potluck

Almond Toffee Cake

A single-layer springform cake finished with a boiled almond-and-butter topping that gets browned under the broiler.

Angel Food Custard

Angel food cake split into three layers and filled with a stovetop vanilla custard lightened with whipped cream.

Anytime Calzones

A machine-kneaded yeast dough, shaped into 7-inch rounds that freeze for a month, folded over microwaved potato slices and either prosciutto and feta or ham and ricotta. The dough doubles as pizza dough.

Apple Crisp

Fruit baked between two layers of an oat-brown sugar crumble, with a cooked cinnamon syrup poured over the middle.

Apple Crisp Pizza

Diced apples spread over a pie crust rolled onto a pizza pan, topped with oat streusel and drizzled with caramel.

“The cook (this reads like the original web source's voice rather than Deb's own) mentions not using all the apples because they were extra large, and likes to mix the topping by hand until it feels like wet sand.”

Apple Walnut Cake

Chopped apples macerated in sugar, then folded into a spiced batter with walnuts and baked in a 9x13 under cream cheese frosting.

Banana Cake

A 9x13 banana cake made by the dump method, with buttermilk and lemon juice, baked slow for over an hour.

Barbecue Sloppy Joes

Ground beef simmered down with home-canned tomatoes, vinegar and chili powder, thickened with oatmeal.

“Deb notes she uses about ¼ cup brown sugar in place of the sugar.”

Berry Dessert

Four bags of berries layered with melted butter, sugar and dry Jell-O, topped with dry cake mix and baked an hour.

“Deb notes she uses sugar-free Jell-O and sometimes swaps in Splenda for the sugar.”

Black Cherry Salad

Molded gelatin salad of black cherry Jell-O and applesauce, with sour cream, colored marshmallows and nuts folded in.

Blond Butterscotch Brownies

Thick brown sugar blondie batter spread in a 13x9 and pressed with chocolate chunks and chopped Heath bars.

BLT Macaroni Salad

Elbow macaroni chilled in a chili sauce and mayonnaise dressing, with lettuce and bacon tossed in at the last minute.

“This cold salad is the best I have ever made. It will fly right off of the table. This is perfect to take to parties or get-togethers.”

Blueberry Breakfast Cake

Very thick blueberry batter baked in a 9-inch square pan under a walnut crumb, then drizzled with powdered sugar icing.

Blueberry Bundt Cake

Buttermilk Bundt cake with a cooked blueberry and pectin filling swirled through the batter in two layers.

Blueberry Cobbler Texas Style

Batter poured over butter melted in a hot 13x9, dolloped with mashed lemon-sugar blueberries and baked until the edges crisp.

Blueberry Pie

Half the berries are cooked down and mashed, then bound with grated apple and ground tapioca under a double crust.

“I use Splenda for the sugar — 1 cup for blueberry pie. For sour cherries, 1 cup Splenda and 2/3 cup sugar.”

Blueberry Streusel Muffins

Buttermilk muffins with lemon zest under a thick cinnamon brown sugar streusel; the berries go in still frozen.

Bread with Poppy Seeds

White cake mix and coconut pudding do the work here, stretched into three poppy seed loaves.

Breakfast Cake

Cake mix and vanilla pudding batter layered in a tube pan with cinnamon sugar and nuts, then finished with a butter-extract glaze.

Broccoli Pasta Salad

Raw broccoli, bacon, cheddar and rotini in a sweet Miracle Whip dressing thinned with vinegar and condensed milk, chilled overnight.

Broccoli Salad

Raw broccoli tossed with bacon, red onion, raisins and whole cashews; the sugar-vinegar mayonnaise dressing goes on just before serving.

Broccoli Tortellini

Cheese tortellini marinated for hours in Italian dressing and artichoke marinade, with tomatoes and olives added at serving time.

Butterfinger Dessert

Graham and soda cracker crust under a beaten ice cream and instant pudding layer, topped with Cool Whip and crushed Butterfingers.

“Deb notes the Butterfingers should be the '10 cent size' candy bars.”

