In one sense, you could say that every recipe on this site produces something homemade. We reserve the use of this tag for items that are presented in deliberate contrast to a store-bought or restaurant-served version, especially when it would be noteworthy to have made it from scratch. Ice cream is an excellent example. Apple crisp isn’t. This tag also find synonyms, like “from scratch.”
Use leftover lemon juice to make a homemade lemonade concentrate, and then use that to mix with gin, vodka, cherries, or God knows what. You can make easy, simple, and quick cocktails or soft drinks. Dark, rainy, and cold outside? Freeze it until the sun comes out.
This homemade and hearty Spinach Soup is packed with (leftover) vegetables (such as Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, and potatoes). It’s comfort food for the veg-friendly.
Wildly Outstanding Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies. What more can you say than that?
This homemade Maple Whiskey Glaze is brilliant with beef, but I’d bet it’d be unbelievable with bacon and wicked with chicken.
How to make an easy custardy, comfort-foodie homemade French Toast from wheat bread. An everyday-cooking kind of recipe.
This recipe for homemade Mexican (or Tex-Mex … who knows?) Refried Beans with Cotija Crumble makes a traditional side for a taco or burrito, but also makes a super-umami sandwich spread.
This Brandied Cherry and Apple Spice Cake is homemade comfort food in a Bundt pan. It’s a delicious olive oil spice cake that deserves to be on a pedestal.
Cordon Rose Banana Cake with Lemon Buttercream and Chopped Macadamia Nuts is made with sour cream, eggs, and butter, and yet it’s deceptively light and airy. It is the comfort food of homemade, from-scratch cakes.
How to Make Homemade Flour Tortillas: a flexible, recipe that steps you through traditional (water and shortening) to deluxe (milk and bacon fat). Rated E-I for Easy-Ish (requires brief rolling pin use).