Aunt Sue's Deviled Eggs
Classic, creamy, just-tangy-enough deviled eggs. The plate always comes home empty.
Well hello there, and welcome to my kitchen! 🍽️ I’m Jenny, and this is where I keep all our family recipes so they don’t go disappearing on me. Everything here was handed down from someone I love — I just typed it all up, tested it in my own kitchen, and added my two cents. Pull up a chair and help yourself.
— Jenny
Aunt Betty's Sweet Tea
Smooth, never bitter southern sweet tea. The pinch of baking soda is the whole trick.
Aunt Dolores's Pecan Pie
Deep, dark, and gooey under a crown of toasted pecans. The Thanksgiving pie nobody is allowed to skip.
Cousin Linda's Broccoli Salad
Crunchy, sweet-and-tangy, with bacon and sunflower seeds. Converts people who swear they hate broccoli.
Grandma Margaret's Soft Dinner Rolls
Pillowy, buttery-topped rolls. Bring these to a holiday once and you will be asked forever.
Cousin Pete's Banana Bread
Use the blackest bananas you can find. Anything still yellow is banana bread on hard mode.
Aunt Betty's Corn Casserole
Halfway between a side dish and dessert. The first thing to vanish at every holiday table.
Nana Vivian's Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
Soft, pale, hold-their-shape Christmas cookies, made for icing and a generous hand with the sprinkles.
Uncle Ray's Smoky Chili
No secret blend, no mystery ingredient — just smoked paprika and the patience to toast the spices.
Aunt Sue's Picnic Potato Salad
The trick is splashing vinegar on the potatoes while they are still warm so they drink it in.
Grandpa Walt's Sunday Pancakes
Sunday-morning pancakes with one unbreakable house rule: the first ugly one belongs to the cook.
Grandma Margaret's Sunday Pot Roast
The Sunday-dinner roast, fall-apart tender, with carrots and potatoes cooked right in the pot.
Aunt Dolores's Buttermilk Biscuits
Tall, flaky, and layered. Cold butter, cold buttermilk, and never twist the cutter.
Nana Vivian's Lemon Bars
Buttery shortbread crust, sharp real-lemon filling. Dust the sugar on only after they are completely cold.
Margaret's Apple Cobbler
The recipe that started this whole archive. Tart Granny Smiths under a soft, golden, cinnamon-sugar top.