten egg yolks, olive oil and lemon are lightened with whipped whites and baked in a springform pan.

Dessert30 min8 servings101 kcalVegetarianDiabeticLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: egg

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

HB-7472 · Hand-built original

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Lemon Pancakes

A lemon-juice and zest batter cooks into tall, golden pancakes with a gentle tang from the milk curdled by the citrus. The short stack is best eaten warm, straight off the griddle.

AmericanBreakfast, brunch20 minServes 8178 kcalVegetarianDiabeticLow Fat / Low Cholesterol

Main ingredient: egg

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

HB-14340 · Hand-built original

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Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

Lemon zest is rubbed into the sugar for these muffins so the citrus perfumes every crumb, and Greek yogurt and milk keep the interior moist. A brief blast of high heat domes the tops before the temperature drops to finish baking.

AmericanBreakfast28 minServes 12224 kcalVegetarianDiabeticLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: sugar

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

HB-14344 · Hand-built original

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Lemon posset with lemon shortbread

Set lemon possets of boiled cream, sugar and lemon juice, served in glasses with crisp almond shortbread thumbprint biscuits filled with lemon curd.

BritishDessert2 hr 30 minServes 64 kcalVegetarianEgg-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: cream

HB-7476 · Hand-built original

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Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

Small, fluffy pancakes made from a lemon-scented ricotta and buttermilk batter, cooked in butter and served with blueberry syrup or your own toppings.

AmericanBreakfast0 min8 to 10 small pancakes150 kcalVegetarianDiabetic

Main ingredient: ricotta

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

HB-7481 · Hand-built original

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Lemon Scones

Tender lemon scones made with grated frozen butter and cream, cut into wedges, baked until golden and drizzled with a thick lemon glaze.

AmericanBread1 hrVegetarian

Main ingredient: lemon

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

HB-7482 · Hand-built original

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Lemon Shortbread Bars

A chilled shortbread base made with both plain and rice flour is baked until firm, then covered with a lemon and egg topping and baked again until set. After an overnight rest in the fridge the slab cuts into clean bars for dusting with icing sugar.

BritishCakes and baking14 hrMakes 9–12527 kcalVegetarianLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: rice

HB-14349 · Hand-built original

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Lemonade Scones

Fluffy scones mixed from just self-raising flour, thickened cream and lemonade, baked until golden and served with whipped cream and jam.

Australian, New Zealand, UKBaking25 minServes 10216 kcalVegetarianEgg-freeDiabeticLow Fat / Low Cholesterol

Main ingredient: self raising flour

HB-7487 · Hand-built original

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Levain Cookie

Very large, rough-textured cookies are mixed from cake flour and all-purpose flour with dark brown sugar, then loaded with chocolate chips and walnut pieces. Chilling the dough and baking the mounds hot keeps the centres thick and soft.

AmericanDessert52 minServes 12977 kcalVegetarianHigh Fiber

Main ingredient: butter

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

HB-14368 · Hand-built original

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Linzer Cookies

Almond and lemon cookie rounds chilled and cut into shapes, half of them windowed, baked until pale gold and sandwiched with jam under a dusting of powdered sugar.

Dessert1 hr 45 minMakes about 24 cookies135 kcalVegetarianDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: egg

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

HB-7503 · Hand-built original

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Little Ghost Cookies

Little Ghost Cookies is a Italian cookies built around egg. It takes 55 min in total and serves 15. It pairs well with toast and hash browns.

ItalianCookies55 minServes 15998 kcalVegetarianHigh Fiber

Main ingredient: egg

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

HB-1376 · Hand-built original

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Loaded Hummus

Three bowls of hummus get three different treatments: one is blended with beetroot and topped with feta and toasted pumpkin seeds, one is crowned with bacon lardons, chestnuts, sage and thyme, and one is blended with sun-dried tomatoes and finished with almonds and chilli oil.

