This is a delicious cookie! Even people who don't care for pumpkin will like this one, I think. The cookie's soft and delicate with a slight pumpkin flavor. It doesn't have the typical pumpkin spices, just cinnamon. Oats add a little texture, and chocolate chips are a great complement to the pumpkin flavor. This recipe makes a lot of cookies and will be great for fall bake sales.

Learn how to make Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chicken wings are a must while watching football, and these baked BBQ chicken wings are a great recipe to add to the platter. The marinade is savory, tangy, slightly sweet, and a little spicy. It infuses into the chicken wings, adding tons of flavor. While baking, the honey slightly thickens up the sauce and caramelizes on the chicken. These are a nice variation to Buffalo wings.

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Oh wow! Cook this thick and hearty stew recipe on a cold winter day, and you will have one delicious dinner. Guinness and wine add a lot of depth of flavor to this stew. The stew cooks to a nice thick gravy, and we loved the process of cooking the potatoes, carrots, and onions. Make sure to have some nice, crusty bread on hand to serve too.

Learn how to make An Irish Guinness Beef Stew

A great old-fashioned recipe for chicken fried steak. If you're new to cooking, this is a great recipe to try since the directions are straightforward and use basic ingredients. This does make a mess, so it's a great weekend recipe when you have a little extra clean-up time. The seasoned flour is what makes this recipe really good. It's full of spices and flavor. The crust around the cube steak fries nice and crisp. Serve with or without a cream gravy for a fabulous Southern-style meal.

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7-Up biscuits are perfect for beginner bakers. Quick to make, they are different than a traditional biscuit. The 7-Up acts as a leavening agent, and the biscuits are baked in a bath of butter. Once baked, they're rich, buttery, and fluffy. Great for breakfast or a brunch spread. We served ours with a little strawberry jam, and they were so good.

Learn how to make 7-up Bisquick Biscuits

If you're looking to get rid of extra Halloween candy, try these fantastic cookies. Once baked, they're thin and slightly crisp around the edges with a wonderfully gooey middle. In the Test Kitchen, we chopped Butterfingers, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and M&Ms. The result was a great cookie! You can use any type of Halloween candy that melts in this cookie.

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We're always looking for new ways to serve chicken, and these glazed baked chicken tenders are easy and delicious. Chicken tenders are coated in a simple mixture of orange marmalade, Dijon mustard, and soy sauce. The combination is sweet, tangy, and citrusy. Once baked, the glaze becomes a little sticky, and the chicken is juicy. Serve with rice and a veggie for a simple weeknight meal.

Learn how to make Marmalade Glazed Chicken Tenders

Your family is going to love Jessica's chicken casserole. It's filled with Mexican flavor. For our taste buds, it was not spicy so if you like spice use the hot tomatoes and chiles. We love the layers of tortillas and creamy chicken filling. Cheese on top is ooey gooey good. Serve with refried beans and Spanish rice, for a fun fiesta-themed dinner.

Learn how to make Mexican Chicken Casserole

During apple cider season, make sure to make this cider-packed cake. Warm spices and apple cider are added to boxed golden cake mix for a nice punch of fall flavor. What adds to the cake is the apple cinnamon cream cheese frosting. Sweet, tangy, and creamy, it has a tart punch to it from the apple cider. We opted to drizzle the frosting over the cake, but feel free to frost it any way you'd like.

Learn how to make Apple Cider Cake With Apple Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

We can see why this white chicken chili has won so many awards. It has the perfect balance of spice and creaminess. Each bite just got better and better. Easy to make, whip up a batch when you're in the mood for comfort food.

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Tamara definitely named this caramel popcorn recipe correctly... buttery and sweet, it is incredible! Everyone was wondering what the heavenly smell was coming from the Test Kitchen while it was baking. The proportion of caramel to popcorn is spot on. Caramel coats every morsel perfectly. This yummy treat is great for Halloween, game day, a hostess gift, or put it in a mason jar with a ribbon for a fantastic homemade Christmas gift.

