13 of Alton Brown's Most Popular Recipes From the Original Good Eats

The secret ingredient is the egg, but be sure you temper it before you add it to the mixture; you don't want scrambled egg mac and cheese.

Get the recipe: baked macaroni and cheese

Alton Brown says egg whites dry out cookies, so if you want supermoist cookies, you need to load up on the egg yolks.

Get the recipe: "The Chewy"

Stop buying mix! Alton will teach you to make your own big batch at home.

Get the recipe: "instant" pancake mix

You know how apple pie can be liquid-y and soggy? Not Alton's! His secret? Tapioca flour. It simultaneously absorbs the moisture and lends to a gooey, more stable filling. Mmm.

Get the recipe: Super Apple Pie

If you prefer the "stuff from the box," then you need to try Alton's recipe. It's almost like a vegetarian carbonara and has an egg-based sauce that is stirred in at the end.

Get the recipe: stove top mac-n-cheese

Fruitcake may get a bad rap, but Alton's may make you change your mind. Since spices are the "backbone" of the fruitcake, according to Alton, use whole spices and grind them in a coffee grinder.

Get the recipe: Free Range Fruitcake

Alton recommends pre-heating a cast iron pan in a 500°F oven prior to searing the steak over the stovetop. It'll give you that coveted caramelized crust.

Get the recipe: pan-seared rib-eye

Since no one's interested in waking up at 3 a.m. to make homemade cinnamon rolls, Alton's created a recipe that can be prepped the evening before and baked in the morning.

Get the recipe: overnight cinnamon rolls

There's no reason to buy boxed brownie mix when this homemade recipe is so simple and asks for pantry staples you likely have stocked. Cut the baked brownies before they cool, preferably with a pizza cutter.

Get the recipe: cocoa brownies

Alton's French toast is first seared in the pan and then finished in the oven, to ensure the toast is custardy on the inside and crispy on the outside.

Get the recipe: French toast

Take a bite into what real Southern food tastes like when you whip us these delightful biscuits. Tip: Baking the cutout biscuits close together helps them rise.

Get the recipe: Southern biscuits

Between the dry rub and the homemade braising liquid, you can bet these ribs are bursting with spicy-sweet flavors.

Get the recipe: Who Loves Ya Baby-Back?