Turkish and Middle EasternStarters & nibbles40 minServes each dip serves 4–6434 kcalGluten-freeEgg-freeHigh Fiber

Main ingredient: bacon

HB-14376 · Hand-built original

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Lofthouse Sugar Cookies

Soft, thick sugar cookies are made with sour cream, cornstarch and both vanilla and almond extract, then baked only until their edges barely colour. A fluffy butter and powdered sugar frosting, tinted if liked and scattered with sprinkles, tops each cooled cookie.

AmericanDessert35 minServes 36169 kcalVegetarianLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: cream

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

HB-14381 · Hand-built original

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Ma'amoul Med (Orange and Espresso Date Cookie Bars)

Semolina cookie bars sandwiched around a chilled date paste flavored with espresso, cinnamon, orange zest and cardamom, dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Makes 24 pieces187 kcalVegetarianEgg-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: flour

HB-17895 · Hand-built original

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Majarete (Dominican Corn Pudding)

Majarete (Dominican Corn Pudding) is a Dominican dessert built around husked. It takes 45 min in total and serves 4. It pairs well with coffee and vanilla ice cream.

DominicanDessert45 minServes 4228 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeEgg-freeDiabeticLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: husked

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

HB-1404 · Hand-built original

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Mala Fish Cake Skewers

Fish cake skewers blanched, then brushed with a spicy gochujang and mala sauce and finished with scallions and sesame seeds.

KoreanSnack15 minServes 25 kcalDairy-freeEgg-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: fish cake

Pairs well with: tteokbokki, kimbap, steamed rice, fish cake soup

HB-16235 · Hand-built original

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Mango Lassi

Thick, frothy mango yogurt drink with a whisper of cardamom.

IndianDessert5 minServes 4130 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeEgg-freeLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: mango

Pairs well with: spicy curries, biryani, samosa

HB-5663 · Hand-built original

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Mango muffins

Tall mango muffins made with mango purée and chopped mango, with coconut and a crunchy sugar top.

WesternSweet Baking44 minServes 12252 kcalVegetarianDairy-freeLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: egg

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

HB-3640 · Hand-built original

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Mango pancakes

Thin yellow crêpes are rolled burrito-style around a thick layer of sweetened whipped cream and a chunk of ripe mango, in the style served at yum cha. The batter rests for an hour and the finished pancakes are eaten straight away because of the cream.

Asian, ChineseDessert40 minServes 10150 kcalVegetarianDiabeticLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: fat

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

HB-7544 · Hand-built original

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Maple syrup, walnut and buttermilk wholemeal scones

Hearty wholemeal and oatmeal scones with chopped walnuts, sweetened with maple syrup and mixed with buttermilk, best eaten warm.

Cakes and baking1 hrMakes 120 kcalVegetarianEgg-freeDiabeticLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: flour

HB-18226 · Hand-built original

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Margarita Cookies

Slice-and-bake shortbread-style cookies flavoured with tequila, lime zest and orange zest, rolled in coarse sugar and flaky sea salt before slicing. The chilled logs keep for up to three days in the fridge and the batch makes about fifty cookies.

AmericanDessertabout 50 cookies30 kcalVegetarianDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: lime

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

HB-7560 · Hand-built original

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Martha Washington Candy

No-bake balls of coconut, powdered sugar, toasted pecans and chopped maraschino cherries bound with butter, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla, chilled and dipped in dark coating chocolate. They are a Christmas and Valentine's Day staple.

AmericanDessert45 minServes 3092 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeEgg-freeLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: stems

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

HB-7569 · Hand-built original

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Martini dip

A martini in dip form: gin-soaked chopped olives spooned over a smooth blend of cream cheese and blue cheese.

Starters & nibbles30 minServes 427 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeEgg-freeDiabeticLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: ¼oz pitted green olives

HB-14440 · Hand-built original

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Mason Jar Pancake Mix

5 minServes 5534 kcalVegetarianEgg-freeLow Fat / Low Cholesterol

Main ingredient: flour

HB-3065 · Hand-built original

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Matcha Ice Cream

Vivid green tea ice cream — bitter-edged, creamy and not too sweet.

JapaneseDessert10 minServes 6389 kcalVegetarianGluten-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumRenal

Main ingredient: matcha

Pairs well with: dorayaki, fresh berries, mochi

HB-5620 · Hand-built original

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