8,890 baked good recipes

Liebes-Knoten are German love knots, thin strips of egg-and-cream dough twisted into bows, fried golden, then dusted with powdered sugar. Crisp like a beignet, tender like an Italian fritter. A traditional wedding-and-festival treat.

Double chocolate slice-and-bake refrigerator cookies with melted chocolate, mini chips, and a hint of cinnamon. Make-ahead dough freezes for 2 months.

Chocolate sheet cake (Texas sheet cake) with hot cocoa-buttermilk batter and a poured cocoa-buttermilk icing finished while the cake is still hot. The Southern church-supper crowd-feeder cut into 24 squares.

Layered mocha chocolate torte with bloomed cocoa cake, espresso-spiked ermine filling, pecans, and creamy white frosting. Four-layer celebration cake.

Cheese popovers, the dramatic egg-and-flour bread that puffs into crusty hollow domes with melted cheddar inside. Five ingredients, no leavening, just steam and a screaming-hot oven.

Wheat germ and nut zucchini bread, a hearty quickbread loaded with grated zucchini, toasted wheat germ, cinnamon, and chopped nuts. Two-loaf yield makes one for now and one for the freezer.

Peanut butter crescents wrap refrigerated crescent rolls around a brown sugar peanut butter filling, then drizzle them with a peanut butter glaze. Eight rolls in 35 minutes from a single tube of dough. Quick breakfast pastry win.

Dill onion bread bakes a tangy yeast loaf with cottage cheese folded into the dough for moisture, plus toasted dill seed and minced onion for a savory aroma. Brushed with butter and salt while warm. A retro church-cookbook classic.

Glazed ribbon cookies with buttery shortbread dough rolled into strips, filled with raspberry jam, and drizzled with vanilla glaze. Holiday cookie tray classic.

Light blueberry lemon snack cake with an oat streusel topping drizzled with honey. A wholesome, low-fat baked treat with bright lemon and juicy berries in every bite.

Tender lemon blueberry quick bread studded with chopped nuts and finished with a tangy lemon-sugar glaze that soaks into the warm loaf. Bright, citrusy, and ready for breakfast or tea.

Crispy drop cookies built around your choice of cereal flakes (oat, bran, or Grape Nut). A pantry-friendly cookie that turns breakfast cereal into chewy, golden treats.

Orange poppy seed pound cakes bake fresh orange juice, zest, and crunchy poppy seeds into individual butter loaves. Make-ahead holiday gift cake.

Orange-scented zucchini bread brightened with both orange zest and orange extract, studded with pecans. A lighter quick bread with no added oil for a tender, citrusy crumb.

Meringues aux noix: light, low-calorie nut meringue cookies with chopped hazelnuts, honey, and amaretto. Crisp, airy French-style cookies that crackle and dissolve.

Eggnog thumbprint cookies filled with rum-spiked buttercream and dusted with nutmeg. A buttery shortbread base with a creamy holiday filling. Perfect for Christmas cookie tins.