7,558 topping recipes

Low-calorie banana French toast made with egg substitute and reduced-calorie bread, topped with vanilla yogurt and pan-seared banana slices. A lighter brunch that still satisfies.

Soft apple cookies loaded with raisins, nuts, and warm spices, topped with a vanilla powdered sugar glaze. Apple juice in the batter doubles down on fresh apple flavor.

Microwave brownies made from scratch with cocoa powder, ready in about 25 minutes total. Fudgy, chocolatey, and no oven required. Top with nuts or chocolate chips before cooking.

Stack cake is an Appalachian multi-layer molasses cake with applesauce filling spread between thin layers, topped with whipped cream and chopped nuts. A pioneer wedding-table classic.

Baked potatoes scooped out and sauteed with butter, cashews, scallions, tomatoes, bell pepper, and garlic, then restuffed and topped with cheddar. A loaded twice-baked potato with crunch.

A four-layer chocolate butter cake with ganache filling, whipped cream frosting, and a glossy dark chocolate glaze poured over the top. Bakery-level elegance made at home.

Orange pistachio Bundt cake made with yellow cake mix, pistachio pudding, and orange juice, marbled with chocolate syrup and topped with a cocoa glaze. A stunning retro dessert.

Soft ginger cream cookies spiced with ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon, sweetened with molasses, and topped with vanilla or orange frosting. This big-batch recipe makes 6 dozen.

Raisin sour cream pie tops a tangy spiced custard filling with caramelly brown sugar meringue. An old-school diner-style dessert with creamy depth and toasted golden swirls.

Southern spoon bread made with stone-ground white cornmeal, eggs, butter, and milk. Custardy and soft enough to scoop with a spoon, with a golden crust on top.

Savannah crispy wafers made with butter, yogurt, and flour, rolled paper-thin and baked until golden. Top with sugar for sweet or Parmesan for savory. Just 6 ingredients.

Gazpacho relish for hot dogs: chopped tomato, cucumber, green pepper, onion, and garlic in a sweet-tangy red wine vinaigrette. Cookout topping that beats anything from a jar.

Homemade onion-mustard sandwich rolls with dry mustard, black pepper, and rehydrated onion flakes baked into the dough and sprinkled on top with poppy seeds. Makes 18 buns.

A boozy chocolate sheet cake laced with peppermint schnapps and sweetened condensed milk, topped with a minty schnapps frosting. Big batch, bold flavor, and ready in an hour.

Maple pecan upside-down cake with pure maple syrup, brown sugar, currants, yogurt, and a hint of mace. Inverted to reveal a sticky, caramelized pecan topping served warm.

Oatmeal snickerdoodles with rolled oats, brown sugar, and a cinnamon-sugar topping. The classic snickerdoodle goes hearty with a chewy oat boost and that signature crackled cinnamon shell.