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86 recipes to inspire your next meal.
7-Up Pound Cake
An old-fashioned 7-Up Pound Cake — rich, moist, and buttery with a light citrus flavor, baked slowly in a tube pan and finished with a creamy lemon cream cheese frosting.
Chocolate Pound Cake
A rich, buttery chocolate pound cake from Sandra at Asheville Internal Medicine — a treasured Christmas favorite full of classic chocolate flavor.
Lemon Pound Cake
A rich, buttery pound cake bursting with bright lemon flavor and topped with a smooth lemon icing — a treasured recipe from Sandra Young that brings back warm Christmas memories.
Nana's Key Lime Pie
This cool, creamy Key Lime Pie is a simple no-bake dessert that's bursting with bright citrus flavor. Made with a smooth cream cheese filling, sweetened condensed milk, and a graham cracker crust, this easy family favorite comes together in just minutes before chilling to perfection. It's the perfect dessert for warm summer days, family gatherings, holidays, or anytime you're craving a refreshing slice of pie.
Vanilla Bean Brown Butter Cheesecake
This rich and creamy vanilla bean cheesecake is elevated with the warm, nutty flavor of browned butter and the unmistakable aroma of real vanilla beans. Baked in a buttery graham cracker crust and finished with a silky vanilla bean whipped topping, this elegant dessert is perfect for holidays, birthdays, dinner parties, or any occasion worth celebrating. Every smooth, decadent bite is well worth the time and care it takes to make.
Frances Chapman's Pound Cake
Some recipes are special because of how they taste. Others are special because of the memories they carry. This is one of those recipes. Nana received this handwritten recipe directly from her mother, Frances Chapman, while she was living in an assisted living community, where Frances was well known for baking these homemade pound cakes. She would make them for the staff and residents, and they became so popular that people regularly bought them. We're honored to preserve her handwritten recipe and share it with a new generation, one slice at a time.
Nana's Chocolate Frosting
This homemade chocolate frosting is rich, smooth, and perfectly sweet with a classic chocolate flavor that's easy to make using just a handful of pantry staples. Cooked on the stovetop for a silky texture, this family recipe is perfect for frosting cakes, cupcakes, brownies, and other favorite baked treats.
Grandma Lenon's Icing Recipe
This homemade vanilla icing is smooth, sweet, and easy to make with just a handful of pantry staples. Its pourable consistency makes it perfect for sheet cakes, snack cakes, cookies, bars, and other baked treats, creating a simple, glossy finish with just the right touch of sweetness.
Poor Man's Steak
Tender ground beef patties baked in a creamy mushroom gravy — a comforting, budget-friendly classic served over mashed potatoes, noodles, or rice.
Vanilla Cake
This homemade vanilla cake is soft, fluffy, and full of rich vanilla flavor with a tender, buttery crumb. Made completely from scratch using the reverse creaming method, it's sturdy enough for beautiful layer cakes while remaining incredibly moist and light. Whether you're celebrating a birthday, holiday, or special occasion, this classic vanilla cake is one you'll come back to again and again.
Raspberry Buttercream Frosting
This homemade raspberry buttercream frosting is light, creamy, and bursting with fresh raspberry flavor and a beautiful natural pink color. Whether you're frosting cakes, cupcakes, cookies, or brownies, this fruity buttercream adds a fresh, colorful finish to your favorite desserts.
Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting
This homemade cinnamon buttercream frosting is smooth, creamy, and filled with warm cinnamon spice for a cozy homemade flavor. Whether you're frosting spice cakes, pumpkin desserts, cupcakes, cookies, or other baked treats, this easy buttercream adds the perfect finishing touch.
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This homemade chocolate buttercream frosting is rich, creamy, and full of deep chocolate flavor with a smooth, fluffy texture that's perfect for spreading and piping. Whether you're frosting cakes, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, or other chocolate desserts, this classic buttercream is one you'll make again and again.
