Toaster ovens (also known as countertop ovens) are great for small-batch recipes—you can quickly cook up a sheet pan dinner for two of chicken thighs with roasted root vegetables, or freeze your favorite recipe for chocolate chip cookie dough and bake a few at a time. There are so many delicious dishes you can bake, broil or toast, we decided to round up some of our favorite toaster oven dishes.
Breakfast
- Lemon blueberry muffins
- Homemade biscuits (pair with sausage gravy for a traditional southern breakfast)
- Broiled grapefruit with cinnamon brown sugar
- Sheet pan bacon
- Cherry almond scones
Lunch & Dinner
- Chicken thighs with roasted root vegetables
- Dijon salmon with green beans
- Crunchy baked cheese cracker chicken tenders
- Parmesan crusted tilapia
- Healthy Southwestern stuffed peppers
- Crunchy baked chicken tenders
- Curried chicken salad
- Philly chicken cheesesteak sandwiches
- Glazed pork tenderloin with carrots
- Italian zucchini boats
- Italian stuffed tomatoes
- Broiled chipotle tilapia with avocado sauce
- Individual baked eggplant parmesan
- Quick pan pizza
Sides
- Smoked gouda bacon macaroni & cheese
- Sweet or savory baked sweet potatoes
- Baked asparagus fries
- Bacon corn muffins
- Cajun roasted okra
- Zucchini squash casserole
- Parmesan peas
Snacks & Appetizers
- Sheet pan nachos
- Baked spicy pimento cheese dip
- Baked wonton cups
- Baked brie & cranberry bites
- Baked coconut shrimp with curried chutney
- Hot Mexican bean dip
- Roasted pumpkin seeds
- Broiled Maryland crab cakes with creamy herb sauce
- Garden fresh bruschetta
Desserts
- Soft peanut butter cookies
- Buttermilk confetti cake
- Cowboy cookies
- Mini gingerbread bundt cakes
- Peach cobbler
- Brownie cookies
- Heritage chocolate chip cookies
There are many other uses for a countertop oven, too—from reheating leftovers to defrosting frozen ingredients or melting cheese on top of a soup or sandwich. You can also use your countertop oven as an alternative to using the broiler on your large oven. A countertop oven makes it easy to broil by bringing the food up to counter height where you can keep an eye on it through the door…plus, you don’t have to rearrange all those cookie sheets you’re storing in that drawer under your oven.
