Corn/8 recipes

Corn flake-crusted chicken thighs baked on one sheet pan with sage-roasted potatoes and a honey mustard BBQ dipping sauce. Mom's weeknight dinner that everyone fights over.

No-bean beef chili built on a puree of pasilla and ancho chiles, simmered low with beer, cumin, and a cinnamon stick. Thick, smoky, and unapologetically Texas-style.

Pecan pumpkin pie with a spiced pumpkin custard bottom layer and a buttery brown-sugar pecan topping. Two holiday pies in one, brightened with lemon zest and juice in the pecan filling.

Layered tortilla chip casserole with cubed turkey, creamed corn, picante sauce, black olives, and melted cheddar. A Tex-Mex leftover turkey bake ready in under an hour.

Chocolate chip pecan cookie dough shaped into festive wreath rings, baked golden, iced in white, and decorated with red and green gumdrop flowers. Makes 4 wreaths for holiday gifting, cookie swaps, or edible centerpieces.

Southwestern tortilla soup with white beans, corn, avocado, fresh tomatoes, and crispy fried tortilla strips in a cumin-lime vegetable broth. Vegetarian and satisfying.

Reuben loaf wraps corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Thousand Island dressing inside homemade yeast bread topped with poppy seeds. A Reuben sandwich in loaf form.

Loaded baked potato topping with diced chicken, green chilies, corn, and a cumin-lime mayo dressing. A no-cook Tex-Mex dinner ready in 15 minutes using leftover chicken.

Fudgy Greenwich Village brownies with melted unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, corn syrup, and loaded with pecans. Rich, dense, and chewy with a crackly pecan-studded top.

Buttery almond cutout cookies shaped like birds with sliced almond feather wings and a sparkly sugar glaze. A whimsical holiday baking project the whole family will love.

Crisp, buttery sandie cookies made without pecans, using oats and corn flake crumbs for crunch instead. A nut-free twist on the classic pecan sandie.

Halloween popcorn crunch: popped corn, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries and banana chips coated in hard-crack vanilla caramel. The fall snack mix that puts caramel corn to shame.

Jean Hardin's potatoes are the classic funeral potatoes casserole: hash browns, sour cream, cream of chicken soup, and onion, topped with buttered corn flake crumbs. Pure Midwest potluck comfort.

Goan prawn vindaloo with a tart vinegar-chili paste ground fresh from whole cumin, mustard, and peppercorns. Fiery Indian seafood dish with very little sauce and a deep, punchy spice crust.

Quick yeast bread from scratch in 90 minutes: proof active dry yeast in warm water, stir in flour and oil, shape into two loaves, and bake until golden brown.

No-bake peanut butter cookies with just four ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, peanut butter, and Rice Chex cereal. Ready in 30 minutes with zero oven time.