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Recipe Collection

9×13 Recipes

Casseroles, bakes, and crowd-friendly food in the pan everyone owns.

These recipes are built around a 9×13 pan, making them useful for family dinners, make-ahead meals, potlucks, and holiday cooking. The page updates automatically when a new FAFO recipe receives the 9×13 equipment tag.

32 recipes
Baked Ziti

Baked Ziti

To make baked ziti, cook ziti pasta al dente, mix it with ricotta, mozzarella, and meat sauce, layer it in a baking dish, top with more cheese, and bake.

60 min · Easy
Banana Pudding

Banana Pudding

To make banana pudding, whisk together a cooked vanilla custard, layer it with vanilla wafers and sliced bananas, and top with whipped cream or meringue.

275 min · Medium
Beef and Bean Enchilada Casserole

Beef and Bean Enchilada Casserole

Rolling individual enchiladas is perfectly respectable work. It is also the kind of respectable work I become philosophically opposed to around 5:45 on a weeknight.

60 min · Easy
Beefy Baked Ravioli

Beefy Baked Ravioli

Beefy Baked Ravioli layers ravioli, meat sauce, and cheese, then bakes until bubbling for an easy pasta casserole.

60 min · Easy
Biscuits and Egg Gravy Bake

Biscuits and Egg Gravy Bake

To make Biscuits and Egg Gravy Bake, mix the dough or batter gently, bake until golden, and let it settle before serving so the texture has time to finish.

60 min · Easy
Blackberry Crisp

Blackberry Crisp

Blackberry Crisp bakes juicy blackberries under a buttery oat-brown-sugar topping until the fruit bubbles through the golden edges of a 9x13 pan.

75 min · Easy
Bolognese Stuffed Shells

Bolognese Stuffed Shells

To make Bolognese Stuffed Shells, start with jumbo pasta shells, ground beef, and italian sausage.

45 min · Easy
Bread Pudding

Bread Pudding

To make bread pudding, soak day-old bread cubes in a sweetened egg-and-cream custard, then bake at 350°F for 45–50 minutes until set and golden.

70 min · Easy
Breakfast Casserole

Breakfast Casserole

A breakfast casserole is made by layering cooked sausage, eggs, cheese, and bread or hash browns in a baking dish, then baking at 350°F for 45–55 minutes.

75 min · Easy
Cabbage Gratin with Gruyere

Cabbage Gratin with Gruyere

To make Cabbage Gratin with Gruyere, start with green cabbage, shredded Gruyère cheese, and heavy cream.

60 min · Easy
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

To make Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes, start with russet potatoes, shredded sharp cheddar cheese, and heavy cream.

45 min · Easy
Chicken Bacon Ranch Potato Bake

Chicken Bacon Ranch Potato Bake

Chicken, bacon, ranch, potatoes, cheddar: this casserole is not coy about what it came here to do.

60 min · Easy
Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Rolls

To make cinnamon rolls from scratch, mix a soft enriched dough with milk, butter, eggs, and yeast, let it rise until doubled, roll it out.

180 min · Medium
Everything Bagel Focaccia

Everything Bagel Focaccia

To make Everything Bagel Focaccia, combine all-purpose flour, warm water, and instant yeast, then let the dough do the work before it goes in the oven.

45 min · Easy
Green Bean Casserole

Green Bean Casserole

Easy green bean casserole with fresh beans, mushrooms, milk, sour cream, soy sauce and crispy fried onions for a faster homemade holiday side.

55 min · Easy
Ham and Cheese Breakfast Sliders

Ham and Cheese Breakfast Sliders

Breakfast sliders understand something important about mornings: nobody wants to construct twelve separate sandwiches before coffee.

45 min · Easy
Hot Milk Cake

Hot Milk Cake

Hot Milk Cake is an old-fashioned vanilla cake with a light, tender crumb made by folding steaming milk and melted butter into a whipped egg batter.

90 min · Easy
Lemon Bars

Lemon Bars

To make lemon bars, press a buttery shortbread crust into a pan and bake it until just set, then pour a lemon curd filling made from eggs, sugar, lemon.

95 min · Easy
Baked Mac and Cheese with Panko Topping

Baked Mac and Cheese with Panko Topping

Creamy baked mac and cheese with sharp cheddar, Gruyère and mozzarella under a crisp Parmesan-panko topping.

50 min · Medium
Baked Southern Mac and Cheese

Baked Southern Mac and Cheese

Baked Southern mac and cheese with cheddar, Gruyère, Colby-Jack, sour cream and eggs for a rich, set casserole with a cheesy top.

55 min · Medium
Moussaka

Moussaka

Moussaka is made by layering sautéed eggplant, spiced ground lamb or beef, and a thick béchamel sauce, then baking at 375°F for about 45 minutes.

105 min · Medium
Peach Cobbler

Peach Cobbler

Peach Cobbler bakes juicy peaches with a simple buttery batter until the fruit bubbles and the topping turns golden.

60 min · Easy
Rice Krispie Treats

Rice Krispie Treats

Melt butter in a large pot over low heat, stir in marshmallows until completely smooth, then fold in Rice Krispies cereal and press into a buttered 9x13 pan.

45 min · Easy
Salted Caramel Brownies

Salted Caramel Brownies

Salted caramel brownies are what happens when a perfectly respectable pan of fudgy chocolate gets talked into making questionable decisions.

55 min · Medium
Sausage Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

Sausage Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

Breakfast for a crowd has a way of turning one person into a short-order cook while everyone else develops strong opinions about egg doneness.

60 min · Easy
Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd's pie is made by cooking ground lamb with vegetables and gravy, layering it in a baking dish, topping with mashed potatoes, and baking at 400°F.

75 min · Medium
Spanakopita

Spanakopita

Phyllo dough has the temperament of old paperwork: thin, fragile, and oddly determined to dry out the second you look away.

45 min · Easy
Spinach Artichoke Chicken Bake

Spinach Artichoke Chicken Bake

Spinach Artichoke Chicken Bake combines chicken, spinach, artichokes, and a creamy sauce, then bakes until hot and golden.

60 min · Easy
Strawberry Pretzel Dessert

Strawberry Pretzel Dessert

To make Strawberry Pretzel Dessert, start with crushed pretzels, butter, and sugar, then mix and bake in the order that keeps the texture right.

45 min · Easy
Sushi Bake Lunch Bowls

Sushi Bake Lunch Bowls

Sushi bake is what happens when the flavors of a spicy crab roll stop worrying about individual presentation and move into a casserole dish.

45 min · Easy
Tiramisu

Tiramisu

To make Tiramisu, whip cold mascarpone cream with egg yolks, fold in stiff beaten whites, layer with espresso-dipped ladyfingers, and chill overnight.

395 min · Medium
Tuna Noodle Casserole

Tuna Noodle Casserole

Tuna noodle casserole is made by combining cooked egg noodles, drained canned tuna, a homemade or canned cream sauce, and vegetables, then baking it.

50 min · Easy