Baked Good Recipes

Red velvet cake with buttermilk and vinegar baked in three layers, topped with cream cheese pecan frosting. An oil-based cake with a tender crumb and classic tangy finish.

Four-ingredient low-calorie cookies made with banana, oats, peanut butter, and baking powder. No flour, no sugar, no eggs, no butter. Just mash, mix, and bake.

Mint Surprise Cookies hide a melty chocolate mint wafer inside soft brown-sugar dough, each one crowned with a toasted walnut. Chill the dough so it seals the surprise neatly before baking.

Persimmon walnut coconut cookies fold ripe persimmon pulp into a soft, cake-like dough with toasted walnuts, sweet coconut, cinnamon, and allspice. A late-fall cookie when persimmons hit the markets.

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.

Norwegian krumkaker are crisp cardamom-scented waffle cookies pressed thin in a special iron and rolled into cones while still hot. A traditional Scandinavian Christmas treat.

Rhubarb pie sweetened with light brown sugar instead of white, with thin lemon slices layered between the rhubarb for bright citrus contrast. A lattice-topped pie that's tart, caramelly, and old-fashioned.

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.

Apple cheddar wontons deep fried until golden and coated in cinnamon brown sugar. Sharp cheddar melts into sweet apple inside a crispy wonton shell for an addictive snack.

Pineapple-coconut chess pie with crushed pineapple and flaked coconut bound in a sweet cornmeal-thickened custard. A Southern classic with tropical flair and a slightly chewy texture.

Pineapple zucchini bread with crushed pineapple, cinnamon, raisins, and chopped nuts baked into a moist, tender quick bread. Two-loaf recipe perfect for freezing or gifting.

Elizabeth David's Gateau Au Chocolat Et Aux Amandes recipe

Lightened cranberry cake with whole berries on the bottom and a tender egg-white batter on top. A jewel-toned holiday dessert with naturally sweet-tart bite.

Fruit puffed cookies made with angel food cake mix, dried fruit, and pecans. Just 4 ingredients for light, airy cookies that puff up golden in under 10 minutes.

Make-ahead slice and bake sugar cookies with lemon extract. Shape the dough into logs, freeze for up to 6 months, and bake fresh cookies in 10 minutes whenever the craving hits.

Hundred-dollar chocolate cake made with mayonnaise-style salad dressing instead of eggs and butter. Moist, fudgy, and topped with a boiled cocoa frosting.