Emily Olson, Recipe Tester

Preserves were never so pretty in pink—or so easy to make—as with this foolproof old-fashioned recipe that relies on just four ingredients and an occasional stir. No prior canning experience required. Swear.

• (18)
• 45 M
• 2 H
• 101

Essentially eggs scrambled with chips (or day-old tortillas) and salsa, chilaquiles is equally enticing in the a.m. as the p.m., with a cup of hot joe or a bottle of cold cerveza.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 25 M
• 23

“The best biscuits I’ve ever had!” is what we’re hearing from many, many, many folks who when they first try these easy no-rolling-required biscuits. Amen to that.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 35 M
• 11

Kalamata olives lend this no-knead bread ample flavor while a long, slow rise brings it a bakery-quality crumb.

• (8)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 43

1. Turn your glut of garden tomatoes into this sauce. 2. Stash it in the freezer. 3. Thank yourself come winter.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 22

We know. You already have an egg salad sandwich recipe. But trust us, it’s nothing like this one, which is whoppingly old school in taste, blissfully healthful in every other way.

• (2)
• 10 M
• 25 M
• 16

This spice cake is soaked with rum syrup, making a lovely, albeit slightly boozy, gift when wrapped in parchment and tied with a bow.

• (6)
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 23

A chili that you can dress up or down, whether you need something really impressive for game day or relatively inexpensive for Tuesday night dinner.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 3

Ideal for lazy weekends as well as harried weekdays, these soft-boiled eggs are cooked to perfection in less than five minutes. You’re welcome.

• (2)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 33

A classic, perfected. (Yes, we know, you’ve been promised this before by others. But we mean it.)

• (1)
• 15 M
• 1 D, 1 H
• 33