8,888 baked good recipes

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.

Light ginger cookies rolled thin and cut into shapes, made with powdered sugar, butter, and a splash of vinegar. A delicate, crisp holiday cookie perfect for decorating with frosting.

Poppy seed cake made with real vanilla bean and a folded meringue for an incredibly light, tender crumb. Topped with cream cheese frosting for a classic finish.

Low-fat cocoa spice cake made with applesauce instead of oil, egg whites only, and a hint of cinnamon. A lighter chocolate cake that still bakes up moist and satisfying.

Texas-style sheath cake (sheet cake) baked on a cookie sheet with cocoa, buttermilk, and a full half pound of butter. Thin, fudgy, and frosted while still warm. A potluck legend.

Peek-A-Bows are lace cookies made with corn syrup, brown sugar, and finely chopped nuts, rolled into cylinders while warm and tied with ribbon for a festive gift cookie.

Cheese puff muffins made with choux pastry dough, sharp cheddar, eggs, and a hint of cayenne. Crispy outside, hollow and airy inside. A savory twist on classic French gougères.

Baked cheesecake with a buttery sugar cookie crumb crust and a creamy cream cheese filling lightened with sour cream, eggs and a touch of cornstarch. Topped with reserved cookie crumbs and baked in a 9-inch square pan.

Le Bisse are traditional S-shaped butter cookies with lemon zest, made from a simple egg-butter-flour dough. Crisp and golden, these French-style cookies have an elegant shape and delicate crumb.

Streusel cream cheese coffee cake layers tender butter cake around a sweet cream cheese filling, finished with a buttery flour-sugar streusel. Baked in a springform pan, perfect for brunch.

Snickerdoodle cookies made with a boxed mix, butter and eggs, rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking. The classic crackled-top, chewy cookie shortcut for 4 dozen in under 40 minutes.

Classic pound cake made with powdered sugar, margarine, eggs, flour and a hint of lemon. Dense, buttery and finished with a dusting of powdered sugar. Baked low and slow in a tube pan.

French gougere-style cheese brioche with Gruyere cheese and a hint of cayenne, baked into an oval ring. A classic choux pastry savory bread for cocktail parties and brunches.

Cinnamon-spiced maple cookies rolled in crispy rice cereal with chopped nuts. A crunchy, unique drop cookie with a sweet maple flavor and cereal coating.

Enhanced prune filling for hamantaschen with chopped raisins, nuts, lemon juice, and nutmeg. A quick upgrade to jarred filling that takes 5 minutes.

Spicy beer-batter hush puppies loaded with chopped tomatoes, green pepper, onion, and red pepper flakes. Deep-fried golden in under 5 minutes per batch.