Appetizer recipes built to feed a crowd — bacon-wrapped bites, sausage balls, crockpot meatballs, and the finger food that disappears off the platter first. These are the appetizer recipes Stephanie brings when she wants to walk in with a full plate and carry home an empty one.
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…
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…
These Are Dangerously Good. You Have Been Warned. These loaded hashbrown balls are dangerously good — frozen shredded hashbrowns, sharp cheddar, Boursin garlic and herb cheese, crumbled bacon, and one egg, rolled into balls and baked on a sheet pan until the outside is crispy and the inside is warm and gooey all the way…
These Sausage Cheese Balls Understood the Assignment These sausage cheese balls are the four-ingredient party appetizer my crowd asks for every time — and the one I bring whenever I need something hot and savory for a breakfast buffet, a teacher appreciation morning, or any gathering where I want to walk in with a plate…
Somebody Deserves a Trophy for This One 3-ingredient crockpot meatballs are the party appetizer I have been making for years, and I am telling you — I have never once brought any home. Not a single one. I made these most recently for a couples bridal shower at our church, and by the time I…
The Little Crescent Roll Pouches That Steal the Show Every Time Mexican Chicken Roll-Ups came straight out of my family cookbook — a recipe from my great-aunt Helen Hanavan — and the first time I made them for a party, they were gone in minutes. That was all I needed to know. I have been…
When the Crock-Pot Is Your Best Thursday Night Friend Crockpot chicken nachos are the dinner I lean on every single Thursday night, when our front door opens and college students start showing up. It started as a small thing — just a few kids who needed a home-cooked meal — and now it is one…
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