Homemade Yeast Rolls

Jennifer Cooks 9/17 3:08A Jennifer Locklin

Homemade yeast rolls are soft, buttery dinner rolls made from an enriched dough with milk, butter, eggs, and active dry yeast. This recipe makes 20-24 glossy, golden pull-apart rolls in about 2½ hours-just right for a holiday table, Sunday supper,...

Classic Pumpkin Pie

Jennifer Cooks 9/15 2:52A Jennifer Locklin

This classic pumpkin pie recipe bakes a smooth, warmly spiced pumpkin custard in one flaky deep-dish crust. Canned pumpkin puree and evaporated milk keep the filling dependable, while a short 425°F start followed by a gentler 350°F finish helps...

16 Best Tailgate Recipes for Football Season

Jennifer Cooks 9/14 2:26A Jennifer

The best tailgate recipes give you something good to eat and still leave you time to watch the game. This collection brings together 16 JenniferCooks recipes for football season: creamy dips, savory...

Classic Apple Pie Recipe

Jennifer Cooks 9/10 2:58A Jennifer Locklin

This classic apple pie recipe gives you a deeply golden double crust, tender Granny Smith apples, and a cinnamon-brown sugar filling that sets instead of running across the plate. The apples stay pleasantly structured, the lemon keeps the...

Old-Fashioned Chicken and Rice Casserole

Jennifer Cooks 9/8 3:01A Jennifer Locklin

This old-fashioned chicken and rice casserole bakes raw cubed chicken and uncooked parboiled rice together in a creamy soup mixture, then finishes it all with a crisp, buttery Ritz cracker topping. It is the kind of dependable one-dish supper...

17 Easy Fall Dinner Recipes for Busy Weeknights

Jennifer Cooks 9/7 3:00A Jennifer Locklin

These easy fall dinner recipes are built for busy weeknights when you want a warm, satisfying meal without turning Tuesday into a cooking project. This collection brings together 17 existing...

Zucchini Fritters

Jennifer Cooks 9/3 3:01A Jennifer Locklin

These zucchini fritters are crisp and deeply golden on the outside, tender in the center, and savory with Parmesan, green onions, and garlic. The most important step is squeezing the salted zucchini very dry before mixing the batter; that keeps...

Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage and Ricotta

Jennifer Cooks 9/1 3:04A Jennifer Locklin

This baked ziti with Italian sausage and ricotta is a deeply saucy, three-cheese pasta casserole built for generous family dinners. Tender ziti, slices of savory sausage, creamy ricotta, melted mozzarella, and Parmesan or Romano are layered with...

Southern Fried Okra

Jennifer Cooks 8/27 7:11A Jennifer Locklin

This fried okra is crisp, deeply golden, and coated in a savory cornmeal crust with just enough smoky heat. Fresh okra gets a light buttermilk coating, a seasoned cornmeal-and-flour dredge, and a quick fry in shortening and bacon grease for the...

BBQ Bacon Pasta Salad

Jennifer Cooks 7/30 2:38A Jennifer Locklin

This pasta salad recipe is smoky, creamy, tangy, and loaded with the good cookout stuff: crisp bacon, sharp Cheddar cubes, sweet corn, crunchy celery, red bell pepper, green onions, and cavatappi pasta tossed in a creamy BBQ dressing. It is the...

Pickled Okra

Jennifer Cooks 7/23 7:18A Jennifer

This pickled okra recipe makes crisp Southern-style okra pickles with whole okra pods, garlic, fresh dill, hot peppers, mustard seed, dill seed, and a tangy vinegar brine. It is a water-bath canning recipe for 6 pint jars, which means you get...

Homemade State Fair Corn Dogs

Jennifer Cooks 7/20 7:01A Jennifer

These homemade corn dogs bring state fair flavor right into your kitchen with beef hot dogs, a honey-sweetened cornmeal batter, and a crisp golden exterior that begs for yellow mustard. They fry quickly, serve a crowd, and make a fun dinner when...

Easy Moist Zucchini Bread Recipe from Scratch

Jennifer Cooks 7/17 3:15A Jennifer Locklin

This easy moist zucchini bread recipe from scratch bakes into two tender, cinnamon-spiced loaves with the right texture: soft crumb, golden edges, and little green flecks of shredded zucchini throughout. It is the kind of quick bread that makes a...

Frozen Peach Bellini

Jennifer Cooks 7/16 6:16A Jennifer

This frozen peach bellini recipe is the cocktail I want when peach season and hot summer days collide. Frozen peach slices, peach schnapps, a little sugar, and a bottle of Prosecco blend into a thick, frosty peach drink with no ice watering it...

Pineapple Upside-Down Sheet Cake

Jennifer Cooks 7/15 10:00A Jennifer

This Pineapple Upside-Down Sheet Cake gives the classic pineapple upside down cake the party-size treatment: buttery brown sugar caramel, rows of pineapple rings, bright maraschino cherries, and a...