Betcha can't resist: 75 classic comfort food recipes

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Betcha can't resist: 75 classic comfort food recipes

By Isabella Sayyah

Dec. 12, 2014

One of our top 10 recipes of the year. Recipe: Buttermilk biscuits and burnt orange honey butter

Buttermilk biscuits with burnt orange honey butter

1 hour 20 minutes

Makes about 1 dozen biscuits

It's as if Lawry's took everyone's favorite flavors and combined them in an easy-to-make dessert, with Nutella, chocolate, espresso and Kahlua liqueur folded into a mousse. And the best part? It comes together in just 15 minutes. Recipe: Lawry's Nutella chocolate espresso Kahlua mousse

Lawry's Nutella chocolate espresso Kahlua mousse

15 minutes

Serves 4

Recipe: Julienne's double-chocolate espresso walnut cookies

Julienne's Double-Chocolate Espresso Walnut Cookies

1 hour 15 minutes

Makes about 2 dozen cookies

Mexican chocolate pot de creme.

Mexican chocolate pot de creme

45 minutes

Serves 4 to 6

Recipe: Palazzio's mac 'n' cheese

Palazzio's macaroni and cheese

1 hour 15 minutes

Serves 8 to 12

Slow-rising pumpkin-thyme dinner rolls

30 minutes

Makes 12 cloverleaf or 18 dinner rolls

Pretzel rolls

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 12

La Boulange's croissant bread pudding

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 6

Add extra flavor with a touch of barbecue sauce, corn niblets and fresh parsley. Recipe: Famous Dave's mac 'n' cheese

Famous Dave's mac 'n' cheese

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 8 to 12

Caraway crosses

50 minutes

Makes about 2 dozen rolls

Recipe: The Bistro's mac 'n' cheese with grilled chicken

The Bistro's mac 'n' cheese with grilled chicken

50 minutes

Serves 8 to 10

This bread pudding is is a savory combination of prosciutto, mushrooms, goat cheese and Gruyere, with a nice lift from chopped fresh thyme. Recipe: Savory bread pudding

Savory bread pudding

1 hour 45 minutes

Serves 12 to 16

Warm sticky toffee cake

Warm sticky toffee cake

2 hours

Serves 6 to 12

Queen and Diva's mac 'n' cheese

Queen and Diva's mac 'n' cheese

1 hour 10 minutes

Serves 12 to 16

This recipe for spicy cherry chocolate brownies delivers a little kick.

Spicy cherry chocolate brownies

1 hour

Serves 12 to 16

Boulou

1 hour 15 minutes

Makes 12 to 14 rolls

Tishpishti

1 hour 30 minutes

Makes about 20 pieces

So good they were named one of our top 10 recipes of the year. Recipe: Paradise bars

Paradise bars

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 12 to 16

Recipe: Caramel banana bread pudding

Caramel banana bread pudding

1 hour 10 minutes

Serves 8

Packed with flavor, this corn bread is made with cheese and chopped chiles, and then finished with a drizzle of honey.

Hotel Condon corn bread

1 hour

Serves16

Julienne's graham cracker chewy bars. Recipe here.

Julienne's graham cracker chewy bars

45 minutes

Makes 24 bars

Olive oil-thyme monkey bread

1 hour 10 minutes

Serves 10 to 12

Chilled banana and pistachio rice pudding

30 minutes

Serves 4 to 6

Eula Mae's buttermilk biscuits

35 minutes

Makes about 1 1/2 dozen biscuits

Recipe: Warm chocolate bread pudding

Warm chocolate bread pudding

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

Budino di cioccolato (Chocolate-caramel pudding)

40 minutes

Serves 4

Harris Ranch buttermilk biscuits

45 minutes

Makes 10 biscuits

Recipe: White chocolate bread pudding with whiskey caramel sauce

White-chocolate bread pudding with whiskey caramel sauce

1 hour 10 minutes

Serves 8 to 10

Whole-grain mustard rolls

1 hour

Makes 2 dozen rolls

Made with a full pound of bacon and a half-pound of butter, former Times columnist S. Irene Virbila calls them "gloriously crumbly." Recipe: Maple bacon biscuits

Maple bacon biscuits

1 hour 15 minutes

Makes 2 dozen biscuits

These rich brownies combine no less than three types of chocolate. Recipe: Midnight chocolate brownies

Midnight Chocolate Brownie Bites

1 hour

Makes 25 brownies

Beyond The Great Wall / Recipes and Travels in the Other China: Tibetan Rice Pudding made with small pieces of dried apple.

