What can you cook in a toaster oven?
Everything! Get inspired by exploring our collection of over 150 vegetarian toaster oven recipes. With step-by-step photos and tips, we’ll help you make the most of your little oven.
Popular Toaster Oven Recipes
Start with these easy recipes!
If you’re new to cooking with a toaster oven these simple recipes will help you get baking, broiling, roasting, and toasting.
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roasted sweet potato rounds
Say hello to the most irresistible sweet potato snack! These creamy rounds are made with just a few ingredients, easy to customize, and ready in a flash.
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Toaster Oven Recipes FAQ
Q: Will these recipes work in any toaster oven?
A: All of our recipes will fit in a large capacity toaster oven that can accommodate a 13 x 9-inch sheet pan. If your oven is smaller, you may need to divide a recipe in half or cook it in batches.
Q: What can you cook in a small toaster oven?
A: Mini cakes, vegetables, breakfast casseroles, frozen meals, quick snacks, toasted sandwiches, and more! This small sheet pan article has lots of inspiring ideas for cooking with a small toaster oven.
Q: What are your favorite recipes?
A: It’s hard to pick just a few! I love our quick-baked sweet potatoes and make them at least 3 times a week. Tim’s a big fan of our sandwiches, especially this make-ahead frozen grilled cheese (great to have on hand for busy days) and our popular roasted zucchini and hummus pitas.
About Toaster Oven Cooking
Toaster ovens are versatile multi-cookers that can act as a toaster, grill, small oven, and more.
How do toaster ovens cook food?
Using heating elements placed near the top and bottom of the oven’s interior. The elements heat the toaster oven based on the cooking function and temperature set on the control panel.
What is a cooking function?
Sometimes called a setting, a function is how you want to use the toaster oven to cook your food. The most common toaster oven functions are baking, broiling, and toasting.
more about The Basic Settings
Cooking With Convection
If your toaster oven has a convection function it means the oven has a small fan. When used, the fan circulates the warm air inside the oven.
This helps to remove surface moisture from food making it crispier outside while keeping it tender inside. It can also lead to food cooking faster. That’s why the temperature and cooking time for our recipes may need to be adjusted (unless otherwise noted in the directions).
How to Adjust Recipes For Convection
1. Decrease the oven temperature by 25 degrees.
2. Reduce the cooking time by 1/3, then add more time as needed.
These aren’t hard and fast rules, just a good starting point.
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Toaster Oven Air Frying Recipes and Tips
Some newer toaster ovens come with an air fryer function or setting. It’s similar to using convection but the fan moves at a faster speed and the heating elements are usually functioning at a higher intensity.
This setting is great for achieving a crisp exterior on baked potatoes, roasted vegetables, frozen snacks, and more. If you’re new to air frying check out this article about air fryers and toaster oven air fryers or explore all of our air frying recipes.
Can you bake cookies in a toaster oven?
You sure can! Toaster ovens are perfect for baking small batches of cookies. If you’re new to toaster oven baking, we’ve got 5 tips that will make you a toaster oven cookie-baking expert. Don’t skip #3, it’s a game-changer!
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If you’re cooking for a small household and looking for more mealtime inspiration, we also have a collection of easy vegetarian recipes for two.
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