Weekend Projects®

This is where things get fun. These are recipes that take a day or two to make, whether because of resting or marinating requirements, a few more steps, or just plain ole extra time because, well, they just taste better that way. These are great recipes to make with the family and to introduce kids into the kitchen.

Three jars of slow cooker apple pear sauce on a white tray

Apple Pear Sauce

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Applesauce gone to finishing school. That’s how we think of this apple pear sauce sweetened with maple syrup and seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg. Stovetop or slow cooker friendly.

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  • 20 M
  • 6 H, 20 M
  • 0
Beef and Guinness Pie

Beef and Guinness Pie

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Essentially Irish stew with some lovely store-bought puff pastry plopped on top. Easy peasy. Hello, St. Paddy!

  • 45 M
  • 3 H
  • 32
Mixed Citrus Marmalade

Mixed Citrus Marmalade

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Made with oranges, mandarins, and limes, this lovely fruit jam is essentially citrus on a spoon. Simple to make. Tastes complex as heck.

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  • 45 M
  • 3 H, 25 M
  • 12
Slow Cooker Chicken Stock

Slow Cooker Chicken Stock

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Making stock from scratch was never difficult. And it just became even easier thanks to this simple yet perfect slow cooker approach.

  • 15 M
  • 12 H
  • 35
A rimmed sheet pan filled with truffles coated in confectioners' sugar

Champagne Truffles

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Got leftover Champange? Or simply seeking an excuse to open a bottle of bubbly? Good. We’ve got the most splurge-worthy use for it ever thanks to these creamy, fudgy, boozy, ganache-gilded little orbs.

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  • 2 H, 25 M
  • 8 H, 15 M
  • 2
A cooked medium-rare salt-crusted beef tenderloin sitting in a pan of salt

Salt-Crusted Beef Tenderloin

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The perfect special occasion recipe—Christmas, birthdays, dinner parties—that comes already wrapped like the gift that it is.

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  • 30 M
  • 1 H, 30 M
  • 4
Four plates of rum pecan pie in a flaky crust, topped with whole pecans and vanilla ice cream

Rum Pecan Pie

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This rum pecan pie is all grown up thanks to a little splash of rum in the sweet and crunchy pecan filling. Just like traditional pecan pie. Only better.

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  • 20 M
  • 1 H, 30 M
  • 0
Glazed Ham with Maple and Mustard

Glazed Ham with Mustard

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This simple glazed ham has got a sweet and spicy thing going on that’s simultaneously subtle and super impressive.

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  • 25 M
  • 3 H
  • 4
White bowl of venison Bolognese made with ground venison, carrots, onion, celery, mushrooms a top rigatoni

Venison Bolognese

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Meet your newest fave way to prepare venison. Ridiculously rich and sigh inducingly satisfying.

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  • 35 M
  • 3 H, 45 M
  • 0
An oval dish filled with a chicken, sweet potato, and bacon casserole topped with melted cheese

Chicken, Sweet Potato, and Bacon Casserole

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“Simple.” “Delicious.” “Awesome.” “Lovely.” “Wonderful.” “What’s not to love?” That’s what folks are saying about this almost obscenely satisfying casserole.

  • 20 M
  • 1 H, 20 M
  • 2
Orange Olive Oil Cake

Orange Olive Oil Cake

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This classic Portuguese dessert with its tender crumb and citrus smack tastes as stunning as it looks. Swear.

  • 20 M
  • 1 H, 30 M
  • 334
Batter Fried Chicken

Batter-Fried Chicken

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Proof that it doesn’t take buttermilk or an insufferably long overnight brine to make insanely tender, crazily crisp, gosh darn perfect fried chicken.

  • 45 M
  • 1 H, 30 M
  • 115
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