Ever done a face-plant in a stack of waffles? Neither had we–until this recipe. We have a hunch you’re going to want to know them up close and personal, too.

When your cheeks are smudged with flour and there’s an obscenely buttery, made-from-scratch croissant before you, you’ll be glad you didn’t just run out to the corner bakery.

Find yourself a little melancholy at the impending end of citrus season? Extend the ephemeral with these puckery–and perfect–preserves.

A quietly and nuttily pleasing alternative to oatmeal, this breakfasty quinoa is satiating, healthful, and versatile beyond belief.

Crisp, airy, and addictive, these iconic, anytime-of-day New Orleans pastries come buried beneath mounds of sweet, sweet confectioners’ sugar, never naked.

These sugar-glazed cider doughnuts are certain to conjure memories–real or imagined–of crisp autumn mornings, roadside farmstands, and grease-stained paper bags full of these piping hot beauties.

Home cook and storybook savant T. Susan Chang explains how she eventually came around to baking this quick, fragrant, subtly sweet loaf from a gourd of fairy tale proportions.

It never ceases to confound us when something as common as cinnamon rolls turn out divinely inspired. Want to know what we mean? Just make these.

Comfort finds us in unexpected ways. And thank goodness for that–or rather, thank goodness for this not-too-sweet, subtly apple-y quick bread.

Shirttail relation to corn bread, these savory cakes wooed and wowed us with their crisped edges, ethereally airy insides, and pantry-friendly frugality.

Perfect for lazy weekends as well as harried weekdays, these soft-boiled eggs with toast and a smidgen of butter take less than five minutes. You’re welcome.

American waffles have nothing over Belgium’s best. Yet as gaufre gourmand Kimberley Lovato explains, you only think you know the real Belgian deal.

Essentially eggs scrambled with chips and salsa, hilaquiles is equally at home in the a.m. or p.m., with a cup of hot joe or a cold bottle of cervesa.

You can’t prolong summer. But you can prolong raspberry season with a few pints of lipstick-red berries, some sugar, and this perfect, unerringly precise recipe.

An inspired take on a classic, this simple, sassy granola recipe is yours to follow to the letter or tweak to your (or your most picky family member’s) content.

This irresistible tea cake is essentially dessert masquerading as breakfast or lunch or well, let’s just say it’s perfect pretty much any time you crave something sweet.

Pink never seemed so pretty—or so easy. These fetching rhubarb preserves rely on just four ingredients and an occasional stir. No canning experience required.

It’s everything you remember from childhood–crisped but not charred at the edges, slathered with butter, sprinkled with cinnamon, and, if you were fortunate, drizzled with honey. All that’s missing is Saturday morning cartoons.

Roasted strawberries are the new It Dish. Fresh berries, maple syrup, Port, and balsamic vinegar are cooked together until concentrated then plopped on top biscuits, crepes, or pound cake.

Is there a more perfect breakfast? These glorious, golden brown brioche get their glow from lots of egg yolks and a healthy amount of butter.