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In the Kitchen
This Great-Grandma’s Casserole Beat Out 100 Other Recipes in Our First-Ever Recipe Contest
Allrecipes launched its first-ever World Casserole Day recipe contest, and a great-grandma’s Doritos Tex-Mex casserole took the top prize.
By Bridget Olson
A slice of cheesecake with a dark brown top layer sitting on a white plate
Sorry, but New York-Style Cheesecake Is Not the Best—Here’s My Favorite Version
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The 1 Surprising Ingredient You Should Use for Ultra-Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Marshmallow cheese cake decorated with mini marshmallows
This Quirky No-Bake Cake Is So Much Easier Than Cheesecake
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This 30-Minute Chicken Soup Recipe ‘Is Always a Winner’
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My Mom's Cozy 3-Ingredient Snack Is My Favorite Fall Tradition
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I Asked 5 Chefs What They Make With a Can of Beans—and Their Recipes Are SO Good
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This 80-Year-Old Comfort Food Casserole Recipe Is Impossibly Easy
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This 5-Ingredient Chicken Recipe Is the Easiest Dinner You’ll Make All Week
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My Mother-In-Law’s Most-Requested Recipe Comes From a Vintage Charity Cookbook
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The Store-Bought Thanksgiving Side I’m Passing Off as Homemade
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Inside the Bakery Teaching Teen Girls Confidence, Life Skills—and Perfect Pie Crusts
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Mamaw’s 1-2-3-4 Cake Was Lost for Decades—Until a Haunted House Brought It Back
Creamy one pan chicken over bed of pasta
This One-Pan Creamy Chicken Dinner Is So Good, I’ve Made It Every Week
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This 5-Ingredient Banana Pudding Is So Good, My Husband Requests It On His Birthday Every Year
Tomato and cheese topped seven layer casserole in a glass dish.
My Favorite Midwestern Appetizer Comes From a Vintage Church Cookbook
A bowl of turkey stuffing garnished with parsley
My Grandma’s Depression-Era Trick for the Best Turkey Stuffing Is Pure Genius
a high angle view of 5 stacked pumpkin pancakes on a white speckled plate topped with a pat of butter and drenched in syrup.
My Mom’s 3-Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Pancakes Are the Best Part of Fall Mornings
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This Great-Grandma’s 125-Year-Old Cake Recipe Is Making a Comeback on Reddit
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I Just Learned I've Been Making Cookies All Wrong
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My Mom's Go-To Thanksgiving Recipe Comes From a Vintage 1960s Cookbook
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What Our Team Is Cooking—and Bringing—to Every Gathering This Season
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The 2-Ingredient Pasta Dish I Make When I Don't Feel Like Cooking
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Is the Hot Water in My Dishwasher Really Hot Enough to Kill Bacteria?
Apple dump cake served in a bowl with vanilla ice cream.
This 3-Ingredient Apple Dump Cake Might Be the Easiest Dessert You’ll Make All Year
Loaded cauliflower casserole topped with melted cheese and chives
This Easy, Cheesy Loaded Casserole Will Have Everyone Asking for the Recipe
Million Dollar Chicken Casserole on a plate next to a baking dish
This Million Dollar Chicken Recipe Is Our Most-Saved Casserole of All Time
Mamaw's Chicken and Rice Casserole
This $2, 2-Ingredient Dinner Has Become My Go-To
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The 3-Ingredient Dish I Asked My Mom To Ship to Me From 800 Miles Away
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I Tried the Chicken Pot Pie Recipe People Can’t Stop Raving About—and It Lived Up to the Hype
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The Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup I’ll Be Making All Fall (and Winter) Long
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Meet Pig Pickin’ Cake: The Easy Southern Dessert That Tastes Like Sunshine
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This Chile Relleno Casserole Has Over 1,000 5-Star Reviews—and Counting
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I Found My New Favorite 15-Minute Recipe In a 50-Year Old Magazine
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Meet Texas Delight: The Prize-Winning '70s Dessert That Deserves a Comeback
Marry Me Chicken Soup being served out of a Dutch oven.
This Marry Me Chicken Soup Recipe Is So Good, Reviewers Say It’s the ‘Best Meal They’ve Ever Made’
A plate of fluffy scrambled eggs topped with slivered fresh basil with a side of buttered white toast.
This 1-Ingredient Hack Makes the Fluffiest Scrambled Eggs Ever
Homemade Loaf of Banana Bread
The Banana Bread So Good, One Reviewer Made It 3 Times in 7 Days
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Our Southern Fried Chicken Recipe Is the Only One You'll Ever Need
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This Vintage 2-Ingredient Dessert Is the Easiest Thing You’ll Bake This Year
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My New Favorite Rice and Beans Recipe Is From a Vintage Cookbook
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I Tried 3 Surprising Pancake Recipes, and Now This Is the One Ingredient I’ll Add Every Time
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The 3-Ingredient Recipe We’re Still Putting on Everything, 2 Years Later
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The Fail-Proof Thanksgiving Secrets You Need to Know, According to a Meal-Prep Pro
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This 5-Ingredient, One-Pan Chicken Is the Easiest Dinner You'll Make All Week
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I Used To Laugh at My Grandma’s Go-to Ingredient—Now I Add It To Everything
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This 10-Minute Iowa Dessert Is a Vintage Family Favorite
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This Vintage Chocolate Cake Is So Good, It Tastes Even Better as Leftovers
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I Found This No-Bake Pie Recipe In a Vintage Magazine—Now I Can’t Stop Making It
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Germany’s Best-Kept Dessert Secret Is This Retro Sheet Cake
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My Boyfriend Makes the Best Scrambled Eggs—You’ll Never Guess His Secret Ingredient
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The 10-Minute Casserole Recipe I Make Once a Week
Portugese roast chicken pieces on white platter
This Incredibly Easy Chicken Recipe Is ‘Absolutely Delicious’
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This 4-Ingredient Dip Recipe Was the Best Thing I Learned in High School
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The Vintage Broccoli Casserole That Stole My Husband’s Heart
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The Tomato-Basil Soup Reviewers Swear Is the Best They’ve Ever Tasted
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Meet Bible Study Apple Cobbler: The 3-Ingredient Dessert That’s Always a Hit at Church
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I Tested Our 5 Best Apple Cake Recipes, and You’ll Want to Make the Winner Year-Round
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This Family’s 150-Year-Old Recipe Is Still the Best Southern Side Dish
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My Family’s Mac and Cheese Recipe Is an Iowa State Fair Staple—Here’s Our Secret Ingredient
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Our 5 Most Popular Soup Recipes Are So Good, I Couldn’t Choose a Favorite
Stuffed chicken breast over spaghetti topped with tomato sauce and cheese garnished with herbs
This Restaurant-Quality Italian Recipe Is ‘One of the Best Chicken Dishes You’ll Ever Make’
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This Tortilla Soup Recipe Has a Game-Changing Secret Ingredient
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I Stole This 2-Ingredient Recipe From My Old Restaurant—and I Won’t Make Soup Without It
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The Vintage Funeral Luncheon Recipe We Think Deserves a Comeback
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This 'Absolutely Phenomenal' Slow Cooker Recipe Tastes Just Like My Favorite Restaurant Dish
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My Grandma’s Empanadas Helped Me Feel at Home in America
A bowl of Brunswick stew with a garnish bread slice and spoon nearby positioned on a wooden surface
This Old-Fashioned Southern Recipe Tastes Even Better the Next Day