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SUPER EASY Oven Baked Spicy Chicken Tacos make a weekly appearance on our table. All the flavor and none of the stress. ALL THAT MELTED CHEESE! Perfect Chicken Tacos recipe for a crowd on Family Mexican Night!

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Hi, I’m Becky Hardin. Here at The Cookie Rookie you will find trusted and easy recipes for every occasion. From quick dinners to delicious desserts, I’m here to help teach you how to make delicious recipes without spending hours in the kitchen Let’s cook!

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This Caesar Chicken Recipe (MELT IN YOUR MOUTH and only 4 Ingredients!) is made with only 3 ingredients (say WHAT?!) and is oh so tender and delicious. Easiest tastiest weeknight dinner ever. Made with just chicken, sour cream, creamy caesar, and grated parmesan. It will knock your socks off for both its flavor and how easy it is!

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Baked Caesar Chicken Recipe

Becky's Pick

Baked Chicken Tacos Recipe

Easy Restaurant Style WHITE QUESO is our FAVORITE DIP RECIPE EVER. The EASY QUESO RECIPE tastes just like queso dip at Mexican restaurants! I have been waiting my entire life for this cheese dip recipe!

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White Queso Recipe (Easy Queso Dip)

Easy Dinner Recipes

We are here to make meal time easy and delicious! Here are some of our favorite simple dinner ideas.

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Tuscan Chicken in Parmesan Cream Sauce

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Baked Chicken Breast (The Best)

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Chicken and Dumplings

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Grilled Salmon with Avocado Salsa (Whole30 Salmon Recipe)

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Crispy Chicken Thighs

CREAMY WHITE CHICKEN CHILI made with CREAM CHEESE is the ultimate comfort food! Made in minutes and feeds up to 16 people! Freeze some for a delicious meal later. THE BEST WHITE CHICKEN CHILI EVER!

White Chicken Chili Recipe with Cream Cheese

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Baked Chicken Thighs

Parmesan Crusted Lemon Pepper Tilapia is the BEST Tilapia Recipe we have ever tasted. This Parmesan Crusted Tilapia is as healthy as it is delicious, and it's SUPER EASY as well! This Lemon Pepper Tilapia Recipe is so flavorful and made in under 20 minutes. Best Easy Seafood Recipe.

Parmesan Crusted Tilapia Recipe (Baked Lemon Pepper Tilapia)

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Favorite Fall Recipes

Fall is the best season for good food! Gather the family around the table and enjoy some of our favorite recipes as the chillier weather rolls in.

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Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings

This Pumpkin Spice White Russian Cocktail is exactly what you need to be sipping on this season. This festive fall cocktail brings the perfect pumpkin flavor to a classic White Russian with the addition of pumpkin spice creamer. It's so creamy, dreamy, and delicious! You have to try this pumpkin cocktail for yourself.

Pumpkin Spice White Russian Cocktail

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Air Fryer Chicken Thighs

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Crockpot Chicken Breast Recipe

This Apple Cider Mimosa Recipe is simple, delicious and the perfect for Fall! You deserve such a fun and bubbly treat once in a while. Thanksgiving is the perfect time for an Apple Cider Cocktail, especially one as easy and tasty as this. If you've wondered how to make the perfect mimosa, this recipe is for you! I love a Mimosa, and this is my favorite Mimosa Recipe!

Apple Cider Mimosas (Easy Apple Cider Cocktail)

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Crock Pot Ribs Recipe (Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs)

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Breads, Rolls, Muffins

Homemade Hawaiian Rolls

Apple Pie Sangria is a light, refreshing, delicious, and EASY Caramel Apple Sangria! This Fall Sangria Recipe is the hit of every party I take it to! Apple Pie Sangria is loaded with Apple Cider, Caramel Vodka, White Wine, Ginger Ale, and more! We call this Thanksgiving Sangria because it's Autumn in a glass. We have sangria recipes for every occasion, but this one is our favorite.

