Semi-Homemade Recipes

Semi-Homemade Recipes are some of the most loved ones on this site – find over 200 recipes using cake mix, cookie dough, refrigerated biscuits, crescent roll dough and more. Make easy cakes, cookies, bars, breads, breakfast recipes and so many simple ideas that start with something from the store.

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Most Popular Semi-Homemade Recipes

Whether you’re short on time or just don’t want to buy all the from scratch ingredients, semi-homemade recipes are so easy and delicious. It’s amazing how doctoring a cake mix or making refrigerated biscuits into monkey bread makes people not even realize (or care) that it’s not from scratch. There is no shame in the semi-homemade baking game!

Cake Mix Cookies

When you’re short on time or ingredients, cake mix makes cookies AMAZING and flavorful in no time at all.

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Refrigerated Dough Recipes

Crescent Rolls, Biscuits, Refrigerated Cookie Dough – all give us a hand when baking!

Recipes Using Pudding Mix

Crazy Mix Recipes

Use a mix to make something that’s different and not listed on the box instructions!

Semi-Homemade Savory Recipes

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