562 patch recipes

Homemade vanilla wafer cookies bake up crisp, golden and buttery with a full tablespoon of vanilla in every batch. The pantry essential for banana pudding and trifles.

Big-batch Spanish sangria built on red Burgundy, light rum, vodka, Cointreau and a fruit haul of pineapple, apples, oranges and limes. Party punch for 24.

Big-batch spaghetti and meatballs for feeding a crowd. Homemade tomato sauce and 48 baked meatballs that freeze beautifully. Easy to double or triple for potlucks and parties.

Restaurant-style plum chutney with blood plums, apples, currants, ginger, curry powder, and brown sugar. A big-batch preserve that improves with age. Great for gifting.

Fresh peach muffins made with pureed ripe peaches, whole wheat flour, cinnamon, and optional pecans. Over two cups of real peach flavor in every batch.

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.

Ham and bean scallop bakes creamy navy beans with diced ham and sharp cheddar under a buttery breadcrumb crust. A freezer-friendly casserole that makes four meals from one batch.

Barbara Bush's signature chocolate chip cookies with a quirky splash of hot water in the dough that yields a crisp-edged, soft-centered cookie. A small-batch White House classic.

Soft drop cookies made with mincemeat stirred into a fluffy sugar cookie base. A nostalgic holiday cookie recipe that yields a big batch from simple pantry ingredients.

Jerry's Barbecue Sauce: a slow-simmered BBQ sauce with white wine, honey, dried mint, and three cups of onion. Cajun-style with a surprising herbal note. Makes a generous batch.

Low-calorie pumpkin muffins made with skim milk powder, pumpkin pie spice, grated carrots, and raisins. No oil, no butter, and only 7 tablespoons of flour in the whole batch.

Individual fruitcake cupcakes studded with dates, golden raisins, pecans, and citrus zest, soaked in brandy and topped with a pineapple chunk. Just 2 tablespoons of brown sugar in the whole batch. Diabetic-friendly holiday baking at its finest.

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.

Soft, pillowy potato doughnuts made with mashed potatoes and buttermilk, fried golden, and dipped in a quick chocolate fudge frosting. This big-batch recipe yields about 48 doughnuts.

Lemon refrigerator cookies with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and chopped nuts. A slice-and-bake icebox cookie with bright citrus flavor that makes 6 dozen from one batch of dough.