cooking recipes
The Cake That Made Me Understand Why Some Recipes Get Passed Down for Generations There are tropical desserts that require toasting coconut and caramelizing pineapple and making custard from scratch, and then there's this Tropical Pistachio Pineapple Cake—the one where you mix angel food cake mix with eggs, oil, and crushed pineapple, bake until fluffy […]
The Slow Cooker Dessert That Made Me Stop Turning On My Oven in Summer There are snickerdoodle cookie recipes that require creaming butter and sugar and chilling dough and rolling balls in cinnamon sugar and baking in batches, and then there's this 4-Ingredient Slow Cooker Snickerdoodle Bars—the one where you mix cake mix with melted […]
The Biscuits That Made Me Realize I've Been Overcomplicating Breakfast There are biscuit recipes that require cutting cold butter into flour and rolling dough and using a biscuit cutter and praying they turn out flaky, and then there's this Southern 4-Ingredient Butter Dip Biscuits—the one where you melt butter in a pan, whisk together self-rising […]
The Oven-Fried Squash That Made Me Appreciate Summer Vegetables There are fried squash recipes that require deep-frying in hot oil and create a greasy mess, and then there's this Oven-Fried Squash—the one where you dip yellow squash or zucchini rounds in buttermilk, coat them in seasoned cornmeal and flour, arrange them on a baking sheet, […]
The Summer Dessert That Made Me Understand Why Potluck Classics Become Classics There are fruit desserts that come from a box with instant pudding and pre-made whipped topping, and then there's this Banana Strawberry Pudding—the one where you make real vanilla pudding from scratch by tempering egg yolks and stirring until it thickens into silky […]
The Keto Appetizer That Made Me Forget I Was "Dieting" There are low-carb snacks that taste like cardboard and sacrifice, and then there's this Keto Ham, Cheddar & Jalapeño Bites—the one where you mix chopped ham with shredded cheddar, cream cheese, diced jalapeño, and almond flour, scoop it into balls, and bake until you have […]
The Fried Chicken That Made Me Stop Going to the Drive-Thru There are fried chicken recipes that require brining overnight and complicated technique and perfect temperature control, and then there's this KFC-Style Fried Chicken—the one where you coat chicken pieces in a blend of herbs and spices mixed with flour, double-dredge them for extra crunch, […]
The Cookies That Made Me Understand Why Southern Bakers Guard Their Recipes There are pecan cookies that taste dry and flavorless, and then there's this Pecan Sandies—the one where you cream real butter with sugar, fold in finely chopped pecans, roll the dough into balls, and bake until you have tender, crumbly cookies that literally […]
The Pot Pie That Made Me Realize I've Been Overcomplicating Dinner There are chicken pot pie recipes that require making pie crust from scratch and preparing béchamel sauce and chopping ten vegetables, and then there's this "Lazy" Chicken Pot Pie—the one where you mix two cans of condensed soup with milk, stir in cooked chicken […]
The Cookies That Made Me Understand Why People Hoard Family Recipes There are lemon cookies that taste artificial and leave a chemical aftertaste, and then there's this Lemon Meltaway Cookies—the one where you cream real butter with powdered sugar, add fresh lemon zest and juice, mix in flour until you have tender dough, roll it […]