Baked Good Recipes

Homemade egg roll wrappers from scratch with just flour, eggs, water, and salt. Yields 48 wrappers that can be stacked, frozen, and used whenever you need them.

A tender buttermilk pound cake scented with warm nutmeg and vanilla, baked in a tube pan and dusted with powdered sugar. Cake flour gives it a fine, velvety crumb.

Thin, crispy lacy almond cookies with just five ingredients: blanched almonds, sugar, butter, flour, and milk. Delicate, caramelized, and ready in under 30 minutes.

This classic tres leches cake soaks a fluffy egg-separated sponge in three rich milks, then gets crowned with billowy vanilla meringue. A beloved Latin American dessert that melts on the tongue.

Whole wheat herb bread with cottage cheese, scallions, dill, and V8 juice: soft yeast loaves enriched with eggs, kneaded until elastic, and baked until golden hollow-sounding.

Simple Danish apple cake with diced apples, pecans, and cinnamon baked in one bowl, one pan. Barely sweet, warmly spiced, and calling for a dollop of whipped cream on top.

Alice's chocolate cake bakes a moist two-layer cocoa cake using boiling water for extra-deep chocolate flavor, then frosts with a from-scratch buttery cocoa-powdered sugar icing. The reliable birthday cake home bakers swear by.

Classic Toll House chocolate chip cookies using the original butter and shortening method. Makes 5 dozen crispy-edged, chewy-centered cookies from the iconic recipe.

Honey whole-wheat yeast bread baked in a coffee can for a tall, round loaf with a dark, chewy crust. No kneading required. Freezer-friendly dough for baking anytime.

These pretty little peppermint-flavored cookies are a tasty, colorful addition to any holiday cookie box.

Apple cinnamon cake built on a buttermilk and whole wheat batter, topped with thinly sliced apples and cinnamon sugar. Lighter than a butter-heavy cake, with a tender crumb and warm spice.

Low-fat applesauce bran muffins with bran flakes, skim milk, and unsweetened applesauce. Moist and lightly sweet with just a touch of butter for a healthier breakfast muffin.

Tender sour cream pastry rolled with apricot jam, walnuts, and raisins into elegant strudel cookies. These make-ahead sweets are perfect for holiday cookie trays.

Apricot white chocolate muffins with cinnamon-poached apricots, nutmeg, and good quality white chocolate. The poaching liquid adds apricot flavor right into the batter.

Old-fashioned whole wheat brown bread with brown sugar, sour milk, and lard. A dense, hearty no-yeast quick bread with just 7 ingredients and one bowl.

Slow cooker carrot tea bread bakes a moist cinnamon-spiced loaf with grated carrots and toasted pecans inside the crockpot. A no-oven quick bread for hot weather or busy kitchens.