Recipes with water

Cocoa pudding cake that bakes its own fudgy sauce underneath a tender chocolate cake layer. No eggs, no butter, just pantry staples and pure chocolate magic.

Passover bagels made with matzo meal, eggs, oil, and water. No yeast, no flour, no boiling pot — just a stovetop dough and a quick bake. Chewy on the inside, lightly crisp on the outside, and kosher for Passover.

Old-fashioned boiled chocolate icing with just four ingredients: chocolate, sugar, milk, and water. Sets glossy and firm on a cooled cake.

Fresh peach cobbler with four variations: classic Southern cobbler with batter underneath and hot syrupy peaches poured over top. Swap peaches for blueberries, strawberries, apples, or blackberries.

Tofu and broccoli stir-fry in a gingery sherry-soy sauce with crunchy bean sprouts, served over rice. A fast, vegan weeknight dinner that comes together in one wok, gluten-free with tamari.

Basil and garlic focaccia with fresh herbs in the dough and sauteed onions on top. A food-processor Italian flatbread with dimpled olive oil pockets and a crisp golden bottom.

Homemade Scotch broth simmers meaty beef bones with pearl barley, carrots, celery, and turnip into a clear, restorative Highland soup. A frugal, cold-weather classic from start to finish.

Molasses sandwich cookies with a hidden strawberry preserves filling, spiced with cinnamon and ginger, and topped with a vanilla powdered sugar glaze. The secret is inside.

Just in time for spring, you will love this scrumptious quiche made with chicken, cheddar cheese and asparagus.

Diabetic-friendly frozen orange bars with a fluffy whipped filling sandwiched between graham crackers. No-bake, low-sugar, and made with orange juice concentrate and skim milk powder.

If you love pork chops then you will adore this hearty variation that will have you licking your chops and maybe even your bowl!

Chicken and rice with chipotle peppers, turmeric, bell peppers, cumin, and garlic. A smoky, colorful one-pot dinner with adjustable heat levels for chile lovers and mild palates alike.

Peanuts N Candy Halloween cake, a semi-homemade yellow cake mix studded with roasted peanuts, frosted with peanut butter buttercream, and topped with chopped Butterfinger and candy corn. A festive fall party dessert.

Beef scallops with fresh tomato sauce: top round steak pounded paper-thin, pan-seared, then napped with a quick sauce of fresh tomatoes, green onions, and basil. The Italian veal-scaloppini technique applied to budget beef.

Bread machine focaccia topped with melted mozzarella for a pizza-bread hybrid. Five-ingredient hands-off Italian flatbread you can scale up with herbs, olives, or roasted vegetables.

Peaches and cream rice salad with chicken-flavored rice pilaf, diced peaches, whipped topping, and shredded coconut. A sweet, creamy side dish or potluck dessert salad that feeds a crowd.