3,394 baking recipes

A soft whole-wheat bread machine loaf made tender with buttermilk and heavy cream, lightly sweetened with honey and apple juice concentrate. Just load and let it bake.

Sugarless slice-and-bake cookies made with whole wheat flour, chewy dates, toasted coconut, fresh orange zest, and crunchy pecans. Naturally sweetened by fruit alone, these make 5 dozen crisp, nutty rounds.

Parkin is a variety of gingerbread, good warming stuff to eat out of doors in cold weather. When I was a child, it was always a firm favourite for the firework party on Bonfire Night each year. This is adapted from my mother's recipe.

Giant banana oat cookies studded with chocolate chips, served sundae-style with a scoop of ice cream on top. Soft, chewy, and big enough to use as a dessert plate.

Sweet and tangy Southern ranch beans loaded with brown sugar, mustard, stewed tomatoes, and two kinds of beans. The ultimate BBQ side dish ready in 45 minutes.

Homemade power bars with whole wheat flour, peanut butter, molasses, sunflower seeds, raisins, and wheat germ. A dense, chewy energy snack that stores for days.

Low-calorie bran muffins made with whole wheat flour, applesauce, prunes, and egg whites instead of whole eggs. High fiber, lightly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Pumpkin-shaped sandwich cookies filled with raisins, walnuts, and orange juice concentrate. A festive Halloween cookie project with pumpkin pie spice dough.

Double chocolate drops with cocoa powder dough and semi-sweet chocolate chips, using butter-flavor shortening for thick, chewy cookies loaded with walnuts. Big bakery-style cookies in 35 minutes.

Banana nut bread made with whole wheat and white flours, ginger and mace, plus chopped pecans and dates folded in. A spiced, fruit-and-nut-loaded quick bread that's denser and more interesting than the standard.

Apricot tea cookies are buttery thumbprints rolled in chopped almonds and filled with apricot preserves. A traditional European-style cookie with citrus zest and almond extract for elegance.

Linzer torte builds a press-in almond and clove dough into a tart shell, then crowns with raspberry preserves, fresh berries, sliced almonds, and a powdered sugar dust. Austrian classic from the city of Linz.

Three-bean casserole with lima, kidney, and great northern beans, baked beans, and smoked sausage in a sweet ketchup-mustard sauce. One-pan potluck classic for 12.

Pina colada layer cake with a rum-soaked chiffon base, crushed pineapple filling, coconut buttercream frosting, and toasted coconut. The cocktail, in cake form.

Traditional poppy seed kolache with a buttery almond dough and homemade filling of poppy seeds, honey, dates, and nuts. A Czech-style pastry that makes 60 pieces.

Vegan bran muffins with whole wheat pastry flour, soy milk, applesauce, honey, and raisins. No eggs, no butter, no oil. High fiber and naturally sweetened.