Recipes with baking soda

Old-school cocoa drop cookies made with buttermilk and whole wheat flour, topped with a glossy homemade chocolate frosting. Quick to mix, quick to bake, and yields a big batch of 4 dozen.

Old-school cocoa drop cookies made with buttermilk and whole wheat flour, topped with a glossy homemade chocolate frosting. Quick to mix, quick to bake, and yields a big batch of 4 dozen.

Triple chocolate oatmeal cookies with cocoa in the dough, semi-sweet chips throughout, and white chocolate dipped edges. Thick, chewy, and built for serious chocolate lovers.

Old-fashioned buttermilk rolls topped with poppy seeds and brushed with melted butter. Soft, tangy, and ready in about an hour. Makes 2 dozen dinner rolls.

Buttery almond cookies with brown sugar, cream of tartar tang, and chopped almonds throughout. Dough requires chilling before shaping into balls and baking.

Soft banana sour cream bars baked in a jelly roll pan with ripe bananas, butter, and vanilla. A tender sheet pan cookie bar that makes a generous batch for sharing.

Honey devil's food cake uses 2 cups of honey instead of sugar for a deeply moist, fudgy chocolate layer cake. Topped with a whipped chocolate honey frosting made from cocoa and heavy cream.

Spiced pepper cake with pumpkin, prunes, crystallized ginger, and walnuts. Black pepper adds a warm, unexpected bite to this deeply flavored autumn loaf cake.

Macadamia nut banana bread loaded with mashed bananas and chopped macadamias for a Hawaiian-inspired twist on the classic. Makes two large loaves, five small ones, or a dozen oversize muffins.

Cocoa-laced cookie dough studded with semisweet chocolate chips and crowned with a chocolate Kiss pressed into the warm center. Three layers of chocolate in every bite.

Double chocolate chip cookies with two cups of chocolate melted right into the dough and two more folded in whole. Deep, fudgy, brownie-like cookies packed with chips.

Soft, melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookies made with both butter and oil for extra tenderness. Pressed flat with a sugar-dipped glass and baked golden. Makes 6 to 7 dozen.

Granny's chocolate cake is a one-bowl wonder with cocoa, hot water, and egg whites baked into a moist single-layer square. Old-fashioned weeknight cake dusted with powdered sugar.

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Fruit cocktail bars with coconut, maraschino cherries, and a soft cake-like crumb. A vintage pantry-friendly bar cookie made with canned fruit cocktail syrup in the batter.