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Apple Pie Bars

I made pie for Thanksgiving for four years running before I admitted the truth to myself: I don’t actually like rolling out a round crust and fighting it into a fluted pan at 9pm. Bars fixed that. Same apple pie…

Pecan Pie Bars

I love pecan pie. I do not love making pecan pie. The blind bake, the crimped edges that never crimp the way they do in the pictures, the slice that collapses the second your knife hits it. These bars fixed…

No Bake Pumpkin Pie

There’s a very specific kind of stress that comes with holiday oven math — the turkey needs it at 3, the rolls need it at 4:30, and somehow the pie is supposed to bake at 350 for an hour in…

Twice Baked Mashed Potato Casserole

I made this the week my oven decided broiling meant “gently warm,” and I still couldn’t get people to stop eating it straight out of the dish with a spoon. There’s a version of mashed potatoes everyone knows, and then…

Homemade Stuffing Recipe

I used to buy the boxed stuff every November because homemade stuffing sounded like a whole production. It isn’t. It’s bread, butter, a few vegetables, and enough patience to let the bread dry out properly. That last part is the…

Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf

I made this the first time because I had ground chicken thawed and no plan for it, plus half a jar of spaghetti sauce sitting in the fridge door threatening to go to waste. Chicken parmesan was the obvious direction.…