66 home baking recipes

Elephant ears with pecan filling: puff pastry rolled with cinnamon-cardamom-pecan filling, sliced and baked into butterfly-shaped pastries. Bakery-style breakfast treat at home.

Classic Oysters Rockefeller baked on the half shell under a buttery spinach topping spiked with Pernod and anchovy, layered with crisp bacon and a browned breadcrumb crust. The New Orleans appetizer, done right at home.

A French hazelnut tart with homemade nougatine and a creamy nut butter custard baked in a quiche shell. Topped with whipped cream, this is elegant patisserie made at home.

Crusty seeded multigrain boule baked in a Dutch oven with whole wheat, oats, rice flour, flax, poppy, sesame, and sunflower seeds. No-knead, high-fiber artisan bread at home.

Ravioli with sweetbreads filling: a classic French-Italian preparation of ground veal sweetbreads, shoulder, shallots, and Cognac baked into a rich pasta stuffing. Old-world fine dining at home.

Philadelphia-style soft pretzels with a chewy, dense bread interior and a glossy egg-washed crust crusted with coarse salt. Four ingredients, baked in a hot oven for street-cart authenticity at home.

Chicken breasts stuffed with an orzo, anchovy, basil, and garlic filling, wrapped in their own skin and baked in Marsala and balsamic. A refined Italian dinner for adventurous home cooks.

Homemade Funnel Cake Mix combines flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon - just add egg and milk, pour through a funnel into hot oil, and fry golden. County fair at home in 20 minutes.

Make your own banana flour at home by drying and grinding ripe bananas into a fine powder. Use it as a 1:1 substitute for regular flour in desserts and baked goods.

Cinnamon, clove and nutmeg ornaments are fragrant homemade holiday decorations, not edible: a no-bake dough of warm spices and applesauce, cut into shapes, air-dried, and hung to scent your home with Christmas spice.

Quick-mix coconut macaroons that come together in minutes with no special equipment, baking up into sweet, chewy cookies with toasted coconut flavor.

Applesauce bran muffins built on All-Bran cereal and unsweetened applesauce for a fiber-rich, lightly sweet breakfast bake. A simple one-bowl batter that comes together in 20 minutes.

Bisquick apple cinnamon muffins come together in one bowl with seven pantry staples and bake in 15 minutes. Tender crumb, warm cinnamon, and chunks of fresh apple in every bite. Easy weekday breakfast or after-school snack.

Homemade chocolate rum ice cream with unsweetened baking chocolate and rum extract. The custard base comes together in the microwave in under 5 minutes. Serves 8.

These apples are gently spiced and good for brunch as well as dessert.

Applesauce spice muffins use a basic muffin mix as the shortcut, blended with applesauce for moisture, plus chopped nuts and raisins. A six-ingredient breakfast bake that comes together in one bowl.