68 melting recipes

Crab and Swiss cheese melt together on a crispy grilled sandwich creating a wonderful combination of warm filling, melted cheese and crispy grilled bread. Best of all it comes together in about 10 minutes!

Cornmeal-crusted chicken breasts topped with creamy avocado slices, melted cheese, and cool sour cream. This baked chicken avocado melt uses cumin and garlic salt for a Southwestern kick and takes just 45 minutes from start to table.

Classic pecan melt away cookies made with cake flour and unsalted butter for an ultra-tender, powdered-sugar-dusted shortbread. Drop cookies that dissolve on the tongue in seconds.

Buttery melt-in-your-mouth cookies made with cornstarch for an impossibly tender crumb. Rolled in powdered sugar and pressed with a fork, they practically dissolve on your tongue.

Whole wheat English muffins topped with a seasoned cottage cheese and wheat germ spread, fresh tomato, and broiled cheddar strips. A high-protein open-faced melt ready in 15 minutes.

Baked beef and bean casserole with elbow macaroni, sharp cheddar, and chili powder. A budget-friendly, one-dish dinner that combines chili, mac and cheese, and baked beans.

Chocolate melting moments made with cocoa and cake flour, filled with a mocha chocolate center. Tender, melt-in-your-mouth thumbprint cookies that shatter with each bite.

French bread mexi-melt with seasoned ground beef, tomato sauce, sliced tomatoes, and melted American cheese on a split loaf. A Tex-Mex pizza bread that feeds a crowd fast.

French bread Mexi-melt tops a split loaf with seasoned taco beef, sliced onion, tomato, and melted American cheese, baked open-faced. A weeknight crowd-feeder ready in 40 minutes.

Open-faced healthy tuna melt on pita with black olives, tomato, red onion, and crumbled feta broiled until bubbly. A Mediterranean twist on the classic tuna melt, ready in 10 minutes.

Decadent chocolate mint melt-aways: tender piped mint shortbread topped with white chocolate mint ganache and dipped in bittersweet chocolate. Three layers of cool mint and rich chocolate in one cookie.

Melt-in-your-mouth potato muffins: tender yeast-raised rolls with mashed potatoes folded in, brushed with butter and dusted with powdered sugar. An old-fashioned tearoom treat.

Meatloaf Bourguignon stuffed with cheddar cheese, made with beef and pork seasoned with red wine, Dijon mustard, herbs, walnuts, and teriyaki sauce. French-inspired comfort food.

Jamaican beef patties with curried ground beef filling in a flaky turmeric-tinted pastry shell. Baked golden and freezer-friendly. Makes about 30 patties for parties or meal prep.

Australian meat pie with lamb or beef, mushrooms, capsicum, and tomatoes in a homemade butter pastry shell. A proper Aussie baked pie from scratch.

Italiano meat pie packs the flavor of spaghetti and meatballs into a buttery pie shell: spiced ground beef simmered in tomato sauce, layered with parmesan and mozzarella, and baked bubbling.