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Fresh recipes from the community. Discover, cook, and save them to your personal cookbook.

Cook Out Style Coleslaw

This is a clone of the coleslaw that is used at Cook Out. It can be put on hot dogs, burgers, or just eaten as a side. It has the tangy North Carolina taste due to the vinegar and mustard.

75 min

Fluffy Pancakes

These pancakes are far fluffier than what you'll get from, for example, following the recipe on a box of Bisquick. Make sure as you're pouring the batter on the griddle that you go slowly to increase the height. The thickness of the batter will do the rest.

25 min

J. Alexanders Steak Marinade

This is a clone of J. Alexander’s Steak Maui Hawaiian ribeye marinade. It hits that same savory-sweet profile using soy sauce, brown sugar, pineapple juice, ginger, garlic, and apple cider vinegar. If a 48-hour marinade in pineapple juice sounds risky, the trick here is the quick simmer at the beginning. Pineapple contains an enzyme called bromelain that normally breaks down meat fibers until they turn to mush. Simmering the marinade first kills off that enzyme with heat, meaning you can safely let the steaks soak for two full days to get deep flavor without ruining the texture of the beef.

Pizza Dip

This Pizza Dip is a warm, cheesy party appetizer that layers a smooth cream cheese-and-sour cream base (seasoned with garlic powder, oregano, basil, and a pinch of red pepper flakes) with mar

45 min

Old Fashion Yellow Cake

This is an old fashioned yellow cake recipe. It's a bit denser than what a boxed cake mix will give you but it holds up better to things like hot fudge and other toppings that soak into it.

45 min

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

10 min

Homemade Hamburger Helper

45 min

Chicken Salad

15 min

Beef Stew

145 min

Roasted Carrots

35 min

Sausage Balls

35 min

Jambalaya

75 min

Beefy Cheese Ball

142 min

Butterscotch Balls

These are a great traditional Christmas candy.

55 min

Sugar Cookies

My kids love to make these cookies at Christmas and decorate them.   If you want them to be soft, take them out of the oven right before they appear done.

Deviled Eggs

These are traditional southern style deviled eggs. There is nothing fancy to them - it's just a basic, reliable deviled egg that goes with any large meal.

Banana Pudding

An old fashioned, southern style baked banana pudding. This is more difficult but also far superior to the modern whipped cream or Cool Whip based recipes that are common. 

60 min

Apple Pie

Apple Pie with a lattice top. The dough has to sit for at least two hours.