Recipes with baking soda

Crisp oatmeal cookies with brown sugar, walnuts pressed into the tops, and a thin, crunchy texture that spreads to 4 inches wide. Snappy edges with a buttery oat flavor.

Double chocolate snack cake made with no eggs or butter, using vinegar and baking soda for lift. Cocoa batter topped with chocolate chips bakes into a fudgy one-bowl treat.

Macadamia white chocolate cookies swirled with raspberry jam for fruity tartness in every bite. Buttery, chewy, and loaded with rich white chocolate chips and crunchy macadamias.

Moist carrot walnut quick bread spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Loaded with grated carrots, chopped walnuts, and raisins for a warmly spiced loaf.

Lemon pound cake with a tender buttermilk crumb and a bright hit of fresh lemon zest, baked in a loaf pan and finished with an optional tart lemon-sugar glaze. A simple, citrus-forward cake.

Sugar-free cookies sweetened with cooked raisins and unsweetened applesauce. No added sugar, just natural fruit sweetness, cinnamon, and a chewy drop-cookie texture.

White chocolate glazed anisette biscotti with toasted hazelnuts, crushed star anise, and almond extract. Crisp twice-baked Italian cookies with a creamy sweet glaze.

Quick cheese and wine bread baked in a round pan with parmesan, onion, oregano and white wine. Savory biscuit-style bread ready in 45 minutes, no yeast required.

Old-fashioned sour cream cookies with nutmeg, rolled and cut into rounds with a sugar-sprinkled top. Soft, tender, and lightly spiced with a big-batch yield of 60 cookies.

Date-nut muffins with boiled dates, chopped pecans, and vanilla. The dates are softened with baking soda before mixing, creating a moist, caramel-like crumb.

Dark chocolate sea salt cookies, intensely cocoa-rich slice-and-bake sables studded with bittersweet chocolate and flecked with fleur de sel. Slightly underbaked for a soft, fudgy center and a salty-sweet finish.

Tall honey cake (lekach) baked with 1¼ cups honey and a full cup of strong coffee for moisture and depth. Walnut-studded with warm spices, traditional for Rosh Hashanah and the Jewish New Year.

Date bars with whole dates stuffed with pecans pressed into a brown sugar and sour cream batter. A touch of ginger and a dusting of powdered sugar finish them off.

Old-fashioned chocolate coconut tea cakes with a sour cream crumb and a cinnamon-scented chocolate glaze spread while warm. Twelve dainty cupcakes for afternoon tea or coffee with a friend.

Sour cream coffee cake studded with granola, layered with a butterscotch-cinnamon-nut filling, and drizzled with a warm butterscotch glaze. Brunch just got a whole lot more interesting.

A no-egg, no-butter, no-milk chocolate cake you can mix right in the pan. Eight pantry staples, 40 minutes, and zero cleanup headaches. The classic "wacky cake" that's been saving dessert since the Depression era.