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Crunchy Queso Wrap
A wildly popular novelty snack from Taco Bell, the Crunchwrap Supreme combines elements of a burrito with the tidier portability of a sandwich, in a stacked, layered and wrapped tortilla package. It delights for two practical reasons (low cost and convenience) and two culinary ones (crunch and cheesiness). An at-home version is a fun party trick — and it is endlessly customizable. Once you cook up the assertively spiced ground beef, the rest of this recipe is basically assembly: Start with the largest flour tortillas you can find, then layer on the meat (or crispy tofu, or refried beans), cloak it in queso, stack a tostada on top, pile on some chipotle sour cream, lettuce and pico de gallo, then fold and sear. Would you spend less buying just one at a Taco Bell? Yes, but your ratio of filling to tortilla will be paltry compared to this homemade version, which cheaply and happily feeds a crowd.
Sheet-Pan Socca (Savory Chickpea Pancake)
Crispy on the outside and creamy at their core, socca are thin, olive-oil-rich chickpea pancakes. In Provence they’re often made on wide, flat copper skillets, but a screamingly hot sheet pan works extremely well, too — and makes an extra-large chickpea cake that can serve as a light dinner or an easy appetizer. Socca are usually not topped with anything more than black pepper; they are delicate and can’t support more than minimalist additions. However, a light scattering of toppings — like anchovies, pecorino and scallions here — makes socca qualify as a simple and delicious meal. A handful of chopped olives added before baking would also work, as would a garnish of torn slivers of prosciutto, draped on top just before serving.
Chocolate Chia Pudding
Ideal for a quick, grab-and-go breakfast or snack, chocolate chia pudding is a nutritional powerhouse that takes minimal effort to prepare. Flavored with cocoa powder and warming spices like cinnamon, cardamon and a pinch of nutmeg, this cooling pudding can be prepared with your milk of choice, no cooking required. It does need an overnight rest in the refrigerator to set: For the best texture, stir the pudding mixture together in the evening for breakfast or a snack the next day. The longer the pudding rests, the more the chia seeds will expand and absorb the liquid. Add a splash of milk to thin out to desired consistency when serving, and top with any combination of fruits, nuts and granola.
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The 4-Ingredient Cherry Dish That Works for Breakfast *and* Dessert
In this incredibly easy no-cook recipe, macerated fresh cherries are treated with a sweet-sour mixture of honey and red wine vinegar, then topped with black pepper and served with good ricotta cheese, crushed marcona almonds, and mint.
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The 1-Ingredient Upgrade for Silky, Garlicky Hummus
Garlic scapes give this hummus a sweet allium kick.
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This Delightfully Crisp French Pastry Is the Lazy Person's Doughnut
Unlike old-fashioned yeasted doughnuts or regular crullers, which are made with a yeasted dough, French crullers are made from choux pastry. These crisp, airy French crullers are shockingly easy to make—and come together in under an hour.
Skillet Sprinkle Sugar Cookie
You don’t need any special equipment to make this superfun, supersize sugar cookie; just a bowl, a whisk, a spatula and a skillet. Not only is making one huge cookie instead of two easier than baking several batches, there is something extraspecial about a giant dessert that is meant to be shared. Eat it warm from the pan with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream on top; or let it cool and slice it up as you would a pie. Swap out the rainbow sprinkles for holiday-themed sprinkles or whatever colors delight you.
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This Classic British Tart Is Sweet, Nutty, and Steeped in History—Here's How to Bake It Well
The Bakewell tart, a British dessert of fragrant almond cream and tart raspberry jam nestled in a tender shortcrust pastry, is a staple of cafés in the UK.
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The Secret to the Best Beef Empanadas? It's Not Beef
A regional specialty of the northeastern Argentine state of Chaco, these buttery empanada are stuffed with tender shreds of beef jerky and heaps of caramelized onions.
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This 3-Ingredient Limoncello Spritz Tastes Like a Trip to the Amalfi Coast
Made with just three ingredients—limoncello, Prosecco, and club soda—the beverage comes together quickly right in your glass, no cocktail shaker needed.
Chilled Tofu with Peanut Sauce
This no-cook recipe loosely follows the Chinese traditions of liangban tofu and bang bang sauce by topping cold, silken tofu with a fiery, tangy peanut sauce and raw celery. Eaten together, it is creamy and crunchy, hot and cold, intense and mild all at once. (The combination of peanut butter and celery might happily remind you of ants on a log, the childhood snack.) Eat with hot, steamed rice alongside, if you like.
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How to Make Bakery-Worthy Lemon–Poppy Seed Muffins
Studded with crunchy poppy seeds and packed with the fresh, zesty flavor of citrus, this lemon–poppy seed muffin is sweet and tart enough to feel like dessert, but substantial enough for breakfast.
Noodle Okonomiyaki (Cabbage and Egg Pancakes)
These hearty, vegetarian main-meal pancakes have it all: noodles, eggs and big umami flavors. Loosely inspired by Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki, this weeknight-friendly recipe is a shortcut version, with cabbage and instant noodles tossed with seasoned eggs to make a thick, satisfying pancake. It provides a good chance to use up that leftover wedge of cabbage in your fridge, as a little cabbage goes a long way here. There’s room to experiment with other vegetables, too, such as carrots, bean sprouts, potato or broccoli. The egg seasonings — soy sauce, scallions and sesame oil — are also flexible: Try adding a dab of miso paste, a drizzle of chile crisp, Maggi seasoning or a spice paste like gochujang. For a gluten-free alternative, opt for glass noodles. This recipe shows that the best weeknight recipes are the ones that work with what’s available in your pantry.