Buttermilk Brownies

Sheet-pan cocoa brownies started by boiling the butter and cocoa, iced while hot with a cooked buttermilk frosting and nuts.

Cabbage Salad

Shredded cabbage and green onion with broiled almonds, sesame seeds and crushed dry Ramen, in a rice vinegar and oil dressing.

Calico Beans

Ground beef, bacon and three kinds of beans baked in a sweet-and-sour brown sugar and catsup sauce.

Caramel Apple Dump Cake Recipe with 4 Ingredients

Apple pie filling and caramel sauce under a layer of dry cake mix and melted butter, baked until the top browns.

Caramel Layer Squares

German chocolate cake mix pressed into a crust and crumbled over the top, with melted caramels and chocolate chips between.

Caramel Rice Krispies Bars

Rice Krispie treats built in layers, with whole marshmallows and a melted caramel and condensed milk filling in the middle.

Caramel Twists

An overnight refrigerator sweet dough, rolled with a cinnamon-sugar filling, cut into strips, twisted, and baked over a butter, syrup, brown sugar and walnut layer that becomes the sticky top when the pans are inverted.

Carmelitas

Oatmeal crumb bars with caramel and two kinds of chocolate baked in the middle, drizzled with more of both once cool.

Carrot/Pecan Spice Cake

Oil-based carrot cake with cinnamon and finely chopped pecans, baked slow in a tube pan or 9x13.

Cheesy Potato Soup (makes 1 gallon)

Potatoes, carrots and onion folded into a cream of mushroom and cream cheese base with crumbled bacon; makes a gallon.

“Call if you have questions.”

Cheesy Potatoes

Frozen hash browns folded into sour cream and cream of chicken soup, baked under a buttered cornflake topping.

Chewy Brownies

Cocoa bloomed in boiling water with espresso powder, plus two kinds of chocolate and both butter and oil, baked in a foil-lined 9x13.

Chex Mix with a Twist

Pretzels, Cheerios, corn Chex, peanuts and M&M's tossed in melted white chocolate and spread on waxed paper to set.

“My family likes Pebbles cereal or Froot Loops better than Cheerios, so feel free to swap those in.”

Chili Con Queso

Seasoned ground beef folded into melted Velveeta with canned tomatoes and green chilies, served warm with corn chips.

Chipotle Chili Cornbread Bake

Chili-seasoned beef and beans go into the baker first, with a sour cream corn muffin batter scooped over the top before baking.

Chocolate Chip Bars

Shortbread-style dough pressed onto a sheet pan with chocolate chips worked in, then finished with a brown sugar meringue and nuts.

Chocolate Chip Brownie Bars

One bowl of cocoa batter with walnuts and both vanilla and chocolate chips, baked in a square pan and cut into bars.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pie

Refrigerated cookie dough pressed into a pie plate as the crust, filled with sweetened cream cheese and chopped Heath bars.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sour cream in the dough and quarter-cup scoops make these oversized; chocolate chunks and pecans go in at the end.

Chocolate Dessert

Layered icebox dessert: cookie crumb crust, sweetened cream cheese, chopped candy bars and instant chocolate pudding under whipped topping.

Chocolate Ice Cream Cake

Oat and nut crumbs pressed into a square pan, layered with caramel topping and softened chocolate ice cream, then frozen.

Chocolate Scotcheroos

Rice Krispies bound with boiled sugar syrup and peanut butter, pressed into a pan and topped with melted chocolate and butterscotch chips.

“Deb notes she does both the sugar/syrup boil and the chip-melting step in the microwave.”

Chocolate Sheet Cake with Milk Chocolate Frosting

Batter built in a saucepan from melted bittersweet chocolate and cocoa, baked in a 13 by 9 pan under a milk chocolate, cream and butter frosting.

Chow Mein Noodles Cookies

Brown sugar oatmeal drop cookies loaded with chocolate chips and crisp chow mein noodles for crunch.

Christmas Reindeer Crack

Pretzels, Bugles, Fritos, Chex, peanuts and M&M's coated in melted white bark, spread to cool, then broken into pieces.

