RecipeLion's Best of the Year: Our Top 100 Easy Recipes of 2021

Check out which recipes were the most popular on our site in 2021!

By: Patricia Lusk, Editor, RecipeLion.com

Updated 1/10/22

By: Patricia Lusk, Editor, RecipeLion.com

It's that time of year again! We're looking back over the best and brightest moments of 2021, and here at RecipeLion, that means reliving all of our favorite recipes. We've got cakes, casseroles, dinners, and more than a few Test Kitchen creations to fall in love with. Who knows, maybe you'll even find a recipe from this past year that you missed!

We'd also like to take a moment to thank our top bloggers this year for contributing these delightful and drool-worthy recipes to our site! Without your culinary genius and generous contributions, we wouldn't be half as delicious a site as we are today.

If you're a loyal RecipeLion fan, you're sure to recognize more than a few of the recipes that made our 2021 best of the year list. Are any of the delicious recipes below a staple of yours?

Our Top 100 Easy Recipes of 2021

100. Addictive Amish Applesauce Cake
99. Copycat Shamrock Shake Recipe
98. German Kielbasa Soup
97. Throw Together Bologna Salad
96. Old Timely Hot Chipped Beef

95. Throw Together Potluck Salad
94. Easy No-Bake Banana Cream Pie
93. 5-Ingredient Skillet French Onion Chicken
92. Ultimate Cowboy Casserole
91. Cowboy Crack

90. Mama's Pizza Casserole
89. Best Irish Soda Bread Recipe
88. Aunt Bee's 5-Ingredient 5-Minute Cherry Dump Cake
87. Great Gran's Greatest Goulash
86. Grandma's Biscuits and Gravy Casserole

85. Texas Trash Dip
84. Sweet and Spicy Jezebel Dip
83. Popeye's Famous Coleslaw Recipe
82. Slow Cooker Russian Chicken with Apricot Jam
81. Baked Orange Chicken

80. Golden Raisin and Broccoli Salad
79. Spicy Smothered Bacon Cabbage
78. 4-Ingredient OMG Chicken
77. One Pot Slow Cooker Chicken
76. Loaded Reuben Casserole

75. Easy Lemon Pudding Cake
74. 1940s Lazy Daisy Cake
73. Dump and Done Chicken Casserole
72. Easy Amish Breakfast Muffins
71. Carrot Gooey Cake

70. Easy 7-Layer Potato Salad
69. Easy Boston Cream Poke Cake
68. Classic Italian Fettuccine Alfredo
67. Copycat Cracker Barrel Meatloaf Recipe
66. Lazy Sunday Cinnamon Roll Cake

65. Hawaiian Roll Baked Sandwiches
64. Amish Light-As-A-Feather Doughnuts
63. Ultimate Comfort Potato Soup
62. Fully Loaded Chicken and Potato Bake
61. Baked Zucchini Bites

60. Monte Cristo Brunch Sliders
59. Diner Style Home Fries
58. One Casserole To Rule Them All
57. Holy Cow Poke Cake
56. 5-Ingredient Stupid Chicken

55. Made Famous by the 50s Cake
54. Our Famous Ambrosia Salad Recipe
53. Cheesy One Pot Hamburger Casserole
52. Grandma's Southern Corn Casserole
51. No Peeking Allowed Beef Casserole

50. Vintage Baked Alaska
49. Crispy Sesame Chicken
48. Copycat Baker's Square Candy Cane Pie
47. Poor Man Husband Casserole
46. Classic Goulash

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45. Cheeseburger Rollups
44. Unbelievable 5-Minute Pie
43. Cattle Drive Casserole
42. Bisquick Zucchini Casserole
41. Texas Tornado Cake

40. Classic Salisbury Steak Recipe
39. Olive Garden Eggplant Parmigiana
38. Dump-and-Bake Chicken Noodle Casserole
37. Orange Creamsicle Fruit Salad
36. Quick Homemade Artisan Bread

35. Copycat Cracker Barrel Broccoli Cheddar Chicken
34. 1950s Magic Jell-O Dessert
33. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Copycat Sawmill Gravy
32. Chinese Donut Recipe
31. Easy Loaded Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes

30. Easy Slow Cooker Pork Chops and Gravy
29. Tried and True Italian Pasta Soup
28. 5-Ingredient No Peek Chicken
27. Copycat Old Spaghetti Factory Dressing
26. Hawaiian Overnight French Toast Casserole

25. 4-Ingredient Chocolate Pudding Dump Cake
24. Jiffy Cornbread Casserole
23. Perfect Potluck Cucumber Salad
22. Easy Fried Apple Pies
21. Chi Chi's Chicken Chimis

20. Amish Apple Fry Pies
19. Olive Garden Copycat Tuscan Chicken
18. Best-Ever Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken
17. Old Fashioned Beef and Noodles
16. Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy

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15. Sex In A Pan Layered Dessert
14. Grandma's Tomato Aspic
13. Amish Apple Bread
12. Busy Day Rice Casserole
11. 30 Minute No Fry Chicken