9,650 mild recipes

Lovelight chiffon cake, a tender cake-flour sheet cake leavened with stiff-peaked meringue and brightened with lemon extract. The featherlight 1950s church-supper classic, baked in a 9x13 pan.

Three-ingredient chocolate mint candies made with milk chocolate chips, sour cream, and creme de menthe. Piped into elegant bite-sized treats, no baking needed.

Impossible pecan pie makes its own crust as it bakes, no rolling required. Six ingredients blend up in seconds and yield a pecan-studded custard pie in 45 minutes.

Homey meatball stew with cream of celery soup, peas, potatoes, and fluffy Bisquick egg or parsley dumplings dropped on top. Midwestern comfort food one-pot dinner.

Creamy Gouda cheese soup with a splash of apple juice for subtle sweetness. This velvety 30-minute soup brings the classic cheese-and-apple pairing to your bowl.

No-bake oatmeal cookies with cocoa, peanut butter, and chopped nuts dropped onto wax paper. Ready in 20 minutes with zero oven time. Makes two dozen chewy chocolate cookies.

You could also try adding some onions, mushrooms and white wine.

Microwave oven-fried chicken gives you a crisp, paprika-flecked crumb crust with no oil and no mess. Coated in seasoned bread and cornflake crumbs, it cooks in the microwave and tastes great hot or cold.

Slow cooker chocolate fondue with chocolate almond candy bars, marshmallows, and whipping cream. Stays warm and glossy for hours of dipping without scorching. Five ingredients, no babysitting.

Easy baked mac and cheese with Monterey Jack and Colby cheese, evaporated milk, and beaten egg for a custardy set. No flour roux required for old-fashioned Southern-style baked macaroni.

Malted milk cookies fold chopped malted milk balls and unsweetened chocolate into a brown-sugar drop cookie for a chocolate cookie with crunchy candy pockets. A diner-style malt shop treat.

Custard rhubarb pie sets fresh rhubarb in a vanilla custard inside a flaky crust. The two-stage bake locks in the custard's silky texture while keeping the rhubarb tart and tender.

Sugar-free strawberry-pineapple-orange ice cream churned in a home freezer with light milk and a sugar substitute. Diabetic-friendly summer dessert sweetened by fresh and canned fruit.

Easy two-layer peanut butter and chocolate fudge with sweetened condensed milk. No candy thermometer, no boiling sugar. Five ingredients, ready in three hours.

Onion ring batter with cornmeal grit and a triple shot of onion powder. The cornmeal locks in extra crunch while the milk and egg give the coating tooth and color. Dunk, fry, eat.

Pirate's pie: a kid-friendly fish pie with canned salmon, leeks, red pepper, and corn in creamy sauce under a piped cheesy mashed potato crown. Budget-friendly family dinner.