9,424 mild recipes

Heath bar cookie bars with crushed toffee candy, pecans, and brown sugar in a streusel-topped batter baked in a pan. A chewy, butterscotch-flavored bar cookie with candy crunch.

Pumpkin praline pie hides a buttery pecan-praline layer beneath spiced pumpkin filling in a hot-water pastry crust. A Southern Thanksgiving pie that outshines the standard version.

Very Minty Chocolate Cake with Mint Frosting recipe

Five-minute chocolate peanut butter pie made with instant pudding mix, peanut butter, and milk in a graham cracker shell. Five ingredients, no cooking, ready before dinner ends.

Cumulonimbus chocolate cake hides a secret ingredient: sauerkraut. Drained, snipped, and folded into a cocoa-and-coffee batter, it disappears completely and leaves behind a moist, fluffy chocolate cake. Frosted with a two-ingredient chocolate sour cream icing.

Apple butter pie: a creamy custard pie made with spiced apple butter, eggs, milk, and half-and-half in a single crust, topped with fresh nutmeg.

Chocolate caramel hazelnut pie with a from-scratch caramel base, unsweetened chocolate, evaporated milk, and a heavy load of toasted hazelnuts. French-style patisserie pie in a prebaked shell.

Pumpkin cobbler with a spiced pumpkin custard base topped with dry yellow cake mix, melted butter, brown sugar, and nuts. Like pumpkin pie crossed with a dump cake. No mixing the topping required.

Light and fluffy apple oat muffins spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Made with applesauce and skim milk for a healthier breakfast treat.

Ground beef, rice, celery, and onion baked in a creamy mushroom and celery soup base, topped with crunchy chow mein noodles. A hearty, old-fashioned casserole that feeds a crowd on a budget.

Kasha-Patate Sucree from Montreal's Le Commensal: fluffy buckwheat groats topped with sweet potato puree and a savory tamari-garlic sauce. A hearty vegetarian dish with deep, earthy flavors.

Layered chicken casserole with chicken-flavored rice, broccoli, mushrooms, and cream of mushroom soup, topped with cheddar and seasoned breadcrumbs. One pan dinner.

Retro stuffed hamburger patties cradling a savory bread-and-onion filling, baked in creamy mushroom gravy. A nostalgic mid-century beef casserole that turns ground beef into Sunday-supper comfort.

Chicken Madras with a creamy mango curry sauce made from pureed fresh mango, coconut milk, and heavy cream. Pan-seared chicken breasts finished in a sweet, spiced tropical sauce.

A fun, kid-friendly chocolate sheet cake with sour cream for extra moisture and a creamy rum frosting you can decorate like a board game. Birthday party crowd-pleaser.

Thai chicken coconut soup (tom kha gai) with lemongrass, coconut milk, lime juice, jalapeno, and fresh cilantro. A simplified version of the classic with rich, aromatic broth.