Baked Good Recipes

Chewy brown sugar cookie sticks baked low and slow, cut into thin fingers, and rolled in powdered sugar. Toasted walnuts take these from good to great.

Easy peach fritters fried into golden, crisp puffs and rolled in cinnamon sugar while hot. Fresh diced peaches folded into a quick batter, ready in 20 minutes from bowl to plate.

Jewish apple pecan cake layers cinnamon-spiced Granny Smith apples through a moist tube cake batter brightened with orange juice. Pareve, dairy-free, and a Rosh Hashanah favorite.

Fudgy cocoa cookie balls loaded with chocolate chips, dipped in melted white chocolate, and rolled in festive sprinkles. Kid-friendly, bite-sized, and gone in seconds.

Lincoln log cookies shaped from cocoa-chocolate chip dough into two-inch logs, then drizzled with white and chocolate icing stripes. A fun, chocolatey bake for kids and adults.

Rolled oat icebox cookies. Slice-and-bake dough with butter, brown sugar and quick oats for crisp, lightly caramelized cookies made from a log you can keep in the fridge.

Peppernuts cookies with ground raisins, coconut, and nuts in a brown sugar-buttermilk dough, rolled into ropes and cut into bite-sized pieces. A Mennonite holiday tradition.

An old-fashioned blueberry pie that makes its own crust from crushed soda crackers and butter. No pie dough, no rolling pin. Just layer, bake, and serve with whipped cream.

Knäckebröd, the traditional Swedish rye crispbread baked thin and crackling. Just six pantry staples turn into snappy crackers, perfect with butter, cheese, smoked salmon, or pickled herring.

Tender banana sheet cake rolled around sweetened whipped cream, topped with glazed raspberries. An elegant dessert that looks impressive but uses simple ingredients.

Greek butter cookies (kourabiedes) with ground cloves and a thick powdered sugar coating. Tender, crumbly, and lightly spiced for the holidays.

Onion ring batter with cornmeal grit and a triple shot of onion powder. The cornmeal locks in extra crunch while the milk and egg give the coating tooth and color. Dunk, fry, eat.

Red and white peppermint pinwheel cookies with a buttery almond dough, rolled jelly-roll style and topped with crushed candy canes. A festive Christmas cookie classic.

Moist Bundt cake made with applesauce, grape juice, dates, and pecans, spiced with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger. A nostalgic, butter-free cake dusted with powdered sugar.

Herbed beer bread with Parmesan, Italian herbs, and a cornmeal-dusted crust. No yeast, no kneading, just self-rising flour and a bottle of beer for a crusty loaf.

Mayonnaise spice cake with raisins, cinnamon, cloves, and chopped nuts. No eggs or butter needed. The mayo keeps this old-fashioned cake incredibly moist with a tender, spiced crumb.