Learn how to make Incredible Caramel Popcorn

This is not your traditional meatloaf, but it's fairly simple to make and quite tasty. It's an individual serving of meatloaf with a surprise stuffing in the middle. We used leftover cornbread stuffing, so this recipe would be a great way to use stuffing leftovers. Filled with flavor, the sauce is a delicious touch. Serve with mashed potatoes and a veggie, and you have a very comforting meal.

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Such a delightful change from traditional cornbread! If you are "Team Savory" for cornbread and not into sweet cornbread, you'll adore this recipe. It's fluffy, tender, and literally melts in your mouth. Creamed corn and sour cream keep this from being dry. Heating the cast iron skillet in the oven with oil is the way most Southerners make cornbread and it makes the edges crispy. This will be perfect with beans, soups, chili, or just for snacking.

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Like most homemade bread, there is a little bit of work to prepare this bread but the outcome is well worth it. By itself, the bread is light, fluffy, and sweet. While baking, they smell like cinnamon rolls. When you pour the cream over the cake, this cake becomes really special. It bakes to almost be the flavor and consistency of sweetened condensed milk. The cream sinks to the bottom and gives the bread an ooey, gooey texture. This will be great for dessert, an afternoon snack, or even breakfast or brunch.

Learn how to make Grandma Maybee's Koo Koo Bread

Serve these pork chops in sour cream applesauce with mashed potatoes and a veggie for a comforting meal. It's a very simple pork chop recipe. Use any cut of pork chops you'd like; we opted for boneless pork chops. They simmer in a thick sauce that makes them very tender. The sauce is slightly sweet, but sour cream mellows it and balances out the flavors. A wonderful and easy dinner for any night of the week.

Learn how to make Pork Chops in Sour Cream Applesauce

These sweet potato muffins are heavily spiced and remind us of fall. We opted to make all muffins, but it can be adjusted to muffins and loaves. It makes quite a lot of sweet potato muffins, and the recipe can be cut in half. But they're so good, you won't want to. Moist and tender, they are packed with warm spices such as ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, and pumpkin pie spice. They are a nice light breakfast or snack in the afternoon with coffee or tea.

Learn how to make Tasty Sweet Potato Muffins and Mini Loaves

Enjoy this spinach artichoke dip anytime you need an easy party appetizer, like during football season or the holidays. It's warm, creamy, and filled with spinach and artichokes. We loved the addition of Boursin cheese. It adds creaminess along with its garlic and herb flavor. The sherry adds a subtle sweetness and nutty flavor that has you wondering what ingredient it's from.

Learn how to make Secret Spinach Artichoke Dip

We have a new appreciation of andouille sausage after trying this sausage chicken jambalaya. It's a real star in this scrumptious recipe and is a true Louisiana classic. Starting with the trinity of vegetables (peppers, onions, celery) and then seasoning in layers adds a nice punch of flavor. The key to this dish is layering the seasoning and cooking down the veggies to a deep amber color. This is considered a red jambalaya because of the tomatoes. Andouille sausage makes this comfort meal a little smoky. A great recipe for a crowd because this recipe makes a lot of jambalaya.

Learn how to make Shut the FFFront Door - Sausage Chicken Jambalaya

Simple, timeless, and full of flavor, you'll make this vanilla pudding recipe again and again. It's a classic dessert that's thick, rich, and creamy. Perfectly sweet without being too sweet, it has just the right amount of vanilla flavor. Easy to make, this homemade vanilla pudding recipe is comforting and delicious.

Learn how to make Velvety Vanilla Pudding

Fresh red potatoes are what make this hash brown casserole special. They add so much more flavor than the pre-shredded or frozen potatoes. Super creamy with ample amounts of cheese, this is delicious for a decadent breakfast or a super tasty side.