Tibetan rice pudding

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 8

Recipe: Corn and brown butter bread pudding

Corn and brown butter bread pudding

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

Bread pudding with dandelion greens and bacon

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

Butterscotch budino with caramel sauce

45 minutes

Serves 10

Brown butter and quince bread pudding

2 hours 30 minutes

Serves 8

Cheddar and sage are a match made in heaven in this corn bread.

Cheddar-sage cornbread

1 hour

Serves 9 to 12

Really the best ever Mac n cheese

Best-Ever Mac 'n' Cheese

1 hour 10 minutes

Serves 12 to 16

This is one sweet dessert. Recipe: Gilliland's Irish bread pudding with caramel-whiskey sauce

Gilliland's Irish bread pudding with caramel-whiskey sauce

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 6

Recipe: Brunos' budino al caramello

Brunos' budino al caramello

1 hour

Serves 8

Caramel creme brulee

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 8

Euro Pane's lemon squares

1 hour 45 minutes

Serves 24

Thai coconut-egg custard (sangkaya)

35 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

Close up of honey shortbread being sprinkled with powder sugar and cinnamon.

Wildflower honey shortbread bars

50 minutes

Makes 25 bars

Milk's double chocolate cookies.

Milk's Ooey-Gooey Double-Chocolate Cookies

40 minutes

Makes 1 1/2 dozen

Joan's on Third's lemon bars

45 minutes

Makes 9 bars

Cinnamon tapioca brulee with cherry gastrique

1 hour

Serves 6

Rum and coconut pudding cake

55 minutes

Serves 4 to 6

093827.FO.0223.FOOD.1.LKH SOS Caramel, AOC Maple Creme Caramel with Candied Pecans

Creme caramel

1 hour 40 minutes

Serves 10

Recipe: Zea's sweet potato bread pudding with rum sauce

Zea's sweet potato bread pudding with rum sauce

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 12 to 16

Nopa's goat cheese bread pudding

3 hours

Serves 12 to 16

Euro Pane's mocha cookies

50 minutes

Makes about 2 1/2 dozen cookies

Sometimes nothing beats a warm serving of bread pudding for dessert ... that is, unless you top it with a drizzle of rich caramel and creme anglaise. Recipe: Pete's bread pudding

Pete's bread pudding

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 8 to 12

Orange dinner rolls

1 hour

Makes 2 dozen rolls

Perfect for the chocolate lover. Recipe: Boudin Bakery's brownies

Boudin Bakery's brownies

1 hour

Serves 24

Chipotle gives this classic some kick. Recipe: Spicy mac and cheese

Spicy mac and cheese

55 minutes

Serves 6 to 8

Muhalbiyat al-ruz (milky rice pudding)

40 minutes

Serves 6

Baked Macaroni and Cheese

1 hour

Serves 12 to 16

Border Grill's goat milk cajeta flan

2 hours 30 minutes

Serves 12 to 18

Butterscotch pot de creme

1 hour

Serves 10

Recipe: Banana bread pudding

Banana bread pudding

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 24

Angel biscuits

35 minutes

Makes 3 to 4 dozen biscuits

Recipe: Peach and buttermilk bread pudding with golden raisins

Peach and buttermilk bread pudding with golden raisins

1 hour 45 minutes

Serves 12

Page 3. Cookbook Watch. Poopsie's creamy corn cakes. April 28, 2004. (LOS ANGELES TIMES PHOTO BY KEN HIVELY)

Poopsie's creamy corn cakes

1 hour

Makes 24 corn cakes

Clementine's Chocolate Chip Cookie.

Clementine's Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 hour 40 minutes

Makes about 14 cookies

Savory rolls

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 8

Lazy Ox Canteen's rice pudding

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 10 to 12

Rosemary marshmallow squares

20 minutes

Serves 12

Butter monkey bread

1 hour

Serves 10 to 12

The macaroni 'n' cheese at King's Fish House restaurants is topped with panko bread crumbs for added crunch. Read the recipe »

King's Fish House's mac 'n' cheese

1 hour 15 minutes

Serves 8 to 12

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