Favorite Recipes from Tara Teaspoon

I've hand picked favorite recipes from the blog that you will make over and over. These are my absolute go-tos, and some reader favorites, for you to bookmark. They will become the most requested meals and desserts at your house. 

Try one of my all-time favorite recipes. From the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World to Healthy Slow Cooker Chicken Curry I know you’ll find recipes to save and share with your friends and family. 

Of course I had to include my favorite desserts (you know I love my sweets!), but there are easy weeknight dinner recipes in the mix too! 

I hope you'll enjoy some of the cream of the crop from Tara Teaspoon. They are perfect dishes to gather people around the table.

World's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chewy, gooey, slightly crispy with a buttery brown sugar flavor. The mix of semi sweet and milk chocolate chips are just one of the secrets to perfect cookies! Make them gluten-free simply by swapping the wheat flour for a fine all-purpose gluten-free flour.

Makes about 4 dozen

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Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe

Authentic cashew chicken with a simple and delicious brown sauce tastes just like your favorite takeout. 

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Super Soft Cinnamon Rolls - Tangzhong Milk Bread

The Japanese milk bread method makes these tangzhong cinnamon rolls the ultimate soft roll recipe. Fluffy, tender rolls with an easy buttercream frosting.

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Healthy Slow Cooker Chicken Curry

Healthy slow cooker chicken curry combines classic curry spices, lean chicken, veggies, and nonfat yogurt to make a delicious, creamy curry. An easy, healthy everyday meal!

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The Ultimate Homemade Chewy Brownies

This is the BEST chewy brownie recipe, these brownies are both fudgy and gooey! With just 10 ingredients, they have double the chocolate and a classic crinkle top. Made easier with the microwave, they fit perfectly in a 9x13 baking pan.

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North Carolina Smoked Pulled Pork

The most delectable, melt in your mouth pulled pork recipe you’ll ever try! You won’t want to cook pork any other way. Cook it with my favorite Mop Sauce and you’re in heaven.

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Easy Boston Baked Beans (with Canned Beans)

This homemade Boston baked beans recipe with canned beans and pantry ingredients bakes perfectly in the oven in under an hour.

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Favorite Apple Crisp Recipe with Oatmeal

A buttery crisp topping that's like a delicious oatmeal cookie, bakes on top of juicy apples, in perfect proportion. Top this with ice cream and you'll have everything you've dreamed of in a baked apple dessert.

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Ginger Thai Chicken Patties

Ginger Thai chicken patties take the boredom out of chicken dinners. With authentic flavors that are delicious for the whole family, it's set to become a new favorite.

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Blow Your Mind Coconut-Mango Pie

Blow Your Mind Coconut Mango Pie wins contests! It's that good. A year-round dessert that touts crazy delicious mango flavor and coconut crust. 

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Homemade Sweet Cornbread

This sweet and moist cornbread is the best tasting cornbread I've ever made. The corn flavor comes through while being the perfect texture.

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Classic Iced Oatmeal Cookies

Classic Iced Oatmeal Cookies are based on those perfectly crunchy, slightly spicy and sweet grocery store treats from childhood. Make your own at home, they taste even better!

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Pesto and Red Pepper Italian Meatballs

Pesto and Red Pepper Italian Meatballs pack rich flavor into one bite. Serve them with marinara and spaghetti, on a hero sandwich, layered in lasagna or simply with a side of veggies. 

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Cashew Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting

Cashew Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting are my favorite oatmeal cookie from childhood. Chewy and full of nuts, topped with buttery icing.

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Fresh Green Pesto Pasta with Lemon Ricotta Cream

A dollop of creamy ricotta tops a swirl of spaghetti that’s been tossed with rich, green pesto. Be sure to cook your pasta in generously salted water for the best flavor all around.

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Seed-Topped Dinner Rolls

Everyone loves rolls, and these half whole-wheat half white dinner rolls are addictive.

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About Tara Teaspoon

I’ve been in the food publishing business for over 20 years, creating recipes & food-styling for magazines, books, television & advertising. Order my new cookbook & stick around for amazing things to eat.

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Compiled by Tara Teaspoon and Lindsay Steele.