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Cheese dips are always a party favorite. This one is so good that people will be asking you to bring it to every party. It's creamy, tangy, and full of cheesy goodness. For testing, we used half cheddar cheese and half jalapeno jack in ours with green onions. We like how you can adjust the ingredients to your liking. This warm dip is super easy to make, too.

Learn how to make Cheese Dip That Will Make You Famous

Lisa's country-fried cube steak with onion gravy is comfort food with a capital C. It's a simple, old-fashioned recipe. Pork cube steaks are coated in flour and browned to create a golden brown crust. The homemade brown gravy is filled with onion gravy. The cube steaks are nestled into the gravy and continue to simmer until they're super tender. Serve with mashed potatoes and veggies for a dinner like Grandma used to make. If you can't find pork cube steaks, buy boneless pork chops and pound both sides with a meat mallet to tenderize them.

Learn how to make Lisa's Country-Fried Cube Steak With Onion Gravy

A delicious chicken taco soup made with pantry ingredients. Sometimes canned chicken can be a bit overpowering. The key is to drain it very well and it soaks up the lovely seasonings in this taco soup. Cream cheese makes the soup creamy and adds a slight tang. Serve with cheese and tortilla chips for an easy soup on a cold evening.

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These Amish-style noodles are a warm, comforting side dish. The noodles simmer in a buttery and creamy sauce. It reminds us of creamy chicken noodle soup, just without the chicken. If you want to make it heartier and turn it into a meal, shredded rotisserie chicken can be mixed in at the end. This simple dish comes together very quickly and can be made any night of the week.

Learn how to make Amish Style Noodles

Dense, but delicate at the same time, this chocolate cream cheese pound cake is a classic. After being baked, the outside has a wonderful sugary topping. This is a chocolate treat that's not overly rich or sweet, just the right amount of chocolate. We added whipped cream and chocolate-covered strawberries to serve with a beautiful, delicious slice of chocolate pound cake.

Learn how to make Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake

We went bonkers for this wonderfully creamy Monterey Jack cheese soup. Onions, chiles, and tomatoes make this soup full of flavor and give it almost a Mexican feel. Making a roux, and adding the cheese, thickens this soup and makes it very hearty. Delicious any time of the year!

Learn how to make Monterey Jack Cheese Soup

If you love to purchase pretzels at the mall or airport, these are super easy to make at home and just as good. They're slightly crisp outside, while the inside is soft and billowy. Dusted with salt enhances the flavor of these pretzels. We dipped them in mustard, but a cheese sauce would also be delish. Don't worry if the dough appears dry when it's mixed. After it's kneaded, the dough comes together. Make sure to eat these pretzels while they're fresh and warm.

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This chicken and rice casserole will become a must-make on your weekly dinner menu once you try it. Easy and flavorful, the packet of onion soup mix is a game-changer. It adds robust flavor and sets it apart from other casseroles similar to this recipe. We used chicken thighs, and they were very tender, but you can use a cut-up chicken or chicken breasts instead. Dusting the chicken with paprika adds a smokiness and a pop of color. This takes 10 minutes to throw together, and the oven does all the hard work. A delicious dinner!

Learn how to make Baked Chicken and Rice Dinner

With the smell of fall, the aroma while these pumpkin spice biscotti are baking is wonderful. We enjoyed this fall twist on an Italian cookie. Using a spice cake mix helps to cut down on the preparation steps. Adding canned pumpkin and pumpkin spice adds a nice depth of pumpkin flavor to the cookies. The nutty pecans add a bit of crunch. Drizzling with melted colored chocolate adds to the pumpkin feel of the biscotti.

Learn how to make Pumpkin Spice Biscotti

Member's Choice When thinking of Schnitzel, traditionally, it's thought of as a pork dish. However, we loved the chicken twist in this recipe. The crust is golden brown and super crunchy. The chicken, though, stays tender and juicy. The squeeze of fresh lemon juice really adds another dimension of flavor, so don't be skimpy with it.

