7,721 topping recipes

Soft, fruity cookie bars loaded with bananas, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, and crunchy walnuts. Topped with a buttery powdered sugar glaze that makes them irresistible at potlucks.

Chewy oat crumble bars layered with a thick, glossy blueberry filling brightened with lemon juice. A nutty brown sugar base does double duty as the topping. Makes 15 bars.

Mediterranean seafood casserole layers bay scallops and salmon in a tomato-herb sauce with potato chunks, topped with thin potato slices and baked until bubbly. Coastal-style family dinner.

Individual chicken pot pies with mushrooms, peas, carrots, and pimiento in a sage-seasoned cream sauce under flaky pastry. Includes a biscuit-topped shortcut variation.

Microwave crab-stuffed jumbo shrimp butterflied and topped with a buttery crab meat, breadcrumb, and lemon filling with cayenne. An easy appetizer ready in 20 minutes.

Broiled chicken seasoned with cumin and oregano, topped with seasoned black beans, jalapeño, green onions, and melted Monterey Jack cheese. Tex-Mex made easy.

Jalapeno chicken fajitas with lime-garlic marinated chicken breast, pepper jack cheese, and fresh toppings in warm flour tortillas. Simple marinade, big Tex-Mex flavor.

Lite cheesecake with raspberry sauce uses nonfat cream cheese and 2% cottage cheese for a silky, tangy slice without the guilt. Topped with bright homemade raspberry sauce.

Bologna casserole with cubed potatoes, green peppers, and cream of mushroom soup topped with American cheese. A retro microwave one-dish dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Shepherd's beef pie with diced cooked beef in gravy, peas and carrots, topped with a ring of mashed potatoes and baked until golden. A fast way to use leftover roast beef.

German veal schnitzel topped with stewed tomato, white asparagus spears, and sauteed mushrooms, pan-cooked in butter. A classic Kalbsschnitzel with fine vegetables.

Moist sour cream bran muffins with molasses, brown sugar, and plump raisins. Golden-topped and springy, these hearty breakfast muffins come together in 40 minutes. Makes a dozen.

Eggnog layer cake is a tender, nutmeg-scented two-layer cake made with dairy eggnog and topped with cooked-custard eggnog buttercream spiked with rum. A Christmas showpiece cake.

Lightened cranberry cake with whole berries on the bottom and a tender egg-white batter on top. A jewel-toned holiday dessert with naturally sweet-tart bite.

Quick sourdough cinnamon rolls leavened with baking powder and soda instead of yeast, so they go from starter to oven in 45 minutes. Sticky brown sugar caramel topping and a tangy sourdough crumb make these worth the discard.

No-bake cherry cheese pie with a creamy lemon-spiked filling in a graham cracker crust, topped with cherry pie filling. Five ingredients, no oven required, sets in 3 hours.