10,000 melting recipes

Lighter eggplant Parmesan with whole wheat breading layers tender rounds with tomato sauce and Parmesan, baked until melt-in-your-mouth (optional mozzarella finish).

Fragrant cumin-spiced brown rice baked with tender eggplant, sweet bell peppers, and tomatoes in a golden turmeric-ginger sauce, finished with melted cheese.

Crispy golden wheat scones with plump raisins, ready in 25 minutes for guilt-free breakfast treats that skimp on fat but not on taste.

Delicate phyllo pastries filled with chopped apples, sharp cheddar cheese, and fresh chives, pinched into kiss shapes. These golden bundles bake in 20 minutes. Serve warm as appetizers.

Crispy flaquitos with seasoned ground beef, cumin, garlic, and melted cheese rolled in flour tortillas and deep-fried until golden. A crunchy Mexican appetizer or snack.

Light-as-air meringue cookies with ground hazelnuts and candied citron, perched on crisp baking wafers. A classic European confection that melts on your tongue.

Fudge drops made with melted milk chocolate, granola cereal, and salted peanuts. A 10-minute no-bake candy that only needs a microwave and 3 ingredients.

Pan Nero, an Italian dark chocolate cake made with unsweetened chocolate, separated eggs, and potato starch flour. Dense, fudgy, and flour-light with just five ingredients.

A self-saucing chocolate pudding cake spiked with kirsch that creates its own hot fudge sauce as it bakes. Scoop out the cake, spoon the gooey chocolate pudding from beneath, and top with cherry pie filling.

Soft Hawaiian sweet bread with real mashed potatoes and pineapple juice. Buttery golden loaves with tropical sweetness, perfect for sandwiches or toasting.

Chocolate cookies shaped like pine cones with melted chocolate and overlapping toasted almond slices. A show-stopping holiday cookie project that looks like woodland art.

Halloween cupcakes decorated with an elegant chocolate spider web and spider made from piped melted chocolate. This impressive edible decoration freezes solid for easy handling.

Plain muffins combine flour, sugar, milk, egg, and baking powder into a basic batter that bakes into 12 tender, golden tops in 20 minutes. The classic blank-canvas quick bread for any add-in.

Mexican turkey casserole layered with corn chips, green chiles, sour cream gravy, and melted cheddar. A Tex-Mex weeknight dinner using leftover turkey or chicken.

Lima bean health loaf with mashed limas, carrots, peanuts, whole wheat breadcrumbs, and melted cheese on top. A hearty vegetarian bean loaf packed with protein.

Creamy cocoa cheesecake on a graham cracker crust with a tangy sour cream topping baked until just set. Rich chocolate flavor from pure cocoa powder, not melted chocolate.