Baked Good Recipes

Italian ricotta cheesecake with candied orange and lemon peel, golden raisins, and a splash of amaretto in a shortbread crust. Lighter and less sweet than American cream cheese cheesecake, dense in a softer way.

A fruit-packed bundt cake with bananas, crushed pineapple, applesauce, and chopped nuts spiced with cinnamon. Stir-together batter, no mixer needed. Moist, dense, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Fiadone is a traditional Corsican ricotta cheesecake with bright lemon zest and airy whipped egg whites. Lighter than New York cheesecake, this French island classic bakes to a deep golden crust.

Sirups kager are traditional Danish brown spice cookies made with dark corn syrup, cinnamon, and cloves. Crisp, warmly spiced, and ideal for holiday cookie tins and Christmas baking.

Classic North Carolina hush puppies made with cornmeal, buttermilk, and just a touch of flour. Deep-fried golden and crispy on the outside, soft and corny inside.

St. Nicholas cookies are buttery, spiced Dutch-style holiday cookies loaded with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and chopped almonds. Slice-and-bake or press into carved wooden molds.

Classic British millionaire's shortbread with three irresistible layers: buttery shortbread, gooey homemade caramel, and a glossy dark chocolate top. Dangerously addictive.

Lard anise cookies cream pure lard with sugar and anise seeds for an Italian classic with melting tenderness and licorice perfume. Shape into letters or slice from a chilled log.

The legendary Waldorf Astoria red velvet cake with buttermilk, cocoa, and a silky cooked-flour ermine frosting that tastes like whipped cream. A stunning 3-layer showpiece for any celebration.

Quiche pastry is a flaky butter-and-shortening pie crust made for blind baking. Five ingredients yield a sturdy 9 inch shell that holds custard fillings without going soggy.

Old-fashioned quick graham bread, a no-knead pioneer-style whole grain loaf with brown sugar, graham flour, and milk. Bakes up in an hour with no yeast or rising time required.

Danish pastry dough is the classic laminated yeast dough behind bakery wienerbrod: enriched with eggs and milk, folded with a full pound of butter to create dozens of shatteringly flaky layers.

Egg-free chocolate cake layered with a ganache filling loaded with sliced Snickers bars, then frosted in glossy chocolate and crowned with chopped peanuts. If you've ever wanted to hide a candy bar inside a cake, this is your blueprint.

Jan's 1940s apple pie heaped with McIntosh and Cortland apples, finished with a quick water-rinse trick on the top crust that produces an exceptionally flaky finish.

Sugarplum cookies with dried or candied fruit hidden inside each ball of vanilla sugar cookie dough. Topped with creamy frosting and colored sugar for Christmas cookie trays.

Light, tender white cake with a fine crumb made from sifted cake flour and whipped egg whites. Works as a layer cake or cupcakes and pairs with any frosting.