Recipes with eggs

Peanut butter and jelly cheesecake with a crunchy oat-peanut crust, chunky peanut butter filling, and a glossy grape jelly topping. Childhood flavors in a grown-up dessert.

A comforting Greek meatball soup with seasoned beef-and-rice balls simmered in a vegetable broth. Fragrant with mint, oregano, dill, and garlic. Pure comfort in a bowl.

Food for the Gods: a Filipino-style date and walnut pudding baked in a water bath with whipped egg whites for a light, souffled texture. Served cold with whipped cream.

Classic gingerbread boy cookies with molasses, ginger, and cinnamon, rolled thin and decorated with red hots. A nostalgic cutout cookie recipe that holds its shape beautifully.

Salmon oysters are crispy pan-fried fritters made from canned salmon, eggs, flour, and baking powder. Shaped like oysters and fried golden. Serve with fries, coleslaw, and tartar sauce.

Moist coffee cake made with graham cracker crumbs instead of flour, layered with cinnamon-sugar streusel packed with chocolate chips and walnuts. Sour cream batter bakes rich and tender.

Moist tube pan cake packed with chopped apples and chocolate chips, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cocoa. Bakes low and slow for a tender crumb. The fall baking recipe you didn't know you needed.

Pastelitos, little hand pies filled with mashed dried fruit, honey, and cinnamon in a flaky shortening crust. A traditional Latin American fruit turnover baked golden.

Moo shu vegetables is a fast, meatless take on the takeout classic: shredded vegetables and bean sprouts stir-fried with ginger, garlic, scrambled egg, and hoisin. Light, quick, and great wrapped in pancakes.

A four-layer chocolate butter cake with ganache filling, whipped cream frosting, and a glossy dark chocolate glaze poured over the top. Bakery-level elegance made at home.

Adorable oatmeal roll-out cookies shaped and decorated like cherry trees with red cinnamon candies, green sugar crystals, and chocolate sprinkle trunks. Makes 36.

Scrambled eggs with golden pan-fried sweet potatoes, crispy bacon, ground red chiles, and sliced green onions. A hearty Southwestern breakfast skillet that puts regular hash browns to shame.

Eggplant di Carnevalle layers crispy breaded eggplant with ricotta-spinach filling, tomato sauce, and melted mozzarella. A hearty Italian bake that's part eggplant parm, part lasagna.

A classic French Alsatian apple tart with a rich cream cheese pastry crust, sliced Granny Smiths, and a silky vanilla-mace custard. Rustic, elegant, and freezer-friendly.

Warm blueberry cake with lemon zest, served straight from a springform pan with boozy whipped cream. Tender crumb bursting with juicy berries in every slice.

Freezer-friendly spinach balls with herb stuffing, Parmesan, garlic, and eggs that bake from frozen in 20 minutes. Make 50 bite-sized appetizers ahead and pull them out whenever company shows up.