672 big big recipes

Black bean and smoked chicken soup turns BBQ-glazed baked chicken and a hit of liquid smoke into a creamy, smoky bowl. Evaporated skim milk keeps it light while black beans and broccoli make it filling. Big flavor, low fat.

An easy baked chicken breast casserole topped with creamy soup, cheddar, herb stuffing, and a splash of bourbon for warm depth. Six ingredients layered in one dish and baked golden. No fuss, big flavor.

Joe Froggers, the giant New England molasses cookies. Spiked with rum, dark with molasses, warmed with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice. Roll, cut big, bake.

Red onion pizza with a from-scratch soffritto tomato sauce and melted mozzarella on a crispy crust. Simple toppings, big flavor from slow-simmered sauce.

Orange pepper steaks are beef tenderloin crusted in coarse black pepper and broiled with an orange marmalade, ginger, and vinegar glaze. Five ingredients, big flavor.

Crunchy Southwestern slaw with julienned red cabbage, red onion, cumin, chili powder, and a sweet red wine vinegar dressing. No mayo, no fuss, big flavor.

Creamy potato salmon chowder with carrots, peas, and celery in a homemade white sauce. A big-batch soup using canned salmon that makes 3 quarts.

Chewy oatmeal cookie dough shaped into snowmen and decorated for the holidays. A fun winter baking project for kids that makes four big cookie snowmen.

Sugar-free fruit cookies with raisins, currants, nutmeg, and hot apple juice instead of sugar. A big-batch drop cookie sweetened naturally by dried fruit.

Old-school big-batch chili with whole beef roast, soup bone, cooked pinto beans, and a hit of Mexene chili powder and cumin. Slow-simmered for deep beefy stock and tender chunks.

Big-batch go-to pie crust: 5 pounds of flour and butter-flavored shortening yield 20 freezer-ready dough balls. Microwave-thaw any single ball in 30 seconds for pie any night.

Piselli alla Napoletana, tender green peas braised in tomato paste with olive oil and onion. A classic Neapolitan side dish with just six ingredients and big Italian flavor.

Grandma's Ohio farm chili made with ground beef, hot Italian sausage, kidney beans, and condensed tomato soup. Served the Midwest way: ladled over mashed potatoes in a big bowl.

No-cook cucumber oil pickles with sliced onions in a vinegar, salad oil, celery salt, and mustard seed brine. A big-batch heritage recipe using 60 small cucumbers.

A boozy chocolate sheet cake laced with peppermint schnapps and sweetened condensed milk, topped with a minty schnapps frosting. Big batch, bold flavor, and ready in an hour.

Molasses ginger bars with brown sugar, raisins, and a dusting of powdered sugar. Soft, chewy gingerbread-style cookie bars from a big-batch 13x9 pan that cuts into 36 pieces.