Raye Tiedmann, 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

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

We’re bewitched, thanks to this aged dough–yes, aged dough–that indulges us in an adult cookie with notes of rich butterscotch and bitter dark chocolate.

• 15 M
• 1 D, 12 H
• 238

This oh-so-easy riff on a cool weather classic is quite a lot like eating candy at the dinner table. Hear that, kids?

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• 15 M
• 40 M
• 0

This sassy roast chicken gets its moist meat and ultra-crisp skin from the two-step process of searing it in a skillet then sliding the whole thing in the oven. Simplicity.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 1

This easy shove-it-in-the-oven casserole is exactly what macaroni and cheese ought to be—cheesy, crumb-topped, and ridiculously indulgent.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 31

Airy and addictive, these iconic, anytime-of-day New Orleans pastries come buried beneath mounds of sweet, sweet confectioners’ sugar and are as crazy addictive as crack.

• 45 M
• 45 M
• 10

A rich, sticky, toffee-pudding-inspired muffin topped with streusel. Mmmmmm.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 4

One way to down your sweet potatoes? Drown them in butter, sugar, bourbon, and maple syrup. It’s The Southern Way. And we can’t say we have a problem with this.

• 10 M
• 1 H
• 15

These exceptionally airy pull-apart rolls bake up crisp on the outside, tender on the inside, and, yes, light as a feather through and through.

• 20 M
• 2 H
• 17

Some things never go out of style. Witness these throwback kid- and adult-friendly drumsticks rolled in crumbs of any sort. Potato chips. Wasabi peas. Rice crackers.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 50 M
• 17

Is there anything as sweetly satisfying as heirloom tomatoes eaten raw over the sink? Probably not. But when you tire of that, there’s always this deeply satiating tactic.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 40 M
• 12

Beautiful burger buns. Were ever three words joined in such harmonious sequence? Actually, let’s add buxom and buttery.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 38

Quick, easy, healthful, spectacular in terms of taste, and exactly what you need these last couple of Fridays before Easter.

• 20 M
• 30 M
• 8