Large batch recipes for feeding a crowd by Stephanie Longstreth
Chocolate in Little Cups Equals Joy. That Has Always Been My Theory. Dark chocolate mousse in little cups is my daughter’s absolute favorite dessert, so the week she told me she was bringing her roommates over for brunch, I did not have to think for one second about what I was making. Five ingredients. One…
Sometimes Making Someone Feel Special Is This Simple I made a big batch of candied pecans this week, and they were never really about the pecans — they were about a little jar, a little ribbon, and something homemade inside to tell somebody I care about them. They are going home with every lady at…
Are You Tired of Taking the Same Thing Every Single Year? These cranberry pecan cheddar crackers are what I make when I am tired of carrying the same tray to the same holiday party for the fourth year running. They are savory instead of sweet — extra sharp cheddar, chopped pecans, and sweet dried cranberries…
My Daughter Asked, So I Made Something I Had Never Made Before These lemon scones happened because my daughter asked for them. She was putting together a little brunch for her roommates and wanted something bright and lemony on the table, and this was a brand new recipe to me — which almost never stops…
If Scones Sound Too Fancy to Try, Start Right Here If you have never made homemade scones, let these apricot pecan scones be the ones you start with. They are my tried-and-true recipe — I have had it for years and it is my favorite, the one I pull out any time I need something…
Chicken recipes for a crowd are the ones I lean on hardest, and I think it is because chicken never argues with anybody. It stretches, it takes whatever seasoning you put on it, and it is the one protein I can put in front of a table of twelve without somebody quietly not eating. These…
Zero Regrets, Y’all. Zero Regrets. These chicken bacon ranch melts are the sandwich I have zero regrets about, and I mean that sincerely. One of my biggest pet peeves about a chicken sandwich is that the chicken itself — the biggest bite in the whole thing — is usually the least flavorful part of it….
I Have Never Once Carried These Home Again. These bacon wrapped little smokies are little bites of meat candy, and they belong on a brunch table or a tailgate — anywhere people are standing around with a plate in one hand. A smokie wrapped in bacon, held together with a toothpick, packed with brown sugar…
Two Cans and a Handful of Nuts. That Is the Whole Secret. This cranberry apple salad is my mother-in-law’s, and it was a fixture on our Thanksgiving and Christmas tables for as long as I can remember. It is sweet, it is tart, it is warm, and it is made from two cans and a…
Nobody Agrees on the Name. Everybody Goes Back for Seconds. Funeral potatoes, church lady potatoes, hashbrown casserole — I do not care what you call it, and honestly nobody at my table ever has. This is the dish that has been showing up on dining tables for generations, and there is a very good reason…
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