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
This homemade vanilla buttercream frosting is smooth, creamy, and perfectly sweet with a light, fluffy texture that's ideal for spreading and piping. Whether you're frosting cakes, cupcakes, cookies, or brownies, this classic buttercream is a dependable recipe you'll reach for again and again.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
This homemade strawberry cream cheese frosting is smooth, creamy, and filled with fresh strawberry flavor in every bite. Whether you're frosting cakes, cupcakes, cookies, or bars, this fruity cream cheese frosting adds a beautiful burst of flavor and color to your favorite desserts.
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
This homemade lemon cream cheese frosting is smooth, creamy, and bursting with bright citrus flavor for the perfect balance of sweet and tangy. Whether you're frosting cakes, cupcakes, cookies, or bars, this refreshing frosting adds a fresh finish to your favorite desserts.
Cream Cheese Frosting
This homemade cream cheese frosting is smooth, creamy, and perfectly balanced with just the right amount of sweetness and tanginess. Whether you're frosting cakes, cupcakes, cookies, or bars, this classic cream cheese frosting is a dependable recipe you'll reach for again and again.
Meatball Subs
These easy slow cooker meatball subs are the ultimate comfort food, combining tender meatballs simmered in rich marinara sauce with melted provolone cheese on toasted sub rolls. With just a handful of ingredients and minimal prep, they're perfect for busy weeknights, game days, or feeding a hungry crowd.
Peanut Brittle
This old-fashioned peanut brittle has a rich buttery caramel flavor with crisp roasted peanuts in every bite. Cooking the syrup to the hard crack stage creates the signature crunchy texture, while baking soda gives the candy its light, airy bite. It's a timeless homemade treat that's perfect for holidays, gifts, or anytime you're craving classic peanut brittle.
Stacks
This simple, family-favorite meal layers buttery Ritz crackers, fluffy rice, hearty chili, and fresh toppings into a delicious stack of flavors and textures. Quick to prepare and easy to customize, it's perfect for busy weeknights, family dinners, and casual gatherings.
Gingerbread House
Create lasting Christmas memories with this classic homemade gingerbread house. The sturdy gingerbread dough bakes into durable pieces that are perfect for assembling and decorating with colorful candies and royal icing. Whether displayed as a festive centerpiece or made as a family tradition, this timeless project is sure to become a holiday favorite for generations.
Beef Stroganoff
This hearty, old-fashioned beef stroganoff is made with seasoned ground beef, onions, a rich mushroom gravy, and plenty of sour cream for a creamy, comforting meal. Served over buttered egg noodles, it's an easy family favorite that's perfect for busy weeknights and cozy Sunday dinners.
Aunt Stephanie's Snickerdoodles
These soft, cinnamon-sugar-coated snickerdoodles have crisp edges, chewy centers, and the signature tangy flavor that makes this classic cookie so irresistible. Chilling the dough before baking helps create thick, tender cookies that are perfect for holidays, cookie trays, and everyday treats.
Grandma Lenon's Caramel Corn
This old-fashioned caramel corn features a light, crisp coating made with butter, brown sugar, and Karo syrup. A longtime family favorite, it's perfect for movie nights, holidays, gifts, and parties. The foamy caramel creates a delicate crunch that breaks easily into sweet, irresistible clusters.
Great Grandma Lenon's Macaroni Salad
This creamy old-fashioned macaroni salad is packed with eggs, celery, olives, green pepper, and juicy tomatoes, all tossed in a generous amount of Miracle Whip. A longtime family favorite, it's perfect for potlucks, picnics, holidays, and backyard cookouts. Making it ahead allows the flavors to blend beautifully for an even better salad the next day.
Goldenrod Eggs
Creamy white sauce filled with tender chopped egg whites and served over warm toast, then topped with finely crumbled egg yolks for their signature golden finish. This old-fashioned comfort food has been a family favorite for generations and makes a simple, satisfying breakfast, lunch, or light supper.
