BBQ shredded chicken is one of those recipes you’ll be happy to have in your back pocket on busy weeknights. The cooking time is mostly hands-off, it’s made with just a few ingredients that you probably have on hand already, and you can do so many things with it. The chicken is so good. It’s a little sweet, a little tangy, and pretty much any way you eat it is going to be a good time....

Have you ever had a peanut butter milkshake before? I think most of us have at least tried the classics, your chocolate milkshakes, strawberry shakes, Oreo milkshakes, etc. But I feel like peanut butter’s not a super common milkshake flavor, at least not here in Southern California. But it totally should be. Not only are peanut butter milkshakes super easy to make (just add a couple scoops of PB to a vanilla shake), but they are incredibly good....

Over the last month, I’ve been posting a series of recipes related to one of my favorite fall things, roasted chicken. There’s been an Easy Roasted Chicken Guide, How to Make Chicken Carcass Soup, and How to Make Chicken Stock. Today, I present you with the last of that series, How to Make Gravy From Drippings. And I’m not going to say this is my favorite of the bunch, I love them all, but really this is kind of my favorite because it’s a perfect back-pocket recipe....

Hey, friend. What’s your perfect sugar cookie? Is it a cut-out sugar cookie, a little crunchy, a tiny bit chewy, one that you can spend an hour decorating and thirty seconds eating? Then you’ll probably like these Small-batch Cut-out Sugar Cookies. Is it fluffy, soft, and absolutely smothered with buttercream and sprinkles? Sounds like you should try these Small-batch Frosted Sugar Cookies. But if your perfect sugar cookie is simple and buttery with slightly crisp edges and chewy centers, stay right here....

There are a handful of single-serve pasta recipes on the site: mac and cheese, fettuccine Alfredo, buttered noodles, etc. These recipes have always been pretty popular because sometimes you just want a bowl of carbs for dinner even if you’re flying solo. And since I’ve been having so much fun working with vodka sauce the last couple of months, I thought this would be the perfect time to shrink things down and post penne alla vodka for one....

I have something small and sweet for you today: small-batch Oreo frosting! This frosting is fabulous over chocolate cupcakes, pillowed between sugar cookies, or if you want to go really wild, serve alongside a plate of Oreos and use as a dip! It’s going to be a good time no matter how you choose to enjoy it. This frosting uses both cream cheese and softened butter as a base alongside powdered sugar and a crushed Oreo....

Have you ever made mashed potatoes with sour cream instead of heavy cream? If not, you should absolutely give it a try. They’re a super creamy twist on traditional mashed potatoes that everyone will love. Using sour cream rather than heavy cream gives mashed potatoes a rich and slightly tangy flavor that pairs well with meaty mains like Balsamic Chicken, Mississippi Pot Roast, or Chicken Stroganoff. Best of all, they are just super quick and easy to make and only require 4 ingredients....

I’ve written here many times before that I think chocolate and peanut butter are just about the perfect pair, and today I have a particularly good peanut butter and chocolate pairing for you, a chocolate peanut butter milkshake. This shake is so creamy and dreamy. If you tried the peanut butter milkshake I posted a few weeks ago and loved it, you absolutely have to try this chocolate version. Adding chocolate to an already incredibly good shake takes things to a whole new level because truly, isn’t everything better with chocolate?...

Hey you, yes you. Have you ever made carnitas at home? If yes, good job. Gold star for you. Never stop. If no, you should definitely start today. Right now. Drop everything. Why should you be making carnitas this very second? Because they are SO GOOD, and you deserve good things. Crispy AND tender, with tons of flavor, they’ll knock your socks off. Because maybe you’re having some friends over, and they’re the ultimate party food since they look and taste like a million bucks but are impossible to screw up....

Remember that Dulce de Leche recipe I posted a few weeks ago? Before that recipe could hit the site, I tested a ton of batches to make sure it worked perfectly, so I’ve had a LOT of dulce de leche around my house the last few months. This happens with some recipes, where I have heaps of leftovers from testing, and it always results in me trying to find creative ways to use them up....

