818 golden recipes

Cheesy carrot and rice casserole with shredded carrots, American cheese, eggs, milk, and a hint of nutmeg baked until set and golden. A cozy vegetarian side dish.

Classic raised yeast doughnuts fried until golden and tumbled in sugar. Soft, pillowy, and bakery-style at home with just flour, milk, eggs, and a slow rise.

Mexican hash with seasoned ground beef over crispy hash browns, topped with sliced tomatoes and melted cheese. A quick, spiced skillet dinner broiled until bubbly and golden.

Honey apple pie with Granny Smith apples in a honey-cream sauce dusted with cinnamon and nutmeg. Open-faced, no top crust, and caramelized to golden perfection.

Scotch apple pudding layered with sliced apples, rolled oats, cinnamon sugar, and skim milk, then baked until golden and bubbly. A low-fat British-style baked dessert.

Pecan breaded oysters sauteed golden and served on the half shell with a vanilla bean, cucumber, and tomato cream sauce. A refined seafood appetizer with Southern elegance.

Pan-fried fish with pecan topping: golden flour-dredged fillets finished under the broiler with a buttery pecan-garlic crust. A Southern classic with rich nutty flavor.

Eggplant a la Provencale layers golden olive-oil-fried eggplant slices under a slow-simmered tomato, garlic, and parsley sauce. A chilled French summer appetizer or salad.

Homemade corn dogs with a sweet cornmeal batter wrapped around hot dogs and fried golden. State fair flavor in your own kitchen, no questionable concession stand required.

Shrimp puff pastry loaf wrapping a buttery shrimp, tomato and red pepper filling in golden flaky pastry. Elegant make-ahead seafood centerpiece for dinner parties and holidays.

Carrot and onion puff: a lightened soufflé with shredded carrots, cheddar, and oat bran. Egg whites only, no yolks, for a tall, golden, low-calorie vegetable side.

Authentic Italian focaccia with two long three-hour rises, kneaded with olive oil and salt, then pressed thin, drizzled, and baked golden for crisp-bottomed, chewy bread.

Panelle are Sicilian chickpea fritters: simmered chickpea-flour dough chilled, cut into rounds, deep-fried golden, and dusted with lemon-zest-peppered almonds. Street food from Palermo.

Aeblekage: a traditional Danish apple cake with cinnamon-dusted apples baked under a buttery cake batter. Equal-weight flour-sugar-butter ratio for tender, golden-topped slices.

Monte Cubano is the Monte Cristo meets Cuban sandwich mashup: ham, smoked turkey, Swiss, mustard, pickles, and garlic mayo soaked in egg and pan-fried until golden.

Old-school Italian focaccia built on a two-stage rise, olive oil, and unbleached flour. A chewy, golden flatbread ready for any topping from rosemary to olives.