Kelley B., Recipe Tester

What, pray tell, is a mean shandy, you ask? Think of a regular shandy with a spirited streak. There you have it.

We’re giving you permission to lend a little more crunch and a lot more indulgence to the childhood classic.

Oh yes we did! We battered and deep-fried a childhood classic and then pronounced it magnificent. We think you will, too.

After grilling up these lovely little lamb lollies, we finally understand why so many folks use “lamb chop” as a term of endearment.

These oatmeal cookies are like the baking version of those Choose Your Own Adventure books, which means your cookies end up exactly the way you like them.

Made from scratch with natural ingredients, these are gonna remake all your memories of stale, bland animal crackers in the circus box.

When you’ve got leftover bread, sure, you could make bread crumbs. Or you could make this Southern melding of pie and pudding that’s obscenely indulgent. Tough decision, eh?

Forget the state fair. You can have funnel cakes whenever you want. And as many as you want. Without asking your parents’ permission. And they’re as quick and easy as pancakes.

If in the beginning there was pie, it was probably chess pie seeing as it comes together soooooo simply from pantry staples.

A ridiculously easy way to cook bacon for a crowd. No fuss. No standing at the stovetop. No spatters.