It’s time for a new monthly series on the blog! Last month, we conquered Meatless Monday Meals, this month, we are tackling one of my favorite dinners, hot sandwiches. I have four really good ones coming at you this month, but we are going to kick April off with the one I make most often, delicious, fantastic homemade panini without a panini press. I didn’t make panini at home for the longest time because I didn’t have a panini press, and then I learned this trick, and oh, the panini I have made since then....

Eggnog and I have always had a love/hate relationship. I love it, but I can only drink about two or three sips before all that thick, sweet creaminess starts to be way too much. Still, I love having it on hand around the holidays to use in recipes (like my favorite Christmas cookies) so in December, I always have multiple bottles go to waste where I’ve only used like a third of a cup....

Hey, friends, I’m switching things up a little today and sharing one of my favorite keto recipes: Creamy Keto Chicken and Rice Soup, the rice being cauliflower rice of course. This is pure comfort food, so rich and creamy and satisfying, it’s exactly the sort of thing you want to curl up on the couch with when the evenings are chilly. And best of all, it’s easy and FAST to make....

Hey folks, do you ever have one of those moments that makes you feel profoundly old? Last Sunday, when I went to go feed my horse, I found that some kids had hopped the pasture fence and were playing in among the (not particularly kid-safe) horses. They took off running as soon as they heard me coming, and as I’m standing there at the fence shouting things like, “Do you know how dangerous that was?...

If you subscribe to my weekly newsletter (if you don’t, do, so we can be friends!) you’ll know that in last week’s newsletter, I promised something fun with yogurt for today’s recipe. Well, there was an incident with a kitchen torch–butane canisters are confusing, guys–, and long story short, no fun shall be had with yogurt today (at least on Baking Mischief). This sort of last-minute recipe failure has happened a couple times before....

The recipe I’m posting today is one of those family-favorite, special-occasions recipes. Growing up, we always served this fried rice for birthdays and New Year’s day breakfast. It’s white rice, fried up in bacon drippings, with chopped bacon, mushrooms, and scrambled eggs throughout. Top it with some shoyu or, like my father, slather it in ketchup, and you are starting this year off right! When I decided to post this recipe, I titled it “Authentic Japanese-American Breakfast Fried Rice,” because I thought that it was a fun play on the fact that this is a recipe taught to my German mother (and then to me) by my Japanese father and grandparents, containing decidedly un-Japanese, very-American things like ketchup and American-style bacon....

We did it, friends! We made it through the long, hot days of summer and back around to comfort food season. No more summer salads for us. We’re doing soups, we’re doing stews, and we’re doing the most indulgent, warming, feed-your-soul sort of recipes possible. Today I have for you, a cheesy, bacon-filled broccoli potato soup that definitely qualifies as indulgent, and should absolutely be added to your fall/winter soup rotation immediately....

The last hot sandwich in our April Hot Sandwich series is brought to you by the California drought. A few years ago, my favorite sandwich in all the world was this amazing cheesy, melty, messy chipotle panino sold at a tiny artisan deli located near my boarding barn on the Kern river. The deli catered to trail riders, the people who worked in the surrounding orange groves, and mostly, whitewater rafters who began and ended their rafting trips at the little building....

Growing up, we ate stuffing one time per year in my house. That time was Thanksgiving. The stuffing came out of a box. It was fine. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized 1) stuffing is carboliciously amazing. And 2) good stuffing is suuuuuuuper easy to make. Like ridiculously easy. Cut some bread, cut some veggies, simmer in butter, add seasoning, bake. Done and delicious. See Also: Mashed Potatoes for Two If you have a protein that’s feeling a little lack luster, adding a side of Easy Apple Stuffing instantly adds polish and completeness to your meal!...

Today is a very exciting day because I’m finally sharing one of my family’s favorite desserts, my mom’s famous cheesecake. This is the first dessert she ever made for my dad when they started dating, and it’s the one she makes on his birthday every year. It has a very dear place in my heart AND just happens to be the best, easiest cheesecake in existence. (Also full disclosure, my mom’s famous cheesecake first appeared in Joy of Cooking....