10,000 melting recipes

Classic rolled-and-cut Christmas sugar cookies sprinkled with colored sugar before baking. Crisp, buttery, and ready for stars, trees, and bells without any frosting required.

No-bake ice cream cake layered with a chocolate chip cookie crust, fudge sauce, and 2 quarts of ice cream. Just 4 main ingredients, no oven needed. A freezer-friendly crowd pleaser.

Open-faced ham and cheese sandwiches on rye bread with mustard butter, sliced tomato, and melted cheese topped with creamy coleslaw. Ready in 10 minutes using the microwave.

Cheesy broccoli tuna noodle bake with egg noodles, cream of cheddar soup, and melted cheddar on top. A comforting layered casserole made with pantry staples.

Hearty slow cooker bean dip packed with seasoned ground beef, refried beans, melted longhorn cheese, and sour cream with a spicy kick from hot sauce.

Delicate butter cookies studded with ground pistachios, shaped into little fingers, and dusted with powdered sugar for melt-in-your-mouth holiday treats.

Sour sourdough bread builds extra tang through 12+ hours cold-retarded fermentation. Bread machine kneads, then artisan-style cylindrical loaves bake on cornmeal-dusted sheets.

Layers of seasoned ground beef, sweet peppers, peas, corn, and shredded potatoes baked under a creamy tomato-chicken soup sauce and melted cheddar. Family casserole comfort.

Ground beef pie crowned with creamy sour-cream mashed potatoes, melted cheese, and crisp bacon strips. A retro shepherd's-pie cousin with a dinner-on-the-table weeknight feel.

Cornbread taco bake layers seasoned ground beef, corn, and tomato sauce under a French fried onion cornbread border, topped with melted cheddar. Tex-Mex family dinner casserole.

Layered green chili and tortilla casserole with seasoned ground beef, melted cheddar, mild green chiles, ripe olives, and oil-softened corn tortillas. Weeknight-friendly Tex-Mex comfort.

Cheesy hash brown casserole with sour cream, sharp cheddar, and buttery corn flake topping. The ultimate potluck side dish that feeds a crowd and gets rave reviews.

Grandma Ruby's fabulous fudge melts chocolate chips, marshmallows, butter, and nuts into a foolproof boiled sugar and evaporated milk syrup. Five pounds of creamy, no-fail Christmas fudge.

Gnocchi al Gorgonzola with a creamy sauce of melted Gorgonzola, butter, Parmesan, and warm cream. A rich Italian classic that comes together in minutes.

No-bake peanut butter bars with a graham cracker base and a thick chocolate topping. Only 5 ingredients and they taste like homemade Reese's cups.

This Australian cheesecake is cloud-light with whipped cream and beaten egg whites folded into a tangy cream cheese filling with passion fruit and lemon zest. Baked low and slow on a crisp graham crust.