Classic Deviled Eggs
Creamy, tangy, and always a crowd favorite, these classic deviled eggs are made with simple pantry ingredients and finished with a light sprinkle of paprika. Perfect for holidays, potlucks, picnics, and family gatherings, they're an easy make-ahead appetizer that never goes out of style.
Butterfinger Caramel Crunch Cookies
These thick and chewy cookies are loaded with crunchy Butterfinger candy pieces, gooey caramel bits, and optional pecans for the perfect sweet-and-salty treat. With crisp edges and soft centers, they're ideal for bake sales, holiday trays, and sharing with family and friends.
Stephanie's French Dip Sandwiches
Tender slow-cooked chuck roast is simmered in a savory French onion broth until it falls apart effortlessly. Piled onto toasted crusty rolls with melted provolone cheese and served with rich homemade au jus, these classic French dip sandwiches are hearty comfort food that's perfect for family dinners and game days.
Stephanie's Beef Tips
These tender slow-cooked beef tips are simmered in a savory French onion broth and finished with a rich homemade gravy. Served over fluffy rice with your favorite sides, this simple, old-fashioned recipe is hearty comfort food that's perfect for busy days and family dinners.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
These classic chocolate peanut butter balls feature a rich, creamy peanut butter center coated in smooth milk chocolate. Perfect for Christmas cookie trays, holiday gifts, and family gatherings, they're easy to make ahead and always disappear quickly.
Kool-Aid Gummy Ropes
These colorful homemade gummy ropes are soft, chewy, and bursting with fruity Kool-Aid flavor. They're easy to customize with different flavors and colors, making them a fun candy project for kids and adults alike.
Abigail's Banana Cake with Caramel Frosting
This moist banana cake is layered with a rich homemade caramel frosting and finished with toasted pecans. Made with very ripe bananas and a simple cake mix base, it's an impressive dessert that's easy enough for any occasion.
Abigail's Dinner Rolls
These soft, fluffy homemade dinner rolls are lightly sweetened and perfect for holiday meals, family gatherings, or everyday dinners. Made with simple pantry ingredients, they bake up golden brown with a tender, pillowy texture everyone will love.
Smashed Loaded Mini Potatoes
These crispy smashed mini potatoes are par-boiled, seasoned with buttery potato seasoning, baked until golden, then loaded with cheddar cheese, bacon, and fresh chives. They're creamy inside, crispy around the edges, and perfect as a side dish or appetizer.
Low-Calorie Crispy Hash Browns
These healthy, low-calorie crispy hash browns are golden and crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, and packed with flavor. Made with simple ingredients and a little prep time, they're a great alternative to traditional hash browns and perfect for breakfast or meal prep.
Crazy Peanut Butter Cookies
These simple flourless peanut butter cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with peanut butter flavor. Chocolate chips add just the right touch of sweetness, making them an easy favorite for lunchboxes, after-school snacks, and cookie trays.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
These buttery, tender cookies are baked until lightly golden and finished with a miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cup pressed into the center while still warm. A longtime favorite for holidays, cookie exchanges, and family gatherings.
Joy's Bread Wreath
This beautiful sweet bread wreath features layers of cinnamon-sugar, maple flavoring, and chopped nuts twisted into a festive wreath shape and finished with a sweet maple glaze. It's a wonderful make-ahead recipe for holidays, brunches, and special family gatherings.
Grandma Lenon's Wacky Cake
This old-fashioned chocolate cake is soft, moist, and wonderfully simple to make. Made without eggs and topped with a sweet vanilla icing, it's a classic family dessert that's stood the test of time.
Slow Cooker Sausage Dip
Creamy, cheesy, and crockpot-easy — a 3-ingredient party dip that stays hot and scoopable all day.
Homemade Clam or Potato Chowder
A rich and creamy homemade chowder loaded with potatoes, onions, and celery in a smooth, comforting broth — make it as a traditional clam chowder or a hearty potato chowder using the same simple recipe.
