Baked Good recipe collection

Old-fashioned molasses cookies made with lard and sour cream for a tender, flaky texture butter can't match. Spiced with cinnamon and ginger, chilled overnight, then rolled thick and soft.

Homemade olive oil and fennel seed breadsticks made with a beer-enriched yeast dough. Brushed with egg wash and baked golden, these have a subtle anise crunch in every bite.

Soft orange raisin bar cookies made with sour cream, ground raisins, and fresh orange zest. Finished with powdered sugar or orange icing for a citrus-sweet treat.

Peach tres leches cake soaked in three milks and peach schnapps, topped with star anise and cinnamon poached peaches, vanilla whipped cream, and crispy meringue strips.

Peanut butter and milk chocolate jumbles loaded with chopped chocolate bar pieces. A chewy drop cookie with a rich peanut butter base and melty chocolate chunks.

Peanut butter amaranth logs are no-bake protein-packed snack bars with toasted amaranth, coconut, peanut butter, tahini, and honey. Hand-rolled and chilled, no oven needed beyond a quick grain toast.

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

Pfeffernuesse are traditional German pepper nut cookies spiced with cinnamon, cloves, mace, nutmeg, and allspice. Tiny rounds dried overnight and finished with a drop of brandy.

Pineapple macadamia nut cheesecake with a vanilla wafer crust, coconut, and a rum-kissed sour cream topping. A tropical Hawaiian-inspired cheesecake that beats any bakery version.

Plum good pie with fresh plum wedges arranged like petals over a buttery from-scratch crust, dusted with cinnamon sugar, and bound with beaten eggs into a custard-fruit hybrid.

Herb-packed chickpea falafel patties loaded with cumin, basil, marjoram, thyme, and tahini, pan-fried until golden brown and stuffed into whole wheat pita pockets with fresh veggies.

Layered pudding cake with a nutty oat crust, cream cheese layer, vanilla and chocolate pudding, and whipped cream topping. A no-bake icebox dessert.

Raisin pineapple drop cookies with brown sugar, crushed pineapple, and seedless raisins in a soft, cake-like dough. A fruity, old-fashioned cookie that stays moist for days.

Chinese New Year almond cookies with a thumbprint dipped in red food coloring. Crisp, sandy shortening cookies meant to bring good luck to the lunar new year table.

Red Lobster-style Cheddar Bay biscuits with Bisquick, sharp cheddar, and garlic butter brush. The copycat recipe that actually delivers the restaurant flavor at home in 20 minutes.

Rolled oat icebox cookies. Slice-and-bake dough with butter, brown sugar and quick oats for crisp, lightly caramelized cookies made from a log you can keep in the fridge.