Homemade Pecan Turtle Candy combines crunchy pecans, soft caramel, and melted chocolate for an easy holiday candy and edible gift. ...

Homemade Lemon Meringue Pie has a bright fresh-lemon filling, a baked pie crust, and a light golden meringue topping. ...

Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings is one of those dinners that feels like you did a lot more work than you actually did. The chicken turns fall-apart tender, the vegetables cook right in the creamy broth, and refrigerated biscuits make surprisingly good dumplings once they’ve had time to puff up in the slow cooker. There’s no separate pot of gravy and ...

Lemon Layer Cake has four tender cake layers, homemade lemon filling, and bright lemon butter frosting for a classic citrus dessert. ...

4-Ingredient Slow Cooker Chicken and Stuffing is the kind of dinner I turn to when I want something warm and filling without a long prep list. The whole dish comes down to chicken thighs, chicken broth, condensed cream of chicken soup, and a box of seasoned stuffing mix. The texture is softer and creamier than oven-baked stuffing, which is exactly ...

Not Yo’ Mama’s Banana Pudding is a rich no-bake dessert layered with butter cookies, sliced bananas, and an extra-creamy vanilla filling made with cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, instant pudding, and whipped topping. What makes this version different from a basic banana pudding is the filling. The cream cheese and condensed milk make it thicker and richer, while the whipped ...

Easy 7-Up Cake is a shortcut lemon Bundt cake made with yellow cake mix, instant lemon pudding, lemon-lime soda, eggs, and vegetable oil. A simple powdered sugar and lemon glaze finishes the cooled cake. I like this recipe when I want a bright lemon cake without starting completely from scratch. The pudding mix adds extra moisture and lemon flavor, while ...

Quick Strawberry Refrigerator Jam is what I make when I have a bowl of ripe berries that need using and I do not want to turn the kitchen into a full canning project. You only need strawberries and sugar, and the whole batch cooks down on the stovetop into a soft, spoonable jam. This is a refrigerator jam, not a ...

No-Peek Chicken and Rice is the kind of casserole I reach for when I want dinner to go into one pan and mostly take care of itself. The chicken thighs bake over a creamy rice mixture made with condensed soups, onion soup mix, onion, bell pepper, and herbs. The name is not just for fun. Once the foil goes on, ...

Homemade Kentucky Blackberry Cobbler is one of those desserts that does not need much dressing up. Fresh blackberries, sugar, a simple batter, and melted butter bake into a soft golden cobbler with juicy fruit underneath. I like blackberry cobbler best when the fruit still tastes like blackberries instead of disappearing under too much sugar. This version keeps the ingredient list ...

Meatball Sub Casserole gives you all the saucy, cheesy comfort of a meatball sandwich in a 9×13-inch baking dish. Italian bread makes the base, a seasoned cream cheese layer goes in the middle, and homemade beef meatballs bake under marinara and mozzarella. I like this version when I want the flavor of meatball subs without building a pile of individual ...

Mini Strawberry Cheesecake Tacos are a fun little dessert with crisp graham-coated tortilla shells, creamy cheesecake filling, and a spoonful of strawberry topping tucked into each one. I like these for parties because most of the work can be split into separate parts. The shells can cool on their own, the strawberry topping can chill in the refrigerator, and the ...

Moist Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a soft 9×13-inch cake made with ripe bananas, buttermilk, butter, and vanilla, then covered with a thick layer of tangy cream cheese frosting. When I want something softer and more dessert-like than banana bread, this is the direction I go. The crumb is tender, the banana flavor is obvious without being heavy, ...

Copycat Wendy’s Chili is a hearty beef-and-bean chili with tomato juice, tomato purée, kidney beans, pinto beans, onion, celery, bell pepper, and a warm mix of spices. This is a homemade copycat-style recipe, not Wendy’s official formula. The goal is the same general style: small crumbles of beef, plenty of tomato, two kinds of beans, and finely chopped vegetables in ...

Philly Cheese Steak Casserole takes the familiar beef, peppers, onions, and provolone combination and turns it into an easy baked dinner. Instead of piling everything into a roll, the seasoned beef mixture goes into a baking dish, gets covered with provolone, and is finished with a simple egg-and-cream mixture that helps the casserole hold together. What I like about this ...

Strawberry Cream Cheese Icebox Cake is a no-bake dessert layered with graham crackers, fresh strawberries, and creamy cheesecake filling. Chill it ahead for an easy make-ahead dessert. ...