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This Beloved Savory Mediterranean Pastry Is a Spiraled Delight
This borek features hypnotic spirals of golden flaky pastry filled with a savory carrot, mushroom, and feta cheese filling.
Lemon-Honey Nian Gao (Mochi Cake)
Jessica Wang, who runs Gu’s Grocery, a Chinese Taiwanese online store, in Los Angeles, always sells a variation of her mother’s mochi cake at her pop-ups. Subtly sweet, this honey-lemon variation gets a double jolt of moisture from a blend of honey and macerated lemon that gets stirred into the batter and then drizzled on top after baking. Mochiko (sweet rice flour) multitasks here, bolstering the hints of the cake’s sweetness and imparting this gluten-free treat with a unique textural crumb that’s both bouncy and light. Though this dessert is well-suited for a crowd, it also makes for a lovely snacking cake as it keeps well too, since the soaking liquid softens the cake over the first day and into the second.
Baked Red Bean Nian Gao (Mochi Cake)
There’s a decadence to red bean nian gao that might lead you to assume there’s labor behind the richness. Instead, this butter mochi cake couldn’t be simpler. This recipe is as easy as it is riffable, and the snack invites different nuts and seeds as additions or substitutions for toppings. Mochiko (sweet rice flour) results in a lovely, paradoxical cake crumb that’s both chewy and springy. Jessica Wang, who runs Gu Grocery, a Chinese Taiwanese online store, in Los Angeles, has collaborated with her mother, Peggy Wang, teaching cooking classes and baking pastries at pop-ups where they sell lemon-honey nian gao and other variations of her mother’s baked nian gao (red bean butter mochi cake). For added caramelization and even more textural contrast, Ms. Wang recommends briefly broiling the top or lightly searing any leftover pieces in a cast-iron skillet.
Panzerotti (Fried Tomato and Mozzarella Pockets)
Panzerotti, a fried variety of Italian street food, are often mistaken for small calzone. The name comes from the Neapolitan word “panza,” which derives from the Italian word for “belly” because their shape resembles a rounded stomach. While they are commonly filled with a simple and satisfying mixture of sweet tomato purée and melted mozzarella, you can also use cooked sausage, ham, bacon or anchovies. Remarkably crispy on the outside and soft and pillowy on the inside, panzerotti are best served freshly fried and still warm, ideally with a side of marinara for dunking.
Cherry Almond Scones
All you need is a bowl and a baking sheet to make these buttery, fruit-filled scones (no rolling pin required!). Bringing the dough together with a fork and then gently folding it in half helps to avoid overmixing while creating tender, flaky layers. Toasty almonds and a sprinkle of sugar give these scones a crisp exterior, while cherries provide pops of sweetness and color. Fresh or frozen cherries work equally well, so you can make them any time of year.
Hong Kong-Style French Toast
This mainstay of the cha chaan teng, or Hong Kong-style diner, transforms the humble peanut butter sandwich into something decadent thanks to a custardy golden-brown exterior that gives way to a warm, creamy filling. Typically deep-fried, this version uses a shallow-fry method for a treat that is easy to achieve at home. A melting pat of butter and drizzle of condensed milk provide the signature finish. The peanut butter may be replaced with any number of fillings, such as kaya (coconut jam), marmalade or chocolate-hazelnut spread. Serve this indulgent breakfast or snack alongside milk tea or coffee for an authentic cha chaan teng experience.
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Strawberry-Rhubarb Pop-Tarts
These copycat Pop-Tarts feature a cookie-like pastry dough filled with a thick strawberry-rhubarb jam and are topped with icing and crumbled freeze-dried strawberries.
Pure Jalapeño Salsa
This fiery, minimalist salsa proves that even humble kitchen staples — like garlic powder and fresh jalapeños — can surprise you. Simmered until tender, then mashed by hand or blended to a coarse purée, the chiles become the perfect backdrop for garlic powder, which deepens as it sits, taking on a warm, almost toasty edge you’d never get from raw garlic. A short fermentation (if you let it) softens the salsa’s heat and introduces a subtle, tangy complexity (see Tip). It’s a salsa that evolves — bold on Day 1, balanced by Day 3 — making it perfect to spoon over pizza, tacos or anywhere you’d reach for a pickled chile.
Aguacate Ahumado (Spicy Avocado Salsa)
Many salsas are fresh, raw and bright. But this pico de gallo turns a corner. A smoky corner. Finely chopped chipotles in adobo end up glazing the soft pieces of avocado, and it tastes deep and charred, even though it takes all of five minutes to make. It shouldn’t taste this good. But it does. Serve on sandwiches or tostadas, or with a bowl of plantain chips.
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How to Make Tender, Fluffy Biscuits in Under an Hour
These tender chive and cheddar drop biscuits require zero rolling and chilling—and take less than an hour to make from start to finish.
Quick Pickled Kale Stems
The 3-2-1 brine ratio for pickles is a lifesaver, and the perfect way to save stripped kale stems from ending up in the trash.