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Caramel Apple Sangria (Apple Pie Sangria)

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Turkey Wild Rice Soup Recipe

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Cheese Ball Recipe (Best Ever)

Thanksgiving Recipes

Most Popular Recipes

These fan favorite recipes never disappoint. Whether they’ve been pinned millions of times on pinterest or have hundreds of user reviews, you can trust that they’re delicious and easy.

Baked Bacon Cheeseburger Sliders are a fun and easy lunch of dinner perfect for those busy school nights or fun game days! There's nothing better than this EASY Pull Apart Cheeseburger Slider Recipe for feeding a hungry crowd. So much cheese, so little time!

Cheeseburger Sliders Recipe (Baked Burger Sliders)

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This is the BEST TWICE BAKED POTATOES RECIPE and I'm going to tell you exactly how to make it. This creamy, cheesy, crispy Twice Baked Potato recipe is just too good and I can't get enough of it. These potatoes are the perfect side dish for any meal. They are filled with all the best ingredients and they're absolutely filled with flavor too!

Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe

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Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs

Every great cook needs an amazing SWEDISH MEATBALLS recipe. Eat them as an appetizer for the perfect party snack or over noodles for a delicious meal. This sauce is everything!

Swedish Meatballs (Best Sauce!)

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Air Fryer Chicken Breast

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Baked Mostaccioli

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Holiday Desserts

The holidays are for baking! Nothing is better than homemade Fall, Thanksgiving, and Christmas desserts.

French Silk Pie is my all-time favorite pie recipe. This Chocolate Silk Pie is an easy version of a classic holiday favorite. We love this French Silk Pie at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, my birthday, and every day in between. It tastes like chocolate mousse in pie form. Utterly decadent and delicious! Best French Silk Pie Recipe EVER!

French Silk Pie Recipe (Chocolate Silk Pie)

Peanut Butter Blossoms are a classic cookie recipe that is easy to make and loved by all! This BEST Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Recipe has been in our family for years. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are perfect for Christmas baking, but also made for enjoying year round, especially at Summer BBQs. When it comes to favorite cookie recipes, these Peanut Butter Hershey Kiss Cookies can't be beat.

Brownies, Cookies, Bars

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies (Hershey Kiss Cookies)

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Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe (The Best!)

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Holiday Recipes

Cranberry Bliss Bars

This SOFT GINGERBREAD COOKIE RECIPE is absolutely DELICIOUS and so full of flavor. A touch of sea salt, a dash of pepper; just perfection. And the RUM GLAZE on top really adds an extra kick. Oh so chewy, these Rum Glazed Soft Gingerbread Cookies are fabulous for Christmas baking. The perfect Christmas cookie exchange recipe!

Brownies, Cookies, Bars

Soft Gingerbread Cookie Recipe with Rum Glaze

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Peanut Butter Pie

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Cakes + Cupcakes

Strawberry Pound Cake

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Cakes + Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes with Fudge Frosting

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are a festive and delicious treat! These Peppermint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are so chocolatey, with just the right amount of peppermint flavor. They're the perfect Christmas cookies!

Brownies, Cookies, Bars

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies (Peppermint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies)

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Brownies, Cookies, Bars

Soft Molasses Cookies Recipe

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Brownies, Cookies, Bars

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies (Salted Caramel or White Chocolate Peppermint)

The BEST Sugar Cookie Recipe (aka Santa's favorite cookies) are soft sugar cutout cookies, festively decorated with sweet icing. This Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe checks all the boxes! We call this easy sugar cookie recipe SANTA'S FAVORITE COOKIE RECIPE because it's simple, classic, fluffy, and delicious. We love to decorate them with the kids to leave under the tree for Santa.

Brownies, Cookies, Bars

Christmas Sugar Cookies (Best Sugar Cookie Recipe)

Easy Holiday Desserts

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Garlic Butter Steak and Potato Bites is the ultimate easy dinner recipe. Kids and adults alike all love this simple skillet meal that's sure to please.

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Chicken Wings are a game day staple! This baked wings recipe has the most amazing seasoning consisting of paprika, garlic, salt and pepper. Simple but delicious.

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