Recipes with baking powder

Christmas treasure nugget cookies: chewy oat and cereal drop cookies, each topped with a whole blanched almond like a buried treasure. A crunchy holiday cookie tin classic that bakes up fast.

Chocolate yule log (buche de Noel) with a light sponge cake rolled around frosting and covered in scored chocolate bark frosting. A classic Christmas dessert with a realistic log branch detail.

Eggnog cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, and a splash of holiday eggnog. Soft, cake-like Christmas cookies with the spiced flavor of your favorite seasonal drink.

Crispy cinnamon butter cookies topped with walnut halves, made from a simple slice-and-bake dough. Egg yolk-enriched for extra tenderness with warm spice in every bite.

Slice-and-bake cream cheese cookies sweetened mostly with fructose for a lower-sugar treat. Tender, lightly sweet refrigerator cookies that bake up in 10 minutes.

Oatmeal scones with hearty rolled oats, sweet currants, and whole wheat pastry flour. Fiber-rich scones with crisp edges, a tender chewy center, and a glossy egg-washed top.

Tex-Mex biscuits work grits and shredded Monterey Jack into a sour cream biscuit dough for a hearty Southern-Mex hybrid. Twelve cheesy, slightly nubbly biscuits in 30 minutes.

Bread machine chile cheese bread with sharp cheddar and diced green chiles. Dump-and-press yeast loaf, soft crumb, spicy-savory, ready in one hour.

Blonde brownies with pecans, the chocolate-free butterscotch cousin of the classic brownie, made with light brown sugar, melted butter, and toasted pecans. Chewy, caramel-deep, and ready in under an hour.

Buttermilk cinnamon coffee cake with a brown sugar-cinnamon swirl, made with a blend of white and whole wheat flour. Tender, lightly spiced, and not overly sweet.

Double chocolate muffins with cocoa-rich batter studded with white chocolate chunks inside and on top. Tender, bakery-style, and easy to make from scratch.

Biscotti di anise are traditional Italian twice-baked almond cookies with anise seeds and anisette liqueur. Crunchy, fragrant, and made for dunking in espresso or Vin Santo.

Zucchini carrot bread with grated vegetables, cinnamon, and chopped nuts baked into two moist loaves. The double-veggie combo adds moisture and natural sweetness. A garden-season staple.

Cinnamon flop is an old-fashioned coffee cake made from a simple no-egg batter topped with brown sugar, cinnamon, and chunks of butter that melt into gooey pockets as it bakes.

Linzer tart with a spiced almond crust, raspberry fruit spread, and a piped lattice top. An Austrian-inspired pastry sweetened with apple juice concentrate instead of refined sugar.

Vegan pumpkin cookies are dairy-free, egg-free, and packed with raisins and nuts. Soft, cake-like, warmly spiced with cinnamon, and held together by mashed pumpkin instead of butter or eggs.