312 baking powder recipes

Soft cream cheese cookies studded with pecans and swirled with apricot preserves, topped with matching apricot frosting and coconut for pillowy sweetness.

Frosted applesauce cookies with molasses, bran flakes, raisins, and a boiled caramel frosting. Soft, spiced drop cookies with warm allspice and clove flavors topped with buttery brown sugar icing.

Honey peanut butter cup cookies loaded with chopped peanut butter cups and chocolate chips in a cocoa-laced dough. Sweetened with honey and brown sugar for a chewy, fudgy cookie.

Low-calorie applesauce raisin squares with whole wheat flour, natural bran, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg, topped with sliced almonds. Just 61 calories per square.

Buttery spice cookies with crystallized ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and a dusting of powdered sugar. Pressed thin and baked until light golden, these make-ahead cookies keep for a week or freeze for a month.

Spicy red chili sourdough biscuits with cheddar cheese, chili powder, red pepper flakes, and dried chilies. A tangy, fiery twist on classic drop biscuits.

Double-rich chocolate cookies with cocoa powder in the dough and semi-sweet chocolate chips throughout. Baked low and slow for a fudgy, intensely chocolate cookie with soft centers.

This recipe is very tasty with an interesting texture. Unless you're a fan of hard work, use a food processor. The pate was originally pounded to the proper consistency in a mortar and pestle... It can be used all sorts of ways - made into balls for soup, sliced after cooking and added to lettuce or rice paper rolls, served with shrimp chips for munchies - whatever inspires you. The cinnamon flavor is discernible but not overpowering. I've actually made this recipe and found it to be a keeper.

Helen Evans Brown's corn chili bread bakes fresh corn kernels with cornmeal, sour cream, melted butter, Monterey Jack cheese, and diced green chilis into a rich, golden side dish. Pairs beautifully with roast pork or turkey.

Sweet, rich and delicious...a decadent ending to a light meal or, just as a snack. The kiddies will love these.

Checkerboard clam crunch: crispy pan-fried clam patties bound with Rice Chex cereal and egg, topped with sour cream. A retro mid-century appetizer with surprising texture.

Granola chip cookies loaded with granola, rolled oats, chocolate chips, and raisins. A chunky, chewy drop cookie that makes a huge batch of about 7 dozen.

This is a quick & easy recipe that tastes great with hot tea or coffee! Dense and very chocolately.

Emeril-inspired masa corn cakes with chili powder, topped with white wine chive cream and caviar. An elegant appetizer that turns simple corn into something show-stopping.

Chiles rellenos casserole stuffs green chiles with Monterey Jack, covers them in a puffy egg batter with cheddar, and bakes until set. Served with marinara.

A traditional Indian pakora batter made from sifted chickpea flour, ghee, and a fragrant blend of garam masala, coriander, turmeric, and cayenne. Dip any vegetable and fry for crispy, golden fritters.