Joan Osborne, Recipe Tester

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.

• 10 M
• 25 M
• 10

We, too, were startled by the shocker ingredient in this intriguingly sweet, Easter-rific glazed ham. Tasting is believing.

• 10 M
• 5 H
• 8

A retro classic with a velvety coconut custard buried beneath billows of sweet, luscious, airy meringue and cushioned by a tender, flaky, buttery lard crust. You’re welcome.

• Quick Glance
• 25 M
• 45 M
• 8

Know how sometimes you taste something and can’t help but sigh with content? This cake does that to us each and every darn time.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 25

Essentially Irish stew with some lovely store-bought puff pastry plopped on top. Easy peasy. Hello, St. Paddy!

• 45 M
• 3 H
• 32

Okay, these cookies may not contain literally a thousand layers, but you gotta admit, the title made you count, yes?

• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 14

This is, quite frankly, the loveliest hot and sour soup we’ve ever had, with none of the usual gloppiness of takeout Chinese. And it’s on the table in just 20 minutes.

• 20 M
• 20 M
• 38

A lilt of lemon and hints of thyme dance throughout this simple risotto. The best they’ve ever tasted.

• 30 M
• 30 M
• 15

And, on the seventh day, God created gianduia (zhahn-doo-yah). And the world has been a more glorious place ever since.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 2

These can’t-stop-eating-them crackers boast actual aged Cheddar cheesiness. Stain-your-fingers faux Cheez-It-ness just can’t compete.

• 20 M
• 2 H
• 11

A classic. And it’s even better than we remembered. It’s like childhood 2.0. And we mean that in the best possible way, Mom.

• 25 M
• 40 M
• 8

This bird borrows its Peruvian accent from its amazing technicolor dreamcoat of paprika, cumin, and garlic.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 24

This flour-free fried bird is contrary to everything we know about fried chicken. Or think we know. That’s exactly what makes it so darn genius.

• 20 M
• 1 H, 35 M
• 16

These oatmeal cookies are like the baking version of those Choose Your Own Adventure books, which means your cookies end up exactly the way you like them.

• 30 M
• 1 H
• 35