2,433 crisp recipes

Light, crisp peppermint meringue cookies made with egg whites, sugar, and crushed candy canes. Slow-baked until dry and melt-in-your-mouth airy.

Greek almond pipes (Flogheres): crisp phyllo rolls stuffed with cinnamon-scented almonds and orange, soaked in hot honey syrup. A traditional Greek holiday pastry.

Vegan Greek spanakopita rolls from the Peloponnese, with spinach, leeks, scallions, parsley, and nutmeg wrapped in crisp phyllo. No cheese, no eggs, no butter.

Mushroom salad tosses crisp iceberg and Boston lettuce with cucumbers, green beans, and raw sliced mushrooms in French dressing. Light, vegetarian, diabetic-friendly side.

Whole trout stuffed with mushrooms, green onions, and Parmesan, broiled until the skin crisps and fish flakes. Quick weeknight seafood dinner in 25 minutes.

Meringues aux noix: light, low-calorie nut meringue cookies with chopped hazelnuts, honey, and amaretto. Crisp, airy French-style cookies that crackle and dissolve.

Traditional Tennessee cornmeal muffins with buttermilk and melted lard, baked in pre-heated muffin tins for crisp golden bottoms. Pure cornbread, no flour added.

Thai-style peanut shrimp pasta with creamy coconut milk sauce, crisp bean sprouts, chopped peanuts, and scallions. A weeknight 30-minute fusion noodle bowl.

Summer fruit salad bowl of nectarines, raspberries, and grapes over crisp iceberg, dressed with a cream cheese sauce thickened with macerated ginger-nectarine juices.

Cinnamon sherry biscochitos, the official state cookie of New Mexico, crisp anise-scented butter cookies with a splash of sherry and cinnamon sugar coating.

Vegan leek and kasha pie: Eastern European-inspired casserole with toasted buckwheat groats, sauteed leeks, and a tofu-bechamel topping crisped under bread crumbs.

Curried shrimp salad rolled inside buttery flattened bread and baked until crisp. Make-ahead, freezer-friendly party appetizer that bakes in just 10 minutes.

Peanuts and slivers: Asian-style fried peanuts tossed with crisp golden garlic slivers and salt. An addictive bar snack that disappears by the handful.

Mimosa ice cream crepes drizzled with buttered honey: delicate custard ice cream infused with mimosa blossoms, folded into crisped crepes. A foraged spring dessert.

Tomato and basil puff pastry tarts with vine-ripened slices over a thick tomato coulis. Shatteringly crisp pastry, no soggy bottoms, six individual rounds.

Belgian waffles using flour, salt, and liquid egg substitute, crisp-edged from the waffle iron and topped with whipped cream. A light brunch favorite.