Baked Good Recipes

Swiss Leckerli cookies: honey-spiced almond bars with candied citrus peel and kirsch, finished with a hardening sugar glaze. Traditional Basel Christmas market sweet that improves with age.

Traditional Italian egg cookies made with just three ingredients: eggs, sugar, and flour. Light, airy, and gently sweet with golden edges. A nonna-approved classic.

Lower calorie pie shell with less shortening than traditional crusts. Three simple ingredients, one hour chill, and a flaky crust for any pie recipe.

Ginger-almond florentines: thin, lacy caramel cookies with crystallized ginger, toasted almonds, and citrus zest, finished with a smooth chocolate coating on the flat side.

Date-nut muffins with boiled dates, chopped pecans, and vanilla. The dates are softened with baking soda before mixing, creating a moist, caramel-like crumb.

Nutty, earthy teff grain cakes pan-fried in sesame oil with jalapeno and onion. Naturally gluten-free and vegan, these Ethiopian-inspired savory cakes are crispy outside, soft inside, and incredible with groundnut sauce.

Decadent chocolate mousse cake: a light, airy chocolate cake kissed with orange liqueur and zest, made by folding whipped egg whites into a rich chocolate batter, then frosted with chocolate mousse.

Impossible fudgy nut pie that makes its own crust as it bakes. Melted sweet chocolate, brown sugar, and biscuit mix blended smooth then topped with chopped nuts.

Fudgy chocolate cookie bonbons wrapped around Hershey's kisses (or caramel, Reese's, peanut butter, or mint centers) and drizzled with white chocolate. A classic Pillsbury bake-off cookie with surprise centers.

Light, airy drop cookies with cream cheese, coconut, and apricot preserves, finished with an apricot-spiked frosting for tropical sweetness.

Old-fashioned coconut custard pie made from a fresh whole coconut. Coconut milk infuses dairy milk before joining eggs and sugar in a single crust for the deepest, purest coconut flavor.

Caramel almond apple pie is a single-crust apple pie with sliced tart apples under a bubbling brown-butter caramel and sliced almond topping. Scratch oil-crust, one hour bake.

Greek feta bread with crumbled feta and whole eggs sealed inside a honey-sweetened yeast dough, topped with poppy seeds and baked golden. A savory stuffed loaf worth the rise time.

Traditional New Mexican biscohos cookies spiced with cinnamon, star anise, and cloves, then dusted with cinnamon sugar while still warm from the oven. A cherished holiday cookie that fills the kitchen with the most intoxicating aroma.

Double anise almond biscotti with anise extract, ground star anise, and slivered almonds in a twice-baked Italian cookie. Crisp enough to dunk in espresso or vin santo.

Traditional Southern rice bread with cornmeal and cooked rice baked into tender, slightly crispy squares for a historic side dish that pairs beautifully with stews and greens.