Julie Stuckey

A cheesy chicken mixture is tightly encased in corn tortillas before being baked until crisp. These baked taquitos can be served as an appetizer with salsa or as a main dish with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.

Beginning with basics such as granola, walnuts, eggs, brown and white sugars, cinnamon and vanilla extract, these innovative chocolate chip cookies have a slew of secret ingredients from chestnut paste and lemon juice, to maple flavoring, orange liqueur, and rosemary-flavored chocolate. Praline paste may be substituted for chestnut paste.