Baked Good Recipes

Favorite never fail pie crust uses shortening, vegetable oil, and a touch of corn syrup for a tender, flaky crust that rolls out without tearing. Beginner-friendly and forgiving.

Orange-almond biscotti, the crisp Italian twice-baked cookie scented with fresh orange zest and almond, studded with slivered almonds. Made for dunking in coffee, tea, or a glass of vin santo.

Homemade bagels the easy way: let a bread machine do the kneading, then shape, boil, and bake for that chewy crust and dense, tender crumb. Top with poppy, sesame, or onion, or roll the dough around a hot dog.

Classic butter nut balls (also called Russian tea cakes or Mexican wedding cookies). Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread rolled twice in powdered sugar for a snowy finish.

Make your own irresistable chocolate cake with this simple recipe that is extremely easy to follow and understand.

Warm chocolate cake on top, gooey pudding sauce underneath creates a magical self-saucing dessert that forms two distinct layers as it bakes.

Friendship bread, the simple yeast loaf made with bread flour, water, sugar, and oil. Tall, golden, soft-crumbed, and big enough to bake into two loaves to share.

Homemade funnel cake fried crisp and golden, then dusted with powdered sugar. The classic carnival treat made from pantry staples, swirled straight from a funnel into hot oil.

Holiday sugar cookies rolled and cut into shapes, dusted with colored sprinkles, and baked tender with a quiet hint of cinnamon. The classic Christmas cookie tin staple.

Milk chocolate bar bundt cake with melted Milky Way bars folded into the batter, plus buttermilk, pecans, and vanilla. A Southern church-cookbook classic with serious richness.

Nut snickerdoodles with chopped nuts mixed into the dough and a sugary tumbler-flattened top. A nutty twist on the classic cream-of-tartar cookie, makes 60 cookies.

Favourite shoofly pie with baking-soda-aerated molasses filling, ginger and cinnamon spice, and lard-and-butter crumbs. The Lancaster County classic with extra lift and warm spice.

Favourite sour cream apple pie tosses tart apples in a vanilla sour cream custard, then crowns it with a crunchy walnut-cinnamon sugar topping. No butter in the topping means a cleaner, crispier nut crust.

Sweet onion bread is a savory-sweet quick bread with caramelized onions, fresh ginger, apple juice, and a tender egg-white-lightened crumb. A unique loaf for cheese boards, soup nights, and brunch.

Classic zucchini bread with grated zucchini, cinnamon, and a moist oil-based crumb. Bakes two 8x4 loaves at once, freezes well, and only gets better the next day.

Peanut butter bread machine loaf with brown sugar and just six ingredients. Slightly sweet, nutty yeast bread that's perfect for PB&J sandwiches or French toast.