Large batch recipes for feeding a crowd by Stephanie Longstreth
Everyone Will Be Impressed. Only You and I Will Know. This pecan pie is the easiest, most delicious one there ever was, and I mean that. Everything except the crust goes into one bowl, gets mixed with a hand mixer, and pours straight into the shell. There is no par-baking, no candy thermometer, no rolling…
Can We Stop Pretending Every Decadent Dessert Starts From Scratch? This brownie trifle is three things — a box of brownie mix, a box of instant chocolate pudding, and a tub of Cool Whip — and it is one of the best desserts we have ever had at this house. I got the recipe years…
Side dishes for a crowd are the part of the meal I think about hardest. The main dish is usually decided before I ever get to the kitchen — it is the sides that turn one pan of something into an actual supper. These are the seventeen I make on repeat when there are a…
I Went to Bed. The Crockpot Did the Whole Day’s Work. Crockpot BBQ pulled pork is the meal that finally convinced me a slow cooker can do a full day of cooking while I am asleep. I season a big pork tenderloin, poke whole cloves down into it, bury the whole thing under three sliced…
Desserts for a crowd have a different job than a fancy dessert does. It does not need to be plated. It needs to cut into twenty-five squares, survive a car ride, and still taste good sitting on a table for two hours while everybody finishes their supper. These are the twenty-five I actually make when…
Casseroles for a crowd are the reason dinner happens at my house most nights. When you are feeding seven people, and around here it is usually more than seven, one hot 9×13 pan is the whole answer. These are the eighteen my family actually asks for, pulled out of everything on this site. Not the…
The Only Thing Scary About These Is How Fast They Get Eaten Monster cookies are the cookie my crowd asks for by name — peanut butter, quick oats, chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and a big scoop of M&M’s, all stirred together in one bowl. Some people call them kitchen sink cookies, because you truly…
Toss the Skillet, Mama. Tonight It’s All One Pan. Sheet pan quesadillas are the answer to every night you have a houseful of hungry people and no interest in standing at the stove flipping one quesadilla at a time. Everything goes into a single half sheet pan — tortillas layered around the edges, cheddar on…
Everybody Gets Their Own, and Nobody Fights About the Toppings These homemade calzones are what happens when the fancy dinner plans fall apart and something even better takes their place. I had dreams of serving them with a pretty salad and some fresh fruit, but life happened that day, so my crowd got fed on…
Every Mama Needs a Side Salad the Whole Crowd Gets Excited About This spinach strawberry salad is the one side my whole crowd actually gets excited about — and it comes together in under five minutes. It is just two main ingredients, a bag of baby spinach and a big bowl of fresh sliced strawberries,…
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