Baked Good Recipes

Soft, cakey cranberry drop cookies loaded with whole fresh cranberries, walnuts, and a touch of lemon juice. Makes 3 dozen festive holiday cookies with a tender crumb.

Whole wheat apple cake bars with wheat germ, walnuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Dense, fruity, and lightly spiced, cut into bars and dusted with powdered sugar.

Italian fried knots dipped in honey glaze and topped with colorful non-pareils. A traditional Italian-American holiday pastry with a crispy, golden shell and sweet honey coating.

White chocolate brownies studded with dried apricots, sliced almonds, and coconut flakes for a blonde bar with fruity-nutty appeal.

Fudgy chocolate cookie bonbons wrapped around Hershey's kisses (or caramel, Reese's, peanut butter, or mint centers) and drizzled with white chocolate. A classic Pillsbury bake-off cookie with surprise centers.

Bath buns: lemon-scented English tea buns dotted with raisins and candied citron, brushed with sugared cream for a sweet, glossy crust. A traditional cousin to the rock cake.

Chocolate coconut pie with a fudgy semi-sweet chocolate filling and flaked coconut, baked in a flaky crust. Like a brownie meets a coconut macaroon meets pecan pie.

Crockpot dark wheat bran bread bakes hands-off in a slow cooker with whole wheat, soy flour, bran cereal, and molasses. A no-oven yeast loaf with a moist crumb and dark malty flavor.

Apple crumble pie with cooked apples and allspice under a chunky streusel topping of flour, sugar, and margarine. No pie crust needed, just a crumble on top.

Decadent chocolate mousse cake: a light, airy chocolate cake kissed with orange liqueur and zest, made by folding whipped egg whites into a rich chocolate batter, then frosted with chocolate mousse.

Swiss Leckerli cookies: honey-spiced almond bars with candied citrus peel and kirsch, finished with a hardening sugar glaze. Traditional Basel Christmas market sweet that improves with age.

Flourless-style chocolate mini-cakes baked in a heart pan with semisweet morsels, butter, walnuts, and just two tablespoons of flour. Finished with ganache.

Traditional Italian egg cookies made with just three ingredients: eggs, sugar, and flour. Light, airy, and gently sweet with golden edges. A nonna-approved classic.

A fat-free marbled sponge cake with swirled vanilla white and lemon-yellow batters baked in a tube pan. Feather-light and elegant for any occasion.

Fruit compote pie with dried apricots, peaches and cranberries simmered in apricot liqueur, folded into a sour cream custard and finished with a buttery pecan crumb topping.

One-bowl chocolate sheet cake that bakes up tender and moist thanks to melted butter, cocoa powder and milk. Everything goes in one bowl, beat just until blended, then into a 13x9 pan. No mixer gymnastics, no fuss.