9,217 base recipes

Indiana persimmon pudding cake with ground almonds and buttermilk baked in a tube pan. Dense, moist, and warmly spiced with native persimmon pulp.

Bacon and onion muffins fold crispy bacon and bacon-fat sautéed onions into a tender sour cream batter, topped with toasted sesame seeds. Savory breakfast muffin that pairs with eggs or doubles as a brunch bread basket star.

Chocolate shortcakes made with cocoa powder, cold butter, and buttermilk. A biscuit-style base for strawberry shortcake with chocolate, cream, and a chocolate drizzle.

Tender buttermilk scones with wholesome bran flakes, lightly sweetened and golden-baked. From mixing bowl to breakfast table in 30 minutes.

Anytime cake doctors up boxed chocolate cake mix with mashed banana and rum extract for a moist, lower-sugar loaf. Ready in 20 minutes start to finish, no eggs or oil needed.

Sourdough doughnuts with buttermilk and nutmeg, deep-fried and rolled in sugar. A tangy, old-fashioned Montana ranch recipe that puts your sourdough starter to work.

Four-ingredient low-calorie cookies made with banana, oats, peanut butter, and baking powder. No flour, no sugar, no eggs, no butter. Just mash, mix, and bake.

Apple brownies with fresh chopped apples, cinnamon, and nuts baked into a dense, chewy bar. No chocolate here. The apples release moisture as they bake, creating that signature chewy, blondie-like texture.

Tender tube cake with walnuts and orange zest, soaked in amaretto-orange syrup while still hot. Moist, boozy, and bursting with citrus flavor.

Famous Amos copycat chocolate chip coconut cookies with flaked coconut, chopped pecans, and semi-sweet chips in a buttery brown-sugar dough. Bigger and chewier than the bag version.

Chocolate mayonnaise cake is an old-fashioned secret for incredibly moist chocolate cake. A full cup of mayo replaces butter and adds richness without any greasy taste.

This traditional Irish soda bread studded with plump raisins and fragrant caraway seeds bakes up golden and crusty on the outside, tender and cake-like on the inside, no yeast required.

Applesauce spice cake baked in canning jars and sealed hot for shelf-stable storage. A spiced cake with cinnamon, cloves, and nuts that makes a unique homemade gift.

Low-fat quick bread with Grape-Nuts cereal soaked in buttermilk for a nutty, chewy crumb studded with chocolate chips. No butter or oil in the batter. Makes two loaves for sharing or freezing.

A treasured memory of Christmas at Great-Aunt Elizabeth's house was a cookie that I never learned to eat in moderation. Although my mother warned me not to say anything, one of the first things I would say upon arrival was, "I'm hungry" hoping that these cookies would appear. Much to my delight they usually did, and in fact, began also to appear at Easter, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and any other time we got together to celebrate.

Whole wheat carob chip banana bread made without eggs or dairy. Sweetened with sucanat and ripe bananas, this makes two tender loaves in under an hour.