American picnic bake recipes with 600 or more calories costing more than $3 per serving

Piña Colada Cupcakes

Baked Caramel Corn

Original recipe from Jiffy Pop Popcorn. The trick to this recipe is to stir the caramel until the sugar is dissolved and then don’t touch it again…

Foolproof Sugar Cookie Recipe

This recipe is the best sugar cookie recipe ever! There is no mess with a pastry board full of flour! I use parchment paper to roll out the dough.…

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Yummy recipe, and very appealing to the eye as well with its distinctive red coloring.

Chicken Wings or Drummies - Orange Glazed

Just make PLENTY for those Bowl Games! I had one trim couple eat 4 lbs and then look for more. This is very…

MILK CHOCOLATE FLORENTINE LACE COOKIES

These ended up tasting like the kind sold at Trader Joe's or World Market- excluding the carmel drizzle that…

Potato Crusty Chicken

Potato flakes coating gives the chicken a crusty surface and keeps the chicken juicy and tender. The taste is amazing.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Spice cake

Spice cake is a great cake to make and serve on its own. However, there are other great things that can be created by using spice cake. For…

Caramel-Nut Corn

Ok, I could be juvenile here by making fun of the word "Nut" here....but, nawww.....that would be CORNY.....ha ha ha....see what I did there?

Lemon Tea Bread

I like this bread with a cup of coffee in the morning. I've made it for potlucks and bake sales in the past and it's always a hit! Also as mini…

Meatloaf Sliders with Tomato Relish and Cheese

Gobs

My mother has made these for over 40 years...and I still can't get enough of them. This is her version of Whoopie Pies.

Texas Cow Patties

Double Chocolate Cranberry Chunkies

Chocolate chunks and dried cranberries or dried cherries if you like.