foods you realize are NOT worth making from scratch?!?

Raised glazed doughnuts. My mom used to make them and they were really good when she did it. But unless the oil is the exact right temperature they can turn out really heavy and greasy. So much easier to go to a decent bakery and buy them.

My DH would beg to differ with you guys on the homemade bread, from scratch brownies, cookies, cake and pie that I've been known to make! I love to bake though and have been doing it most of my life so I'll admit I've gotten pretty good at it over the years.

Brownies.
Cake. (I live at high altitude and getting from-scratch cake to turn out and not fall in the middle NEVER works for me. Never.)
Fried Chicken. Makes a huge mess.

oh, I'm not saying I don't make bread. What I wouldn't make would be "sandwich" bread ... something intended for turkey or salami and put in a lunch box. But a nice dinner roll or cinnamon bread for breakfast ... sure thing!!

And I agree, homemade baked goods are the bomb. I'm just willing to take shortcuts sometimes.

And the Ghirardelli triple-chocolate brownies ARE super good.

Scrapintoee, I use both jiffy corn bread and yellow cake mix to make my cornbread and it is yummy. Close enough to scratch for me.

I used to have a bread machine onion bread that I'd toast for croutons. It was the best ever. It only took about 2 hours for the bread and then a few hours for the croutons. I'd forgotten how much I loved those.

I prefer homemade for most things. My parents didn't do much cooking from scratch when I was little. Jarred sauces, shake and bake, and canned veggies topped the menu. Bland was the main ingredient. I think that's why I prefer cooking from scratch as an adult.

I can't make pie crust or chocolate pie. I prefer yellow cake from a box but other flavors from scratch. I'm intimidated by sauces and soups for some reason, so even when I do them at home, there's usually at least some store bought component. I've never tried to make cheese or yogurt. I did try to make ketchup once and it was the nastiest thing ever.

DH likes scratch brownies, but only his mom's recipe. It's super cake my and not very chocolatey. I like a fudgey brownie, or peanut butter brownies. It's not worth the time to make two batches. And I definitely don't need two batches lying around waiting for me to eat them.

Mostly I don't have time to make all the things from scratch that I'd like to. Also, with sweets (like the brownies), if I make them from scratch, I have a whole batch tempting me. If I buy one single serving, it's one and done, temptation doesn't last for a week. It's safer sometimes to go to the diner for pie instead of making one (even if mine is better).

I like Paula Deen's cornbread. It's like what my grandma used to make.

My dd agrees with brownies. She's made them from scratch and a box and scratch just isn't worth it to her

I made my own tomato sauce from scratch one year, and I totally agree with you that it was not worth it!  Lots of time, lots of mess, nothing special.

Once upon a time I was considering giving puff pastry a go, then I happen to watch a Jamie Oliver cookery programme where he announced to camera that puff pastry was a faff to make and buying the fresh/frozen premade stuff from the shops was perfectly alright.

Guess who still has never made puff pastry

This.  pie crust is my white whale.  I finally cried 'uncle' after 20 years.

Strongly agree. This is my go to mix. And they are close to $2 a box in my area, which I think is a steal.

Lasagna for me, too! Every pot and pan in the kitchen is dirty by the time you finish. I buy Stouffers instead.

There are things I'm willing to make from scratch but I just do not have the kitchen space for it!

I like making bread from scratch but in this kitchen, it's either frozen dough or just buy the damn bread.

If it's batter, I usually prefer to make it from scratch.

Dressing, condiments, sauce, pasta, pie crust, anything that requires a fryer or more than a 2 feet of counter space I have is just easier to buy.

DH would probably argue that sometimes, it's just easier to buy the beer instead of making it. He has had many batches that didn't taste very good, but he has had a couple that were really good.

I have made just about everything from scratch, including condiments (ketchup, mayo, bbq sauce, salad dressing) but I don't routinely do that right now. Mostly it's because I try to eat very little processed sugar and a ton of ingredients, and so many things come with too much of that in them. The homemade ketchup is the real stinker, though, and fortunately I have found Heinz low sugar ketchup readily available at one of my regular stores.

 Yep, all of that...but still enjoy made-from-scratch cake and frosting (preferably cream cheese!).