Muddy Buddies (Puppy Chow)
Crispy Rice Chex coated in chocolate and peanut butter, then tossed in powdered sugar — quick to make, easy to share, and perfect for parties, holidays, and gift giving.
Taco Soup
Seasoned ground beef, tomatoes, corn, and kidney beans simmered into a hearty, comforting soup — perfect for busy weeknights and game days.
Pineapple Party Salad
This creamy vintage party salad blends pineapple, lemon and lime gelatin, cottage cheese, mayonnaise, pecans, and sweetened condensed milk into a refreshing make-ahead dish for holidays, potlucks, and family gatherings.
Pumpkin Squares
Soft, cake-like pumpkin squares packed with warm cinnamon and topped with a rich cream cheese icing — perfect for fall gatherings, holiday dessert tables, or anytime you're craving a classic pumpkin treat.
Barbecue Boneless Pork Ribs
Tender boneless pork ribs baked until juicy, then finished in a sweet and tangy homemade barbecue sauce and served over rice for a comforting family dinner.
Mayonnaise Muffins
These old-fashioned mayonnaise muffins are light, tender, and incredibly quick to make with just three simple ingredients. They are perfect alongside breakfast, soups, stews, or any cozy family meal.
Southern Hush Puppies
These Southern hush puppies are golden, crispy, and perfectly fluffy on the inside. Made with cornmeal, buttermilk, and onion, they fry up light and tender and make the perfect side for fish fries, barbecue, seafood, or any Southern-style meal.
Chick-fil-A Cole Slaw
A creamy, sweet-and-tangy Southern-style coleslaw that comes together fast and tastes even better after chilling.
Foil Packet Red Potatoes
Simple foil-baked red potatoes with olive oil and kosher salt — soft, fluffy insides with lightly crisped skins.
Ryan's Big-Batch Crispy Chicken Wings
Extra-crispy oven-baked wings with deeply golden skin and plenty of crunch — perfect plain, sauced, or served with your favorite dipping sauces.
Fresh Creamed Corn
Rich, buttery, and full of sweet homemade flavor — fresh corn slow-cooked with cream until perfectly thick and comforting.
Grandpa Orvy's Ham & Beans
Hearty slow-simmered ham and beans — tender pinto and white beans in a buttery, savory broth with chunks of ham. Comfort food perfect for cold days or feeding a crowd.
Six-Month Fudge
Rich old-fashioned fudge that's creamy, chocolatey, and packed with marshmallow flavor and crunchy walnuts. A family favorite for the holidays.
Lemon Meltaways
Soft, buttery lemon cookies with a bright citrus frosting that practically melt in your mouth.
Grandpa Orvy's Oven Stew
A hearty, slow-baked oven stew with tender beef, potatoes, mushrooms, and savory seasonings — old-fashioned comfort that fills the house with cozy smells.
Amy's Sloppy Joes
Sweet and savory homemade sloppy joes — rich, hearty, and packed with old-fashioned comfort-food flavor. An easy family dinner everyone looks forward to.
Grandma Lenon's Divinity
Light, fluffy, old-fashioned divinity candy filled with crunchy walnuts — a treasured holiday tradition.
Primary Day Casserole
A hearty old-fashioned casserole that shows up at potlucks, church gatherings, and busy weeknight dinners. Ground beef, creamy mushroom soup, tomato sauce, pasta shells, and melted cheddar come together into a warm and filling baked casserole that feeds a crowd and brings back memories of family tables and shared meals.
Guy's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Classic homemade chocolate chip cookies — soft, rich, buttery, and packed with milk chocolate chips. Crisp golden edges, soft centers, and the kind of cookies that disappear quickly anytime they come out of the oven. Best enjoyed warm with a cold glass of milk.
Stephanie's Slippery Chicken
Creamy crock pot chicken slow-cooked in a rich cream sauce and served over fluffy rice — a warm, homemade family comfort meal.
