8,159 thigh recipes

Rice pudding tart with red wine-poached pears fanned on top, finished under the broiler for a caramelized sugar crust. An elegant dessert that can be made ahead.

Red chili nightmare: a wild Mexican-style red chili with beef, sausage, pinto beans, almonds, sesame, chocolate, and a dozen green chiles. Mole-inspired, fiery, and not for the timid.

Oatmeal chocolate chip sheet cake with a boiling-water oat soak for a tender, moist crumb. Topped with walnuts and extra chips for a crackly crust.

Cinnamon pecan bread machine loaf with brown sugar, butter, and chopped pecans. A warmly spiced breakfast bread with regular and large loaf sizes included.

Diabetic-friendly cookies sweetened with raisins, dates, and apples instead of sugar. Drop cookies built around boiled fruit base with sugar substitute. Makes 3 dozen lower-glycemic cookies.

Potato collops, a traditional Irish layered dish with thinly sliced potatoes, diced bacon, onion, parsley, and cheddar baked in milk until golden and bubbling. Comfort food from the Emerald Isle.

Pecan pie bars: shortbread crust topped with classic gooey pecan pie filling, baked in a sheet pan and cut into 36 holiday bars. All the flavor of pecan pie, none of the slicing drama.

Justin's Barbecue Sauce: a Cajun-style finishing sauce with red wine, ketchup, hot sauce, garlic, and aromatic vegetables. Two-hour simmer for depth, served over barbecue not basted.

Vegetarian oat burgers with sauteed vegetables, tamari, and herbs baked until golden. Healthy meatless patties ready in 2 hours including chill time.

Raisin zucchini bread with cinnamon, walnuts, and vanilla baked into two moist loaves. The shredded zucchini disappears into the batter, adding moisture without any veggie taste.

No-bake peanut butter bars with crushed graham crackers, powdered sugar, butter, and a melted chocolate chip topping. Tastes like a homemade peanut butter cup in bar form.

Chewy peanut butter chip bars with deep cocoa brownie batter and pockets of peanut butter chips. A jelly-roll pan recipe that yields four dozen fudgy chocolate bars.

Scandinavian split pea soup slow-cooked with salt pork, frankfurters, carrots, leeks, and thyme. A hearty, thick one-pot supper that simmers for 10 hours in a crockpot. Traditional Nordic comfort food.

Treat your family to this succulent pot roast that is fit for a royal feast!

Delicious dirt cake made sugar-free with devil's food cake, chocolate pudding, cream cheese filling, and crushed cookie crumbs on top. A lighter dirt dessert.

Big-batch Christmas hermit cookies loaded with raisins, currants, chopped nuts, and orange zest, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. A chewy, old-fashioned holiday drop cookie that makes 10 dozen.