4,108 baking recipes

Wacky cake (Depression-era chocolate cake) made with no eggs, no milk, no butter. Vinegar and baking soda lift it to fluffy chocolate perfection in one pan.

Apple cheddar scones with sharp shredded cheddar, sweet apple chunks, and toasted wheat germ for nutty depth. A lighter take on the classic savory-sweet combo, baked in a single round.

Chocolate raspberry cream torte: a light chocolate wacky cake layered four high with raspberry jam and pink raspberry cream filling. An impressive-looking dessert made with pantry staples and no eggs.

Italian anise biscotti: twice-baked Italian almond cookies flavored with pharmacy-grade anise oil and toasted whole almonds. Crisp, dunkable, perfect with espresso.

Blueberry crumb cake baked in a loaf pan with fresh blueberries folded into a simple batter and topped with a buttery cinnamon-sugar streusel. A homestyle cake that's easy to slice and share.

Jam and oatmeal squares with raspberry jam between a buttery oat-walnut base and a crumbly golden topping. A simple bake-sale bar cookie with just eight ingredients.

Upside-Down Pineapple-Raisin-Carrot Cake bakes a spiced carrot batter over caramelized pineapple rings and raisins in a cast iron skillet. Two classics in one.

Drop sugar cookies with cardamom or nutmeg, soft and tender with lightly browned edges. No rolling or chilling needed. Makes six dozen and freezes beautifully.

Fudgy brownie pie with melted chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and chopped nuts baked in a flaky crust. Best served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Lemon roll-out cookies with sour cream, lemon zest and lemon extract, brushed with fresh lemon juice before baking. Tender citrus shortbread for tea trays and gift tins.

A moist chocolate date cake baked in an 8-inch square pan with chocolate chips in the batter and a crunchy chip-nut-sugar topping. Dates softened in boiling water keep it impossibly tender. The kind of no-fuss cake you carry straight to the picnic in the pan.

Bewitching cookies with orange zest, orange juice, buttermilk, and chocolate chips in a soft brown sugar drop cookie. A citrus-chocolate combination that's hard to resist.

Lemon Lassie cookies, a Christmas classic with cinnamon-molasses dough wrapped around a tangy lemon-coconut curd filling, then sliced into bars before baking.

Double chocolate chunk biscotti loaded with cocoa, white chocolate chunks, and semisweet pieces. Twice-baked Italian cookies built for serious coffee dunking and long shelf life.

Half Moon cookies with a soft, cakey drop cookie base frosted half chocolate and half vanilla. A classic Upstate New York bakery cookie made with sour milk.

Applesauce carrot and raisin bread is a butter-free quickbread sweetened with applesauce, lifted with cinnamon and shredded carrot, and studded with golden raisins.