1,042 melting recipes

No-bake chocolate fingers made with powdered milk, cocoa, powdered sugar, raisins, cherries, and candied peel. A fudgy, fruit-studded candy that firms up in the fridge.

Navy bean and tomato soup made from dried beans, with stewed tomatoes, onion, and celery sauteed in margarine. A high-fiber, low-fat, gluten-free farmhouse soup that costs pennies to make.

Personal veggie pizzas on honey wheat crust with broccoli, yellow pepper, roma tomatoes, fresh basil, and melted provolone. Three crispy pies in 30 minutes flat.

Crisp button mushrooms stuffed with tangy apple, toasted walnuts, and melted blue cheese for a sweet-savory bite-sized appetizer ready in under an hour.

Dried figs simmered in orange juice, Grand Marnier, and ground ginger, then dipped in melted chocolate. An elegant no-bake confection for holiday candy trays.

Light-as-air meringue cookies studded with mini chocolate chips. Just five ingredients, virtually fat-free, and they melt on your tongue. Makes 36 cookies.

Chewy molasses oatmeal cookies with pecans, raisins, cinnamon, and cloves, drizzled with melted chocolate. Three cups of oats give these a hearty, old-fashioned chew.

Sourdough muffins made from an overnight sponge starter mixed with flour, sugar, and melted shortening. A simple way to use sourdough starter in muffin form.

Turkey tortilla soup with green chilies, taco seasoning, tomatoes, and fresh cilantro. Low-calorie, served over melted cheese and crushed tortilla chips in the bowl.

Entlebuch woodland slices are open-faced Swiss alpine sandwiches with smoked ham, creamy mushroom ragout, melted Emmentaler, and warm poached pear. Hearty mountain-region comfort.

Tossed salad pizza with Caesar-dressed greens, tomatoes, kalamata olives and feta on a mozzarella-melted bread shell. Fun Italian-style salad-meets-pizza lunch.

Coffee meringue kisses with instant coffee ground into sugar, whipped with egg whites and vanilla. Baked low and slow until crisp, airy, and melt-in-your-mouth light.

These banana fritters stay crispy thanks to a flour-dusted coating under a light egg-and-milk batter. Deep-fried golden in minutes and served hot for a crunchy, sweet snack or dessert.

Homemade English muffins cooked on a griddle, dusted with cornmeal for that signature crackly bottom and full of nooks and crannies for melted butter to pool in.

Black bean pizza with mashed beans as the sauce, melted Monterey Jack cheese, and fresh avocado on top. A four-ingredient vegetarian pizza ready in under 25 minutes.

Quick salmon and broccoli bake with white wine sauce and melted Gruyere cheese: canned salmon chunks layered with frozen broccoli, topped with cheese, baked until bubbly.