Chocolate vanilla chip muffins with melted dark chocolate folded into the batter and white vanilla chips studded throughout, plus chopped pecans for crunch. Bakery-style cocoa muffins ready in under an hour.
Protein pancakes blend whole-wheat flour, bran, ground oats, and soy flour for a fiber-packed stack with 14 grams of protein per serving. Hearty, nutty, and built to keep you full past lunch.
Classic banana bread with three mashed bananas, eggs, and a no-frills batter that bakes into a tender loaf with a crackled top. The simple banana loaf grandma made.
Kahlua mousse brownies, a thin sheet brownie spiked with coffee liqueur and instant coffee for deep chocolate-mocha flavor. Bake in a jelly roll pan and sandwich with ice cream for a fancy dessert.
Fudge-pecan pie with bittersweet chocolate melted into a buttery corn syrup filling and loaded with chopped pecans. A holiday-table classic that splits the difference between Southern pecan pie and dense chocolate fudge.
Five-ingredient cake mix chocolate chip cookies that come together in 30 minutes. Soft, chewy centers with crisp edges. The shortcut a busy mom passes down when scratch baking isn't on the table.
Moist lemon blueberry cake with cornmeal, buttermilk, and fresh lemon zest. Bursting with 3 cups of blueberries, this from-scratch sheet cake has a golden crumb and bright citrus flavor in every slice.
These flapjacks are leaps and bounds better than any other I've tested. The key is the buttermilk which makes them thick and fluffy and adds just the right flavor.
Vanilla bean chocolate chip cookies with real vanilla bean seeds scraped into buttery dough. The vanilla beans create flecked, fragrant cookies with sophisticated flavor and optional walnuts for crunch.
Black Forest cake the shortcut way: devil's food cake mix spiked with cinnamon and cherry yogurt, layered with cherry pie filling and whipped topping. A faster take on the German classic.
These cookies are full of everything you could want. Served warm, they are the perfect after school treat! Makes 3 dozen cookies
Classic buttermilk waffles with melted butter, three eggs, and a heavy hand of leavening. Crisp edges, fluffy interiors, ready for berries and maple syrup.
Sourdough whole wheat pancakes with tangy fermented starter and honey-sweetened nutty flour. A great use for sourdough discard, with a feathery rise from last-minute baking soda.
This banana bread satisfy your sweet tooth and the chocolate cravings at the same time.
Glace baklava rolls candied fruit, ground almonds, and egg-bound sugar inside buttered phyllo, bakes until golden, then soaks in lemon-cinnamon syrup. A festive twist on classic Greek baklava.
Grandma's oatmeal cookies plump raisins in baking-soda water, then fold them into a buttermilk-spiced oat dough with walnuts. Five-plus dozen warm-spiced cookies for the cookie jar.