Baked Good Recipes

A simple, no-frills biscotti recipe. My mother gave this recipe to me. It's easy, quick, easy, and one of my preferred Italian cookie recipes.

Chewy, buttery oatmeal raisin cookies loaded with cinnamon and brown sugar that vanish from the cookie jar before they cool. Quick 25-minute recipe the whole family will fight over.

Chocolate raspberry bundt cake folds raspberry puree and sour cream into a deep chocolate batter for a moist, rich loaf cake. Serve with raspberry sauce or fresh berries.

Viennese cookies with pecans, chocolate chips, lemon zest, cloves, and cinnamon in a buttery brown sugar dough. Tiny, crisp drop cookies baked in under 8 minutes.

Waldorf Astoria red velvet cake made with buttermilk, cocoa, and red food coloring, topped with a cooked flour frosting that tastes like whipped cream. The legendary original recipe.

Crusty artisan bread studded with toasted walnuts, sweetened with honey and enriched with walnut oil. An overnight cold-rise dough baked on a stone with steam for a shattering crust.

Warm apple spice cake loaded with green apples, bourbon-soaked raisins, and toasted pecans, drizzled with homemade maple caramel sauce. A dense, fragrant fall dessert.

COMMENT: What makes this dessert so irresistible? As it bakes, a pudding sauce forms beneath the cake layer. Cocoa-based and made without eggs, its an old-fashioned treat that should be served with a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream and a big spoon.

White Chocolate Coconut Cake with White Icing recipe

A wholesome quick bread made with whole wheat flour, oat bran, molasses, buttermilk, chopped dates, and walnuts. No yeast needed. Makes 5 mini loaves that freeze beautifully.

Whole wheat raisin nut molasses bread bakes a hearty, slightly sweet quick bread loaf studded with raisins and nuts. Two loaves of dense, dark, fiber-rich bread great for breakfast or snacking.

Wonderful fruit cookies are lightly sweetened raisin and currant drop cookies made with hot apple juice and nutmeg. A diabetic-friendly, low-sugar cookie with real fruit flavor.

A moist, warmly spiced Bundt cake made with yogurt and applesauce instead of heaps of butter. Loaded with raisins, cinnamon, and cloves, then drizzled with a tangy yogurt glaze that seals the deal.

Yum yum cake is a sour-cream chocolate layer cake with cocoa powder batter and melted chocolate chip frosting. Old-fashioned church-cookbook favorite with lunchbox simplicity.

Whole wheat zucchini bread sweetened with honey, loaded with wheat germ, bran, raisins, and nuts. A wholesome, no-refined-sugar quick bread that makes two loaves.

Zucchini Maple Bread: a lighter, whole-grain loaf with maple extract, walnuts, raisins, and a topping of sesame seeds. Only two tablespoons of oil and buttermilk for tenderness.