8,890 baked good recipes

Scotch shortbread with a hint of almond extract: butter, powdered sugar, and flour pressed into a slab, fork-marked, and baked golden. Traditional Scottish shortbread squares for tea time.

Molasses crinkle cookies bake into chewy spiced rounds with a sugary, crackled top, deeply scented with cloves, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice. A lower-fat take using egg whites and soft margarine.

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.

Bachelor buttons: traditional English shortbread-style cookies made with butter, flour, sugar, and a hint of nutmeg. Tender, pale, walnut-sized teatime classics.

Ha'Penny friendship bread, a classic American yeast bread made from a handful of pantry staples. A pillowy, springy loaf with a tender crumb, perfect for sharing with neighbors or filling a sandwich.

Chocolate chess pie: classic Southern chess pie with cocoa, evaporated milk, and butter. Six-ingredient custard pie with a crackly top and rich fudgy center.

Chocolate malt layer cake with malted milk powder in both the batter and the whipped cream frosting. Tastes like a fudgy malted milkshake in cake form.

Classic Girl Scout-style trefoil shortbread cookies with butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Roll-and-cut sugar cookies for the trefoil cutter, makes 4 dozen.

Easy coconut quick bread with toasted unsweetened coconut for nutty, caramelized depth. A one-bowl loaf with tender crumb and tropical flavor. Mixes in minutes and bakes hands-off.

Milky Way candy bar brownies melted right into the batter for chewy chocolate-caramel squares. A clever Halloween candy stash bake with built-in nougat and caramel layers.

Beige brownies are old-school blondies built on brown sugar, vanilla, and chopped walnuts. One bowl, one pan, butterscotch-toned crumb. The chocolate-free brownie worth knowing.

Easy chocolate angel food cake combines boxed angel food mix with cocoa powder and water for a fat-free, low-calorie loaf with a tender, cloud-like crumb. Three ingredients and one bowl, no whipping required.

Piney Woods hush puppies: Southern cornmeal fritters made with buttermilk for tang, dropped by the spoonful into hot oil and fried golden. Freezable and crisp, the classic fish-fry partner.

Finnish curd cake (rahkakakku) built on a buttered breadcrumb crust with sieved cottage cheese, cardamom, ginger, and citrus zest folded through a tender flour batter.

Old-fashioned butterscotch pie made from brown sugar caramelized in butter with milk, eggs, and vanilla. Crowned with golden meringue topping.

Homemade pound cake with butter, powdered sugar, eggs, and a hint of lemon extract. Five-ingredient classic for tea, dessert, or strawberry shortcake base.