Recipes with baking powder

Lemon poppy seed muffins with milk-soaked poppy seeds for plump texture, fresh lemon, and a tender crumb. Bakery-style high-rise muffins in 25 minutes.

Raspberry chocolate chip pancakes with melted butter in the batter for extra richness. A from-scratch weekend breakfast with fresh berries and semi-sweet chocolate in every bite.

Chocolate cupcakes filled with creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting piped right into the center. Rich cocoa buttermilk cake with a surprise peanut butter filling in every bite.

Cream cheese swirled brownies with a fudgy unsweetened chocolate base and tangy cream cheese filling marbled together. Rich, dense, and bakery-worthy.

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.

Baked spiced doughnuts with cinnamon and nutmeg, made in a mini bundt pan with no deep frying. Light, cake-like, and dusted with powdered sugar for a cleaner take on the classic.

Spiced biscotti with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and a surprising kick of white pepper. Crunchy, warmly spiced Italian cookies built for dunking in coffee or tea.

Chocolate nutmeg cake roll with a light sponge wrapped around a silky chocolate-nutmeg mousse filling and topped with handmade chocolate leaves. An elegant holiday dessert.

Salted peanut chews with a brown sugar shortbread crust, gooey marshmallow layer, and a crunchy peanut butter chip topping loaded with crisp rice cereal and salted peanuts.

Hand-shaped vanilla almond cookies baked low and slow for a tender, shortbread-like crumb. Simple butter cookie dough with finely chopped almonds throughout.

Banana layer cake stacks two tender 8-inch rounds and slathers them in a real banana frosting brightened with lemon juice. Twice the banana, twice the reason to skip the boxed mix.

Twice-baked Italian biscotti loaded with almonds and walnuts, spiked with dark rum and amaretto. Crunchy dunking cookies with warm cinnamon spice, perfect for coffee or dessert wine.

Introduce your friends to this decadent cake that gets its rich taste from one of the main ingredients: sour cream.

Tender buttermilk muffins spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, topped with a sugar sprinkle. A simple one-bowl recipe with a soft crumb and warm spice flavor, great for breakfast or brunch.

Orange-almond biscotti, the crisp Italian twice-baked cookie scented with fresh orange zest and almond, studded with slivered almonds. Made for dunking in coffee, tea, or a glass of vin santo.

Overnight french toast soaks Italian bread in a vanilla-cinnamon custard while you sleep, then pan-fries up golden in minutes. Served with a homemade caramel-cinnamon syrup. Easy weekend brunch.