Learn how to make Austrian Schnitzel (with Chicken)

When looking for a potato side dish, and don't feel like ordinary French fries, try potato wedges. They're thick slices of potatoes that are soft and fluffy inside, and crispy on the edges. Seasoned with salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, and cayenne pepper, there's a slight kick. Parmesan cheese and cheddar cheese melt on top for an extra touch of decadence. These potato wedges are a tasty general side dish for steak, chicken, or burgers. Or, dip in ketchup for a nice snack.

Learn how to make Potato Wedges

This is a wonderful apple twist on monkey bread. Full of cinnamon flavor and tender, juicy apples, it's a mix of cinnamon rolls and apple pie with nuts throughout. This is a very easy sweet treat that could be served for breakfast and brunch, but also can be a dessert.

Learn how to make Upside-Down Cinnamon-Apple Coffee Cake

This mandarin chicken is a simple and delicious slow cooker dinner. Mandarin oranges cook in the sauce and provide a sweet, citrus flavor. It's a nice contrast to the soy sauce and teriyaki sauce that's also in the sauce. The chicken tenderloins are extremely tender and fall apart. With carrots and broccoli in the recipe, serve with steamed rice for a complete meal.

Learn how to make Crock Pot Mandarin Chicken

These little puffs of goodness are wonderful. When they come out of the oven, they look similar to a popover, but they have an egg-like texture that's light and airy. The sprinkle of sugar gets crunchy and caramelized when baking. The drizzle of honey right before serving adds an extra pop of flavor. Made with a choux pastry, they're a light dessert that's impressive enough for a party or a quick treat for your family.

Learn how to make Nun's Puffs With Honey

When you want an easy and comforting dinner, add this beef enchilada bake to your menu. Each enchilada is filled with beef and cheese with a few tomatoes, onions, and black olives mixed in for extra flavor. Delicious served with refried beans and Spanish rice for a Mexican-inspired meal at home.

Learn how to make Beef Enchilada Bake

A perfectly simple way to enjoy all the robust flavors of stuffed peppers! This is a thick and hearty soup that's warm and comforting. It has all the flavors of stuffed bell pepper - but without all the work. Preparing soup is so much easier than stuffing a pepper. The robust flavor of the bell pepper is present but not overbearing. A little cheese on top is the perfect final touch.

Learn how to make Stuffed Pepper Soup

Hearty and savory, these hamburger-stuffed baked potatoes will end up on your weekly menu. The potatoes are baked with olive oil and sea salt to create a nice, crispy skin. They are stuffed with a delicious ground beef and mushroom mixture. The mashed potato topping includes butter, cream cheese, and cheddar cheese. It's creamy and decadent.

Learn how to make Hamburger Stuffed Baked Potatoes

Add this caramel apple cheesecake to your fall baking list. The golden brown crust tastes like a buttery graham cracker crust. The cheesecake layer is rich, smooth, creamy, and slightly tangy. Cinnamon apples are sprinkled on top and are tender, slightly crispy, juicy, and sweet. The streusel is crumbly and slightly crunchy. Drizzle your favorite caramel sauce over a bar for a delicious apple dessert.

Learn how to make Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

This amazing skillet beef stroganoff is comfort food for a cold day. The key to the tender beef is cutting the sirloin against the grain before cooking. It cooks down in a savory broth with onions and mushrooms. Brandy seems like an odd ingredient, but it does add a small punch of flavor. The result is a creamy, flavorful beef stroganoff. While this seems like a bunch of steps, the stroganoff comes together in about an hour.

Learn how to make Mom's Skillet Beef Stroganoff

Member's Choice! No more take-out fried rice after you try this recipe! Super easy to make at home, this fried rice is full of the flavors you'd expect and it's super hearty. At first, we weren't sure about ham being an ingredient. But we really liked the salty, savory flavor it adds. There's a pop of sweetness from the peas and carrots. We used shrimp and loved that protein option. If you don't care for shrimp, though, pork, chicken, or beef will work well in this recipe too.

