10,000 egg recipes

Prune Buns are old-fashioned yeasted sweet buns filled with prune preserves - built on an overnight sponge starter and a butter-rich dough, finished with powdered sugar.

An easy to make faux Alfredo sauce. This recipe, on further analysis, is too difficult for a person on crutches.

These chewy squares ooze brown sugary butterscotch. They becrumb the lips and besmear the chin, like home-baked goodies should.

An orzo pasta crust filled with ricotta, spinach, and nutmeg, topped with spaghetti sauce and melted mozzarella. A creative twist on savory pie that kids and adults both devour.

Fruit bread made with Grape-Nuts cereal, raisins, and orange zest. The cereal softens in scalded milk to create a hearty, nutty-textured quick bread with a citrus lift.

Mashed potatoes keep this Irish-inspired chocolate bundt cake unbelievably moist, while Irish cream liqueur and a hit of coffee deepen every fudgy bite. Dusted with powdered sugar for a stunning finish.

Blonde brownies with pecans, the chocolate-free butterscotch cousin of the classic brownie, made with light brown sugar, melted butter, and toasted pecans. Chewy, caramel-deep, and ready in under an hour.

Carthusian dumplings made from stale kaiser rolls soaked in lemon-milk custard, breaded, deep-fried, and rolled in cinnamon sugar. A classic German dessert.

Plantation broiled cobia with breaded baked eggplant slices and a lemon-oil finish, garnished Southern-style with boiled egg and stuffed tomatoes. A vintage fish dinner combining buttery broiled fillets and crispy eggplant planks.

Crab and avocado salad: sweet crab meat tossed in a zesty picante-mayo dressing with green olives, piled into ripe avocado halves. A no-cook, 20-minute Tex-Mex lunch or appetizer that looks far fancier than it is.

Chocolate peanut butter scones with bittersweet chocolate hidden inside, chopped peanuts throughout, and a brown sugar dough. A bakery-style treat with a melting chocolate center.

Fiddlehead puff is a savory egg and cheese casserole baked with fresh fiddlehead ferns and biscuit mix. A simple springtime brunch dish that showcases this seasonal wild green.

Easy beef tips in wine sauce baked for 2 hours with cream of mushroom soup, onion soup mix, and mushrooms. A dump-and-bake dinner that makes its own rich gravy over egg noodles.

Fig raisin cake with brown sugar, cinnamon, and boiling water-soaked dried fruit baked into a dense, spiced loaf. An old-fashioned fruit cake with deep caramel flavor.

Spaghetti carbonara with bacon, egg, Parmesan, garlic, and hot pepper flakes tossed together fast while the pasta is screaming hot. No cream needed for this Roman classic.

German prune coffeecake with a soft yeasted dough rolled around cooked prunes, dotted with butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Makes two cakes for breakfast or brunch.