Steve Dunn, Recipe Tester

Cute as a button, and not much bigger, these buttery, bacony scones are the most diminutive and darned good biscuits we’ve had in recent memory. Maybe ever.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 45 M
• 31

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.

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• 25 M
• 25 M
• 23

Nuts. Seeds. Dried fruits. The only thing missing is the fancy cellphone wrapping and the steep price tag. (Did we mention they’re gluten-free?)

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• 15 M
• 35 M
• 61

All the complexity of classic beef curry that you slowly tended all day…but in just an hour. You’re welcome.

• (4)
• 20 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 8

There’s a reason this stroke of Italian brilliance, which infuses a relatively cheap cut of pork with a subtle milky sweetness, is a classic. One taste and you’ll be thanking us.

• (3)
• 35 M
• 2 H, 35 M
• 23

Who knew these buttery, airy, delicate little cakes were so simple to make…and so irresistibly delicious?! (Well, Proust, for one…)

• (1)
• 20 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 4

This isn’t quite bulgolgi, the classic Korean barbecue. But this little number is salty, sweet, and quite reminiscent of its longer-marinated inspiration.

• (3)
• 20 M
• 1 H, 10 M
• 10

Okay, breadbaking virgins, here’s the loaf for you. Nothing tricky. Just flour, water, yeast, and salt. And an honest-to-goodness homemade taste.

• (3)
• 20 M
• 11 H, 30 M
• 20

There’s lots to love about these crowd-pleasing twists. How they look. How they taste. How they come together with ease. (Need we go on…?)

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 30 M
• 0

Almonds and dark chocolate or peanuts and milk chocolate? Can’t go wrong either way with this classic Christmas candy.

• (1)
• 45 M
• 2 H
• 2