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Warm and sweet, we loved this old-fashioned baked custard rice pudding. It's an old-fashioned custard with rice mixed in, creating a rich and creamy rice pudding. The consistency is more of a custard, though, not a typical rice pudding. The nutmeg on top browns and creates a slight crust. While this takes time, it's not a hard dessert recipe. It's a sweet treat a beginner cook can make.

Learn how to make Old-Fashioned Baked Custard Rice Pudding

We fell in love with this delicious cheeseburger casserole and think your family will too. It tastes just like a cheeseburger sloppy joe but without the mess. Everyone will be asking for seconds! A simple weeknight dinner option.

Learn how to make Cheeseburger Casserole

Have a dessert craving and not sure what to make? Try this super simple apple cobbler. Made with self-rising flour and canned pie filling, you probably already have the ingredients in your pantry. The pie filling is dolloped on top but the crust magically bakes around it. This comes out of the oven with a beautiful golden brown crust. You can use any fruit you'd like. We opted for apple but cherry or blueberry would be delicious too. If you like a lot of fruit, you can even add an extra can of filling to the cobbler. Serve with a scoop of ice cream for a delicious dessert.

Learn how to make Poor Man's Apple Cobbler

These are a fantastic old-fashioned treat that'll take you back to your childhood. The soft, cake-like cookies are fudgy and not overly sweet. They're sandwiched with a sweet and rich marshmallow filling. We made them as directed in the recipe, but the dough holds its shape and could be made in the more traditional Devil Dog shape. Bake a batch of these and watch them disappear fast. It's a homemade twist on a store-bought favorite.

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This cavatini is so simple and so good. We opted to use rotini pasta because we think the popular pizza restaurant used that, but use any pasta you'd like or mix and match. It's a great way to use up boxes of partially-used pasta hiding in your cupboard. This is a slightly elevated nostalgic, copycat recipe that'll take you back to being a kid. The homemade sauce is delicious and has robust flavor thanks to the red wine. But, the pasta is really the star of the show. On top, melted mozzarella cheese makes each bite heavenly.

Learn how to make Cavatini

We love a snack mix, and this recipe makes a great after-school snack. Make sure to keep it out of sight, or you may have little hands sneaking a handful or two. It's sweet, salty, and has a great crunch. The brown sugar mixture binds the cereal and tastes like caramel. When drizzled with melted chocolate, each bite is chocolaty, crunchy, sweet, and a touch savory. An easy snack and much cheaper than buying it at a store

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This is a simple and quick one pan pepper steak recipe. It's full of savory flavors with a bit of sweetness from the red pepper and onions. If you like a bit of a kick, we suggest adding extra red pepper flakes. Served over white rice, it's a scrumptious weeknight dinner.

Learn how to make Pepper Steak on Rice

A wonderful, hearty chili dip that's full of flavor. The slightly spicy meat layer has chunks of salsa, chopped chiles, and jalapenos. Cream cheese adds a bit of creaminess. When baked, the cream cheese, along with the shredded Mexican cheese, is nice and gooey. It's a great cheese dip served with tortilla chips, but corn chip scoops would be nice too. A great addition to taco night or game day snacking.

Learn how to make Mexican Lasagna Chip Dip

This is the perfect way to make a boxed cake mix even better. A couple of additions will help you prepare a cake everyone will love. Buttermilk helps to make the cake dense, but super moist. We opted to use chocolate cake and pudding, but the recipe can be adapted to use any flavors that work together to suit your taste buds or the season.

Learn how to make The Moistest Cake Ever

These quarterback sacks are a fun appetizer. The creamy chicken filling is seasoned perfectly with mayo, sweet relish, and a touch of hot sauce. Melted cheddar cheese adds to the gooey filling inside a crispy, golden brown egg roll wrapper. While they do take time to assemble, we were thrilled at how cute the finished sacks were. Serve with ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping, and they'll disappear fast. Great for snacking while watching your favorite team.

Learn how to make Quarterback Sacks