172 big big recipes

Buttermilk bran muffins with raisins, walnuts, and cinnamon. High-fiber breakfast muffins made with miller's bran, ready in 30 minutes. Big batch makes 12.

Chewy chocolate chip cookies with powdered oats, grated chocolate bar, and chocolate chips for triple chocolate intensity. A big-batch recipe that makes five dozen.

Peanut butter bars for a crowd yields 8 dozen from three sheet pans. A big-batch recipe with a chewy, dense peanut butter cookie base dusted with powdered sugar.

Five pound fudge made with chocolate chips, chocolate bars, marshmallow cream, evaporated milk, and pecans. A big-batch holiday candy recipe cooked to the soft ball stage.

Fresh lima beans simmered with sliced smoked sausage, onions, and bacon drippings. A no-fuss Southern one-pot meal with big smoky flavor.

Italian lasagna with ground beef, ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan layered with a homemade tomato meat sauce. A big-batch recipe that makes four 8x8 pans, perfect for feeding a crowd or freezing ahead.

Grandma's chicken and dumpling soup with hand-made broth, cream of chicken and mushroom soups, vegetables, and feathery drop dumplings. A Midwestern comfort-food classic built for big gatherings.

Hearty minestrone soup slow-simmered with kidney beans, cabbage, zucchini, leeks, and crushed tomatoes in vegetable broth. A big-batch Italian vegetable soup with macaroni.

Five pounds of chicken wings marinated in cayenne pepper sauce and Italian dressing, then grilled or baked until sticky and charred. Only 3 ingredients. Big heat, minimal effort.

If you're big on taste, you will love this savory soup made with kidney beans, bacon and a variety of spices.

Soft pumpkin cookies with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, and pecans. A big-batch fall cookie recipe using canned pumpkin puree.

Quick sweet pickles for canning, eight pounds of cucumbers in a sugar-vinegar brine spiced with allspice, celery seed, and mustard seed. A big-batch summer canning project.

Vegetarian three-bean chili with black beans, pinto beans, and kidney beans, loaded with poblano peppers, cumin, and TVP for meaty texture. A big-batch vegan chili that feeds a crowd.

Traditional Polish sauerkraut pierogi filling slow-cooked with bacon, onions, and butter until mellow and sweet. Enough filling for a big batch of homemade pierogies.

Soft pumpkin cookies loaded with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, raisins, and walnuts. A big-batch holiday cookie with warm spice flavor in every cakey bite.

Hot and spicy red pepper apricot chutney with dried apricots, raisins, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a tart-sweet vinegar simmer. Big flavor condiment for meats and cheese boards.