Cinnamon Cheese Squares

Sweetened cream cheese baked between two sheets of puff pastry under cinnamon sugar and sliced almonds, cut into squares.

“I use ½ cup sugar and ½ cup Splenda instead of the full cup of sugar.”

Cinnamon Roll Cake

Sheet cake batter swirled with a brown sugar cinnamon topping and drizzled with powdered sugar glaze while still warm.

Coffee Cake

Yellow cake mix and pudding mix batter marbled with a cocoa, cinnamon and pecan topping, baked in a 9 by 13 pan.

Coffeecake Muffins

Food-processor muffins with a cinnamon filling buried in the center and pecan streusel on top, baked in liners.

Corn Casserole

Cream-style and whole-kernel corn baked with small shell macaroni, butter and two cups of melted Velveeta or cheddar.

Cornbread Mexican Salad

Crumbled green-chili cornbread layered with black beans, corn, peppers and bacon under a ranch, sour cream and mayonnaise dressing.

Cranberry Salad

Cooked cranberries and cherry Jell-O set with diced celery, apple, crushed pineapple and nuts if you want them.

Cream Cheese Brownies

Unsweetened chocolate brownie batter marbled with a sour cream and cream cheese filling, baked in an 8-inch square pan.

Cream Cheese Dessert

Baked shortbread crust spread with a Dream Whip and cream cheese layer, finished with canned pie filling and chilled.

Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie Bars

Sugar cookie dough enriched with cream cheese and almond extract, pressed into a sheet pan and frosted after cooling.

Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Wild rice blend, cubed baked chicken and four dried herbs in broth, thickened with a butter-flour roux, milk and cream.

“I used the same pan I cooked the rice in to make the butter-and-flour roux.”

Crème de Menthe Brownies

Chocolate syrup brownies baked in a jellyroll pan, spread with a peppermint crème de menthe layer and a poured chocolate glaze.

Crispix Munchies

Cereal coated in boiled brown sugar and corn syrup, baked an hour at 200 degrees with stirring, M&M's added after cooling.

Crockpot Chicken Sandwiches

Chicken slow-cooked six hours with cream cheese and ranch mix, shredded, then covered with cheddar and bacon for buns.

Cucumbers

Sliced cucumbers and onion held in a sweet-sour dressing of mayonnaise, vinegar and sugar.

Delicious Cookies

Butter-and-oil dough loaded with Rice Krispies, coconut, oatmeal, nuts and chocolate chips, pressed flat with a fork before baking.

Deviled Eggs

Eggs cooked by the off-heat method and iced, with the yolks pushed through a sieve and mixed with mayonnaise, sour cream and brown mustard.

Double Chocolate Crumble Bars

Cocoa-pecan bar base baked, covered with melted marshmallows, then spread with a peanut butter, chocolate and Rice Krispies topping.

Dried Beef Dill Weed Dip

Equal parts sour cream and mayonnaise stirred with chipped dried beef, dill weed, beau monde and onion, served with pumpernickel.

Frosty Fruit

Orange juice concentrate, lemonade mix and canned fruit frozen in plastic glasses and served slushy.

Fruit Cocktail Cake

One-bowl cake built on a drained can of fruit cocktail, with brown sugar and nuts scattered over the top before baking.

Fruit Salad

Sugar and cornstarch cooked with water until thick and clear, sharpened with lemon, and poured cooled over cut fresh fruit.

“I like to use watermelon, pineapple, nectarines or peaches, strawberries, grapes, orange sections, etc.”

Fudge Bars

Oatmeal crumb base and crumb topping around a cooked filling of chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and nuts.

German Apple Cake

Thick oil-and-egg batter stirred by hand with cinnamon and nuts, loaded with four cups of sliced apples, and finished with cream cheese frosting.

German Potato Salad

Warm potatoes and bacon dressed with a sweet-sour vinegar sauce thickened with cornstarch, served warm.

Gooey Turtle Bars

Pressed shortbread crust under a caramel cooked to 235 degrees, scattered with toasted pecans and chopped chocolate.