Easter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft, chewy cookies with a fun pastel marbled look and gooey chocolate chips. A festive spring treat that is perfect for Easter gatherings or a sweet homemade snack.
Snickers Peanut Butter Cookies
Rich peanut butter cookies loaded with chopped Snickers pieces for a sweet, chewy treat.
Darin's Jalapeño Barbecue Sauce
Sweet, smoky, and just the right amount of heat — a small-batch BBQ sauce that's worth the wait.
Jolly Rancher Grapes
Sweet, crunchy, and bursting with flavor! These 3-ingredient treats are fun to make and impossible to stop eating.
Uncle Darin's Smoked Pulled Pork
Smoke it low, smoke it slow. This pulled pork is worth the wait, and this versatile smoked pork can be served just about any way you like.
Aunt Joy's Pistachio Salad
A surprisingly delicious salad — sweet, light, and fruity, with marshmallows, pineapple, and pecans folded into creamy pistachio fluff.
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
Classic peanut butter cookies with chocolate kisses pressed into the center — festive, nostalgic, and always the first to disappear.
Aunt Joy's Corn Casserole
A creamy, cheesy, sweet corn casserole that's easy to make and always a crowd favorite!
Aunt Joy's Georgia Peach Bread
A fresh, delicious peach bread that goes great with any meal — soft, sweet, and full of summer flavor.
Aunt Lynette's Oatmeal Bars
A delicious, filling treat the whole family will love—chewy oatmeal bars topped with a sweet lemon-kissed glaze.
Grandma's Popcorn Balls
Easy, fun, and super cute. Great for class parties, team treat bags, and trick-or-treaters.
Hard Tack Candy
Easy, fun, and delicious homemade hard candy you can make with kids and grandkids. Just make the time and do it. ❤️
Macaroni Ham Casserole
Tender pasta, savory ham, and creamy mushroom flavor combine into one rich, cheesy comfort-food dish.
Aunt Joy's Zucchini Bread
This is a family-favorite recipe for homemade zucchini bread. One slice and you'll taste why!
Steph's Caramel Brownies
Rich, gooey brownies layered with melted caramel and chocolate chips. With only a few simple ingredients, this easy dessert is always a crowd favorite.
Cheesy Chicken Tater Tot Casserole
A crock pot family favorite layering tater tots, cheddar, chicken, and crispy bacon into one cozy meal.
Chili Cheese Dog Bake
A fun twist on the classic hot dog, baked casserole-style with cheesy wrapped dogs nestled in warm chili.
Aunt Joy's Banana Bread
A family-favorite banana bread recipe that’s been the go-to loaf for years — soft, sweet, and so good.
Al's Idaho Trail Chili
A hearty trail-style chili packed with savory beef, beans, tomatoes, and bold spices that simmer into a rich, comforting meal.
Old-Fashioned Southern Pound Cake
Rich, buttery, and wonderfully moist with a tender crumb — finished with a simple vanilla glaze for holidays, family gatherings, or anytime you need a dependable homemade dessert.
Tater Tot Casserole
Truly the BEST Tater Tot Casserole — layers of amazing flavor combine for an easy, delicious dinner any night of the week.
Grandma Lenon's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crisp edges, soft centers, and chocolate in every bite — a classic cookie that never goes out of style.
Nana's Country Style Steak
Tender cube steak slow-cooked in savory onion gravy until rich and comforting — a true family favorite.
Grandma Lenon's Texas Sheet Cake
Grandma Lenon's Texas Sheet Cake is one of those special recipes that instantly takes me back to the summers of my childhood. It was my birthday request every year, and one bite still brings back those happy memories. Baked in a large, low-sided sheet pan and topped with a smooth, colorful vanilla icing, this easy chocolate cake is perfect for birthdays, family gatherings, and any occasion that calls for a dessert big enough to share.