Kelley B., Recipe Tester

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

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 25 M
• 0

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

• 5 M
• 25 M
• 48

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.

• 30 M
• 1 H
• 37

Wowsers! (We can’t really think of anything else to say about these stunning cookies, except they’re far easier to make than you’d expect.)

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• 30 M
• 40 M
• 2

Birthday bashes. Cocktail parties. Thanksgiving dinner. Tuesday nights. These are but some occasions we’ve watched these disappear.

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• 30 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 0

Homemade animal crackers kick store-bought animal crackers to the curb. Made from scratch with natural ingredients, they’re gonna remake all your memories of those stale, bland animal crackers in the circus box.

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• 40 M
• 2 H
• 6

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

• 1 H
• 1 H
• 14

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

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• 15 M
• 45 M
• 2

“My new go-to sweet potato casserole.” “A keeper.” That’s what folks are saying about this insanely easy sweet potato casserole.

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 0

These wee biscuits are spectacular just with a smidgen of butter, but slap some ham or turkey on them and woah.

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• 25 M
• 45 M
• 2

This peanut butter and jelly sandwich with potato chips lends a little crunch to the classic PBJ. (Typed whilst licking our fingers.)

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• 5 M
• 5 M
• 31

This Southern melding of pie and pudding is obscenely, ridiculously rich. Oh, Lord, just take us now.

• 1 H, 45 M
• 5 H
• 8

Remember how you’d beg your parents for funnel cakes as a kid during the state fair? Now you can have as many as you want.

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• 45 M
• 1 H
• 6

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

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• 5 M
• 5 M
• 4