2,951 homemade recipes

Homemade liquid laundry soap made from grated bar soap, washing soda, and borax. This budget DIY detergent gels overnight and uses just half a cup per load, with essential oils for scent if you like.

Homemade scented play-doh that comes together from pantry staples and a few drops of scent. Soft, squishy, and easy to color, this kid-friendly DIY playdough beats the store-bought stuff and costs pennies.

Homemade pop tarts with a tender egg pastry crimped around any fruit jam you like, then baked and finished with a sugar crust or icing. A from-scratch take on the toaster pastry, fully customizable.

Homemade mayonnaise made from scratch by whisking oil drop by drop into egg yolks, mustard, and lemon juice until thick and creamy. Far brighter and richer than the jarred kind, with a tangy mustard edge.

Whole wheat soft pretzels, a chewy, golden twist made with just whole wheat flour, yeast, and water, brushed with egg and sprinkled with sea salt. A high-fiber, homemade take on the snack-stand classic.

Funny-Side-Up Pie is a savory bacon and egg pie with cream of mushroom soup and sour cream in a flaky homemade double crust. Retro comfort food with a creamy gravy on the side.

A thin-crust homemade pizza baked on hot tiles for a crisp base, with garlic oil, tomato sauce, mushrooms, peppers, onions, and cottage cheese in place of mozzarella. A lighter, vegetable-loaded family-night pie.

Rock shrimp chowder built on a rich homemade shrimp-shell stock, spiced with curry, chili, and thyme, with potatoes, peppers, and tomato. The shrimp go in last to stay tender. A warmly spiced seafood chowder.

Apple City Championship BBQ ribs with a 6-spice dry rub, apple juice basting, and a homemade sauce with grated apple, soy, and Worcestershire. Smoked low and slow for 5.5 hours of pure competition flavor.

Homemade yeast bagels loaded with fresh jalapeño and hot sauce right in the dough, boiled and baked until golden with more jalapeño on top. Chewy, spicy, and nothing like what you'll find at the store.

Chocolate chip pecan pie that mounts chips and pecans into the bottom of an all-butter homemade crust before pouring the gooey custard over top. The chocolate melts into pockets you hit with every fork.

Mincemeat sundae pie blends fruit mincemeat into vanilla ice cream, packs it into a vanilla wafer-pecan crust, and finishes each slice with warm homemade caramel sauce. A festive frozen twist on a Christmas classic.

Pizza sandwiches turn toasted English muffins into quick mini pizzas, topped with a homemade herb tomato sauce, cottage cheese, and parmesan, then broiled bubbly. A fast, lighter take on pizza night for snacks or lunch.

Homemade chocolate Irish cream with whiskey, rum, creme de cacao, sweetened condensed milk, and a touch of chocolate syrup. A blender-based copycat of Bailey's that costs less and tastes richer. Serve over crushed ice.

Cinnamon, clove and nutmeg ornaments are fragrant homemade holiday decorations, not edible: a no-bake dough of warm spices and applesauce, cut into shapes, air-dried, and hung to scent your home with Christmas spice.

Vegan baked beans slow-cooked with molasses, brown sugar, warm spices, and tomato sauce. No meat, no dairy, just rich and smoky homemade beans baked low and slow until thick and saucy. A hearty plant-based side dish.