Graham Cracker Bars

A boiled graham cracker and brown sugar filling spread between layers of whole crackers, frosted and kept cold.

Ham Sandwiches (Hawaiian Baked Ham Sandwiches)

A whole pack of Hawaiian rolls layered with shaved ham and provolone, drizzled with Dijon butter and baked as one slab.

Heath Bars

Soda crackers under a boiled butter-brown sugar toffee, topped with melted chocolate and crushed nuts, then cut.

Hershey Chocolate-Filled Torte

Store-bought pound cake split into four layers, filled with cocoa whipped cream and finished with a poured chocolate glaze.

Ho Ho Bars

Sheet-pan German chocolate cake with pudding mix, spread with a whipped shortening filling and a boiled chocolate chip frosting.

Hopscotch or Haystack Cookies

No-bake mounds of chow mein noodles and nuts bound in melted butterscotch chips, peanut butter and marshmallows.

Hot Tamale Bake

A cornmeal mush crust baked into a casserole dish, then filled with chili-spiced ground beef, tomatoes and kidney beans and baked again.

Italian Wedding Cake

Three buttermilk coconut layers lightened with beaten egg whites, stacked under cream cheese frosting with chopped pecans.

“Enjoy!”

Knox Blocks

Firm cut-and-eat gelatin squares made by dissolving four envelopes of unflavored gelatin along with flavored Jell-O in boiling water.

Krispies Cookies

Three ingredients only: cocoa Krispies and salted peanuts stirred into melted almond bark and dropped on wax paper to set.

Lemon Bisque

Lemon gelatin whipped light and folded into beaten evaporated milk, set over ground graham crackers in a 13-by-9 dish.

Lemon Chip Cookies

Drop cookies built on a lemon cake mix with oil, eggs, grated lemon peel and pecans.

Lemon Loaf-Starbucks

Copycat of the coffee shop loaf: an oil-and-egg lemon quick bread under a powdered sugar lemon icing.

Lettuce Salad

Head lettuce tossed with fried bacon, oven-toasted chow mein noodles, almonds and sesame seeds in a sweet vinegar dressing.

Loaded Cauliflower

Boiled cauliflower bound with mayonnaise and sour cream, mixed with mushrooms, bacon and chives, baked under Colby Jack.

Macaroni Salad

Shells mixed with hard-boiled eggs, grated carrot, pickles and peas in a sweet mayonnaise dressing built on condensed milk and vinegar.

Magic Cookie Bars - AKA 7 Layer Bars

Graham crust layered with sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, coconut and nuts, pressed down and baked twenty-five minutes.

Make Ahead Salad

Seasoned mayonnaise stirred with peas, celery and green onion, chilled for hours, then spooned into a lettuce-lined bowl.

Mexican Casserole

Canned chili, corn and taco sauce baked with torn corn tortillas over sauteed onion and celery, cheddar added at the end.

Mexican Dip

Chopped tomatoes, jalapenos, black olives and onion marinated overnight in oil and vinegar, scooped up with Doritos.

Mississippi Mud

A dense cocoa sheet cake with walnuts and coconut, spread with marshmallow cream while it's hot and finished with a cocoa frosting swirled through the marshmallow.

Mocha Layer Cake

Boxed devil's food cake built with brewed coffee instead of water, layered with melted chocolate chips and mocha buttercream, then glazed.

Mochaccino Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes made with brewed coffee and coffee extract, studded with chocolate morsels and topped with coffee buttercream.

Monster Cookies

Flourless peanut butter and oatmeal cookies scaled to a dozen eggs and 18 cups of oats, loaded with chips, M&M's, coconut and nuts.

Mountain Dew Dumplings

Apple wedges rolled up in crescent dough, doused with cinnamon butter and a can of Mountain Dew, then baked 45 minutes.

Neiman-Marcus Café Chocolate Chip Cookies

Giant batch built on oatmeal ground to powder, with a grated Hershey bar alongside the chocolate chips and nuts; makes 112 cookies.

