Twice baked potatoes you can assemble a day or two ahead and bake right before dinner. Russets, bacon, cheddar, and no gummy filling.

A four ingredient apple cider bourbon cocktail with lemon and bitters, no simple syrup and nothing to shake. Five minutes and it tastes like October.

A crustless sausage and green chile quiche you can bake on Sunday and eat all week. Five eggs, turkey sausage, and enough heat to wake you up.

A lemon blueberry bundt cake made with olive oil and butter, so it stays moist for days. Actually better if you bake it the day before you serve it.

A moist banana cake for your overripe bananas, with three frosting options passed down through three generations. Banana, buttercream, or cream cheese.

A chicken salad with a sriracha honey dressing that skips the sugar most bottled versions are loaded with. Twenty minutes with rotisserie chicken.

French Bread Pizza is another family favorite that is easy to make, easy to customize and always a big hit!

People tend to have very strong opinions about chili. I get it, I’m from Texas. So you know I mean it when I say this Turkey Chili is one of the best!

A chicken tortilla soup that comes together in 45 minutes with rotisserie chicken, Rotel, and pantry staples. Healthy and it still tastes like comfort food.

Adeline's old fashioned peanut brittle, cooked to hard crack and broken into shards. A candy thermometer and about half an hour is all it takes.

Old fashioned peanut patties, chewier than peanut brittle and a Southern holiday staple. Raw Spanish peanuts, a candy thermometer, and someone to help you stir.

A traditional German lebkuchen from my husband's Grandma Norma, passed down from her grandmother. Honey and clove, a three day rest, and a cinnamon icing.

Think of this as the world’s greatest popcorn ball, larger, softer… just give it a try!

This Creamy Taco Soup is so delicious and so easy to throw together. Ultimate comfort food.

Soft rolled sugar cookies with an easy buttercream frosting, no royal icing required. The dough is not overly sweet, which leaves room for the frosting.

A creamy tomato basil soup made with fire roasted canned tomatoes and a can of Rotel for heat. Built for grilled cheese.

Thick, soft snickerdoodles with no chilling and no waiting. Butter and shortening together keep them puffy, and they get even better on day two.

A copycat Whole Hog potato salad that took all summer to get right. Sour cream based, loaded with bacon, and close enough to fool an Arkansas expat.

Like a kolache but with bagel dough and y’all. They’re so good.

A cherry pecan dump cake with four ingredients and no mixing bowl. Dump it, bake it while you eat dinner, and top it with vanilla ice cream. Then let the compliments roll in.