Baked Good recipe collection

Whole wheat funnel cakes sweetened with honey and fried in a cast-iron skillet. Spiral the batter by hand for that authentic fair-style crunch at home.

Fuzzy Navel Bundt cake with peach schnapps soaked peaches, yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding, and chopped pecans. A boozy boomer-era potluck knockout.

Georgian fruit buns loaded with diced apples, raisins, prune puree, peach puree, and cream cheese in a spiced wheat dough. A hearty, fruit-packed quick bread from the South.

From-scratch German chocolate cake with sweet chocolate melted in boiling water, buttermilk batter with folded egg whites, and a coconut-pecan frosting cooked on the stovetop.

German chocolate cake from scratch with a cooked coconut-pecan frosting. Three layers of buttermilk chocolate cake topped with a rich, chewy caramel-style filling.

German chocolate pies: two pies at once, gooey cocoa-pecan-coconut filling in flaky shells. One to eat now, one to freeze. A Southern dessert for holidays and church suppers.

Giant oatmeal chocolate chip cookies pressed into two large discs on baking sheets, then cut into wedges like pizza. Chewy, loaded with oats, chocolate, and nuts.

Giant raisin oat cookies with oat bran, rolled oats, plump raisins, and a hint of orange zest baked into hearty cookies the size of saucers. Wholesome breakfast or lunchbox treat.

Gingerbread cookies in a gingerbread bowl: edible holiday centerpiece of spiced gingerbread shaped into a fluted bowl and filled with matching cut-out cookies. A holiday gift-giving showstopper.

Ginger cheese muffins with molasses and grated cheese folded into a spiced batter for a savory-sweet quick bread that bakes in just 15 minutes.

Soft gingerbread cookies with molasses, hot coffee, cinnamon, cloves, and ground ginger. A rollout cookie dough for gingerbread men with a tender, cake-like texture instead of a crisp snap.

Christmas is never complete without a visit from the aromatic, sweet-tasting gingerbread kids.

Sturdy gingerbread house dough made with shortening, dark corn syrup, and warming spices. Holds its shape for construction. The classic holiday project base.

Glazed apple cake: silky McIntosh apple purée folded into a warm-spiced batter, topped with fanned Granny Smith slices and a glossy apricot jam glaze. A bakery-style fall dessert.

Moist carrot cake baked in a tube pan with walnuts and cinnamon, finished with a glossy cooked orange glaze instead of the usual cream cheese frosting.

Chocolate fruitcake with cocoa, candied cherries, pecans, golden raisins, and mixed dried fruit, topped with a semisweet chocolate-almond glaze and toasted almonds.