No Eggs! Peach Cake

Mashed canned peaches carry a batter with no eggs or fat in it, finished with a boiled coconut and nut icing.

“Deb's own notes: she used 2 regular-sized cans of peaches since that's what she had on hand (fresh peaches also work), mashed them by hand, and used a bit more than a cup of coconut in the icing.”

Oatmeal Fudge Bars

Pressed oat crust bakes first, then takes a coffee-spiked chocolate filling and a scattering of the reserved oat mixture on top.

Oatmeal Rolls

Dinner rolls from a brown sugar oatmeal dough, punched down twice before shaping and baking.

One Bowl Brownies

Boiling water melts the chocolate and cocoa right in the mixing bowl, so the whole 13x9 pan of brownies comes together in one dish.

Orange Salad

Orange sherbet beaten into hot Jell-O, folded with mandarin oranges and Dream Whip for a soft, no-bake salad.

“Add a banana if you want.”

Orange-Apricot Salad

Orange Jell-O layered with apricots, pineapple, mandarins and marshmallows, finished with a cooked juice custard folded into whipped cream.

Oreo Dessert

Frozen layers of Oreo crust, vanilla ice cream, a cooked mint-chocolate sauce, and whipped topping with nuts.

Oreo Peppermint Dessert (Jane VanderBroek's)

Peppermint ice cream over a buttered Oreo crust, topped with canned fudge sauce and Cool Whip, frozen between layers.

Pampered Chef Fruit Pizza

Sugar cookie crust spread with sweetened cream cheese, covered in pineapple, mandarins, bananas and strawberries, then sealed with a cooked strawberry glaze.

Peach-a-Berry Cobbler

Peaches and blueberries thickened on the stovetop, then topped with spoonfuls of soft batter and baked until the crust sets.

Pear Salad

Lime gelatin beaten with cream cheese and crushed pears, then folded with whipped cream, cherries and pecans and chilled firm.

Pecan Pie Muffins

Five ingredients — pecans, brown sugar, flour, eggs and melted butter — baked into nine muffins with the texture of pecan pie filling.

Potato Salad

Five pounds of potatoes and hard-boiled eggs folded warm into a cooked vinegar-and-egg dressing finished with Miracle Whip.

Quaker Squares Praline Pecan Crunch

Cereal and pecans baked an hour at 250 degrees in a microwaved corn syrup caramel, stirred every twenty minutes.

Rhubarb Cake (Lonna Schroeder's)

Buttermilk rhubarb cake baked in a 13x9 under a cinnamon-sugar crumb that's mixed first and chilled.

Rhubarb Crisp

A soft batter spread over raw rhubarb, dusted with sugar and cornstarch, with boiling water poured over so it makes its own sauce.

Rhubarb Dessert

Three layers in a 9x13: a brown sugar shortbread base, a rhubarb custard, and a meringue browned on top.

“Deb's note: I use Pet milk for the cream.”

Rice Krispies Bars

Butter and miniature marshmallows melted in the microwave, stirred into cereal, pressed flat and cut into squares.

Salted Caramel Cookie Bars

A thick shortbread crust baked, covered with melted caramel and sea salt, then topped with the reserved crust crumbled over.

Salted Caramel Sweet Squares

Three layers in an 8-inch pan: a brown sugar shortbread base, caramel with pretzels and pecans, and marshmallow fudge on top.

Salted Nut Roll

Peanut butter chips melted with condensed milk and marshmallows, poured between two layers of dry roasted peanuts and chilled firm.

Seven Fruit Salad

Canned peaches, oranges and pineapple with cherry pie filling, strawberries, grapes and blueberries; serves ten.

Snickers Bars

Four no-bake layers in a 9 x 13 pan: chocolate-butterscotch base, boiled marshmallow nougat, salted peanuts, melted caramel, and a second chocolate layer on top.

Snickers Cupcakes

Dense flourless-style brownie batter baked in cupcake liners with a piece of candy bar hidden in the middle.

Sour Cherry Cobbler

Buttermilk drop biscuits baked separately, then set over jarred Morello cherries thickened with red wine, cinnamon and almond extract.

