Baked Good Recipes

Traditional oven-baked honey wheat bread made with whole wheat flour, enriched white flour, skim milk, warm honey, and applesauce or prune puree for moisture. Hand-kneaded, raised twice, baked in two loaf pans at 375°F for 40-50 minutes.

Tall honey cake (lekach) baked with 1¼ cups honey and a full cup of strong coffee for moisture and depth. Walnut-studded with warm spices, traditional for Rosh Hashanah and the Jewish New Year.

Traditional Panforte di Siena with toasted almonds, hazelnuts, candied orange peel, citron, cocoa, and honey syrup cooked to soft ball stage. A dense Italian Christmas confection.

Passover bagels made with matzo meal instead of flour, using a choux-style dough of boiled water, oil, and eggs. Kosher for Pesach and surprisingly chewy inside with a crisp crust.

Pinon cookies bake into light sponge-like rounds topped with toasted pine nuts, made from just eggs, sugar, flour, and pignoli. Italian-style cookie with an elegant payoff.

Spiced pizzelles flavor the classic Italian wafer cookie with warm nutmeg and floral cardamom. Crisp, lacy, and lightly spiced, perfect for stacking on a holiday cookie tray or sandwiching with mascarpone.

Spiced spritz cookies with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice pressed into festive shapes. Egg-white based for a crisp, light texture with warm holiday spice flavor.

Flaky sugar twists with a laminated yeast dough layered with vanilla sugar, sour cream, and butter. A pastry with crispy caramelized sugar layers baked golden in every fold.

Tiny lemon ricotta turnovers with a butter cookie dough, creamy lemon-ricotta filling, and colorful nonpareil sprinkles. Italian-style filled cookies.

Vanilla sheet cake split and filled with a whipped butter-shortening cream made with evaporated milk. Cut into squares for individual cream-filled cakes that taste like homemade Twinkies.

Carrot cake with lemon cream cheese frosting, made ultra-moist with pureed carrots, crushed pineapple, and toasted walnuts. The bright citrus frosting cuts the sweetness on this towering three-layer cake.

Lower-fat banana bread with fresh berries, made with whipped egg whites instead of whole eggs and just a third cup of margarine. A lighter quickbread that stays moist for days.

Chocolaty, creamy, smooth and rich. This chocolate cheesecake is an ultimate indulgence.

A buttery, moist and delicious blueberry banana bread is perfect for snack with a cup of afternoon tea.

Baked potatoes is and easy and quick dish to make, you can microwave the potatoes too, serve with some sour cream and freshly chopped chives or scallions.

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting bakes a single tender butter-based cake layer with grated carrots, walnuts, and cinnamon. Topped with classic tangy cream cheese icing and brown sugar nut crumble.