8,890 baked good recipes

Rich, dense classic cheesecake with two pounds of cream cheese, sour cream, and butter, baked low and slow then cooled in the oven for a crack-free top. Crustless, ready for any topping.

Quick apple bread with chopped unpeeled apples, cinnamon, and a tender shortening-based crumb. A simple weekday loaf that bakes up moist with a hint of orchard sweetness.

Soft, pillowy lemonade cookies brushed with frozen lemonade concentrate and dusted with sugar. A pantry-friendly drop cookie with bright citrus tang and a sparkling sugary crust.

Traditional German lebkuchen: honey-and-molasses spice cookies studded with citron and nuts, finished with a brushed sugar glaze. A heritage Christmas cookie that gets better as it ages.

Popcorn cake binds popped popcorn, mixed nuts, and rainbow gumdrops with melted marshmallows and butter, then molds it all into a tube pan. A no-bake retro showstopper for parties and bake sales.

Hawaiian-inspired apple pie poached in pineapple juice instead of baked. A no-bake filling in a pre-baked crust, topped with whipped cream and chopped macadamia nuts.

Chocolate drop cookies with a hidden chunk of white chocolate baked into the center. No flour, no eggs: melted chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and nuts make the entire dough. Fudgy, dense, surprise inside.

Georgia peach cream pie with a stovetop vanilla custard layered between fresh peach slices in a baked shell, finished with sweetened whipped cream. Old-fashioned summer pie that lets ripe peaches do the talking.

Buttermilk quick bread loaded with chopped dates, pecans, and orange zest, then soaked with a tangy orange glaze while still hot. Yields two moist, citrus-forward loaves.

Mississippi mud cake baked low and slow in a tube pan with melted unsweetened chocolate, instant pudding and a generous pour of milk. Dark, dense and impossibly moist, dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Cherry pound cake studs a buttery, fine-crumbed Southern-style tube cake with chopped cherries and cherry extract. Classic special-occasion dessert with a tender, rich crumb.

Homemade vanilla wafer cookies with butter, shortening and a generous double dose of vanilla. Crisp around the edges, soft in the middle. Better than store-bought.

No-bake gumdrop peanut popcorn cake: a Bundt-shaped tower of popcorn, peanuts, and rainbow gumdrops bound by melted marshmallows and butter. A retro birthday party showpiece.

Lemon butter biscotti: buttery lemon-zest dough rounds layered with microwave vanilla pastry cream in cupcake pans, then baked into individual lemon cream pastries.

Moist dill yeast bread with cottage cheese in the dough, fresh dill weed, and a buttered crust. Makes 4 large loaves, perfect for sharing or freezing. Soft, tangy, herb-flecked.

Three-layer cake with two chocolate buttermilk layers and a yellow layer, sandwiched with caramel filling and topped with rich chocolate frosting. Show-stopper celebration cake.