Spanish Rice

Rice browned in oil with green pepper and onion, then simmered with tomato sauce, pimento, olives and garlic salt.

Spinach Salad

Raw spinach tossed with bean sprouts, sliced water chestnuts and optional bacon, served under a dressing.

Stars and Strips Berry Trifle

Pound cake and raspberry jam cut into stars, layered in a trifle dish with sugared blueberries, raspberries, vanilla custard and whipped cream.

Strawberry Ice Cream

Freezer ice cream started from strawberry Jell-O dissolved in boiling water, then beaten eggs, cream and vanilla, topped off with milk.

Super Meatballs

Three pounds of hamburger bound with oatmeal and evaporated milk, baked packed together under a catsup, honey and liquid smoke sauce.

“I use this sauce on pork ribs and chicken too.”

Suzy's Coffee Cake

A butter and egg batter spread in a jellyroll pan and topped with canned pie filling or cooked-down sour cherries.

Sweet and Sour Baked Beans

Four kinds of beans baked with bacon and onion rings cooked down in brown sugar, dry mustard and cider vinegar.

Sweet-Sour Cucumbers

Sliced cucumbers steeped in a shaken quart-jar brine of vinegar, sugar, celery seed and mustard seed.

Swirled Mint Ice Cream Freeze

Chocolate sandwich cookie crust layered with mint morsels and softened mint chip ice cream, frozen in a 13x9 pan and cut into squares.

Taco Pasta Cheeses

Jumbo shells stuffed with taco-seasoned beef and cream cheese, baked under taco sauce, shredded cheese and crushed tortilla chips.

Taco Soup

Eight cans, two seasoning packets and a cup of broth stirred together and cooked twenty minutes on the stove or all afternoon in a crock pot.

“I doubled the recipe with one rotisserie chicken, cubed.”

Talley's Homemade Ice Cream

Gallon-batch custard base thickened with cornstarch and churned in an ice-and-salt freezer, with variations for chocolate, peach, strawberry, banana, coffee and berry.

“For the small batch, Deb notes she uses 1 cup whipping cream and skips the evaporated milk altogether.”

Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole

Breakfast sausage and frozen mini tater tots tossed with cheddar and mozzarella, then baked under a custard of eight eggs and milk.

“I use minced garlic in place of the garlic powder, and I use real onion, browned right along with the sausage, in place of the onion powder.”

Tater Tot Casserole

Hamburger browned with onion and brown sugar, layered with cream soup and cheddar, and topped with tater tots before baking.

“I often add frozen mixed vegetables here.”

Texas Sheet Cake

Thin chocolate sour cream cake baked on a full sheet pan, iced while still hot, and finished with toasted pecans.

Texas Trash Warm Bean Dip

Refried beans whipped with cream cheese and sour cream, baked under cheddar and Monterey Jack until browned, and scooped with tortilla chips.

Thirteen Bean Salad

Thirteen-bean soup mix simmered until just tender, then marinated overnight in a sweet-sour oil and wine vinegar dressing with red onion and peppers.

Toll House Pan Cookie

The standard chocolate chip dough spread into a 15 x 10 inch pan and baked as one big bar cookie.

Toll House Pie

Chocolate chips and walnuts suspended in a buttery brown sugar custard and baked an hour in a pie shell.

Triple Chocolate Cookies

Three forms of chocolate — melted unsweetened, bittersweet chips and semisweet chips — in a barely floured batter that bakes crackled and fudgy.

Truly Different Cupcakes

Brownie-textured cupcakes made by folding melted chocolate chips, butter and nuts into a batter that is stirred, never beaten.

Twix Bars

Shortbread pressed into a 9x13, covered with stovetop caramel cooked to soft ball stage and a layer of milk chocolate.

Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting

Sour cream yellow cupcakes mixed in a single bowl, topped with chilled ganache whipped until it holds mousse-like peaks.

York Sensational Brownies

Cocoa brownie batter poured around two dozen York peppermint patties so the mints melt into a layer through the middle.