Toaster Oven Perfection: A Smarter Way to Cook on a Smaller Scale

Take your toaster oven from sidekick to superhero with 100+ streamlined recipes that save time and energy and make your cooking life easier.A toaster oven can do much more than make toast! Essentially a countertop oven, it can bake, roast, and broil, plus it heats up faster than a regular oven and takes up less space, making it an efficient way to cook and bake. In Toaster Oven Perfection we show you how to put this workhorse to work, from baking mini meatloaves, pizza, and a whole roast chicken, to roasting vegetables. Recipes were tested across a range of models to ensure it will work in yours. And if your toaster oven can air-fry, we indicate recipes which take full advantage of that and give proper cook times.If you've found yourself only using the toaster oven to toast bread or heat up leftovers, then this is the book for you. Whether you are a habitual host, the confused owner of a new toaster oven, or someone with limited space, your toaster oven is woefully underutilized. This book shows all the ways it can add value to your cooking routine. We draw upon our extensive testing of toaster ovens to help you navigate the variety of models and give top tips for any toaster.Our sheet-pan dinners for two utilize every inch of your toaster oven's pan (think Pork Tenderloin with Green Beans). Or, enlist your toaster oven to roast up a vegetable side dish (no jostling for oven space) with recipes for Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and more. Bake easy appetizers like wings, empanadas, and granola (tastier and fresher than store-bought). And embrace the joys of small-batch baking, from sheet-pan pizza and ramekin fruit desserts to freeze-and-bake cookies and scones: bake off a couple at a time and they'll always come out hot and fresh.