30 winner recipes

Award winner brownies bake into rich, fudgy chocolate squares with a buttery crumb and optional toasted walnuts. Adjust pan size for chewy or cakey: 8-inch for chewy, 9-inch for cake-like. One-bowl ease.

A treasured memory of Christmas at Great-Aunt Elizabeth's house was a cookie that I never learned to eat in moderation. Although my mother warned me not to say anything, one of the first things I would say upon arrival was, "I'm hungry" hoping that these cookies would appear. Much to my delight they usually did, and in fact, began also to appear at Easter, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and any other time we got together to celebrate.

Chewy praline cookies with brown sugar, butter, and chopped pecans. Thin, crisp-edged, and candy-like with a soft center. Just six ingredients and 20 minutes start to finish.

Award-winning almond shortbread cookies with a buttery dent filled with homemade butterscotch frosting and topped with chopped pistachios. A 1986 classic.

The 2nd place winner in the Chicago Tribune's 1996 Annual Holiday Cookie Contest, a simple brown-sugar shortbread from Sandra Petrille of Naperville, Illinois.

Make your Kraft dinner a little bit fancier by adding some juicy cherry tomatoes and fresh parsley leaves. It looks colorful and tastes delicious.

Turned out very fluffy, hot out of the oven I ate about 5 of them right away. Lightly warm spiced with sweetness from the sweet potato. You won't find these in any store.

An easy way to add some veggies to your kids meal. Add some fresh broccoli and mushrooms to your macaroni and cheese, still cheesy and delicious, giving you extra vitamins, flavor and fiber.

A quick but scrumptious dinner made with vegetables and cream of mushroom soup.

Traditional Wiener Schnitzel with milk-fed veal pounded paper-thin, triple-breaded, and fried until the coating ripples golden. Served with lemon wedges, the way Vienna intended.

Sliced SPAM simmered with zucchini, potatoes, carrots, and canned tomatoes seasoned with basil, oregano, and garlic in one skillet. A budget-friendly 40-minute dinner that feeds eight.

Beer-braised corned beef brisket simmered low and slow with potatoes, carrots, and cabbage. A hearty one-pot Irish-American classic for St. Patrick's Day or any cold-weather Sunday.

Easy pork chop dinner braised low and slow in chicken broth with onion and garlic for fall-apart tender meat. Five ingredients, one skillet, hands-off weeknight cooking.

Chuck roast slow-cooks with onions, carrots, celery, and stewed tomatoes in a savory herb gravy enriched with Worcestershire sauce and mushrooms for an effortless crockpot dinner.

30-minute pork chop dinner with yellow rice, salsa-style tomatoes, and fresh cilantro. A five-ingredient weeknight meal ready before takeout would arrive.

Dutch oven pork chop dinner braised in apple juice with potatoes, carrots, onions, and cabbage. Everything cooks in one pot for a complete fall meal with built-in gravy.