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These gluten-free brown butter chocolate chip cookies are thick, chewy, and loaded with melty chocolate. Nutty browned butter adds rich, caramel-like flavor that makes it downright rude to stop at one. Total time for the recipe to be finished.Total Time 57 minutes minutes I originally created these gluten-free brown butter chocolate chip cookies for my daughter-in-law, who's allergic to gluten.

Easy baked pumpkin donuts start with yellow cake mix and pumpkin, then get a generous tumble in spiced cinnamon sugar. Soft, sweet, and ready in about 20 minutes because nobody has time for a donut-related quest before breakfast. Total time for the recipe to be finished.Total Time 18 minutes minutes Baked pumpkin donuts are soft, warmly spiced, and covered in enough spiced cinnamon sugar to make restraint impossible.

Don't you love the nights dinner is planned, the chicken is thawed, and you feel confidently competent? Other nights it's 5:47, everyone wants to know what's for dinner, and you're considering changing your name and moving to another state. That's when you need a classic chicken casserole with cream of chicken soup.

Tender chicken bakes under a creamy layer of sour cream and cream of chicken soup, then gets buried beneath buttery Ritz crackers and onion soup mix because apparently subtlety has clocked out for the day. It’s rich, crispy, ridiculously easy, and exactly the kind of dinner you make when everyone expects to eat again despite the fact that you just fed them yesterday.

This easy Louisiana crunch cake recipe starts with a yellow cake mix and gets upgraded with butter, buttermilk, vanilla, and coconut for a rich, tender crumb. A sweet, crunchy coconut crust and thick vanilla glaze finish it off with plenty of old-fashioned Southern bakery flavor. Total time for the recipe to be finished.Total Time 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes This Louisiana crunch cake recipe makes good manners negotiable.

These easy baked apple cider donuts are easy to make with spice cake mix, applesauce, and a packet of dry spiced apple cider mix. They're soft, tender, and packed with cozy fall flavor. Best of all, they're done in less than 30 minutes. Baked apple cider donuts are proof that happiness sometimes shows up smelling like a crisp October morning. They're soft, fluffy, packed with cozy apple cider flavor, and super easy thanks to one little cake mix shortcut. No standing in line at the orchard.

Y'all know I don't believe in "crockpot season." If it's Tuesday, I'm probably using mine. But fall?

Chunky little candy clusters loaded with buttery pecans, crunchy toffee bits, and a creamy mixture of white, milk, and dark chocolate. A sprinkle of flaky sea salt wakes up every bite, making these sweet, salty treats almost impossible to stop eating. Total time for the recipe to be finished.Total Time 2 hours hours 35 minutes minutes Crockpot candy is for those of us who want homemade Christmas treats without turning the kitchen into a Willy Wonka's workers' compensation claim.

Church window cookies are an easy no-bake Christmas treat made with rich chocolate, colorful marshmallows, crunchy pecans, and coconut. They're perfect for holiday cookie trays, homemade gifts, and making ahead. Total time for the recipe to be finished.Total Time 2 hours hours 10 minutes minutes Somewhere between fudge and cookie lives this gloriously retro Christmas treat that's been charming church ladies and cookie trays since avocado green was fashionable the first time.

Plain pretzels get a serious upgrade with a quick toss in seasoned browned butter before the slow cooker turns them into an irresistibly crisp party snack. Taco pretzels are easy to make, perfect for feeding a crowd, and just as welcome as a homemade gift as they are on game day. Total time for the recipe to be finished.Total Time 2 hours hours 10 minutes minutes Some people bring a vegetable tray to the party. Bless their optimistic little hearts. You?