Baked Good Recipes

Classic New York-style cheesecake with a homemade cookie crust and citrus-scented cream cheese filling. Rich, dense, and worthy of the Lindy's legend.

Shaker sugar pie: brown sugar caramelized at the bottom of a flaky shell, topped with vanilla cream and butter, baked into a silky no-egg custard. American religious tradition meets Sunday dessert.

A favorite throughout the South, chess pie takes its name from the description given by a cook who was asked what sort of pie it was, and replied, "jes pie, honey."

European-style apple cake presses a rum-spiked shortbread base into a sheet pan, then tops it with grated tart apples, raisins, nuts, and cinnamon sugar. A sliceable, freezable bar-style cake.

Chocolate no-bake cookies with rolled oats, peanut butter, and toasted wheat germ for extra crunch and protein. Stovetop simple, ready in 20 minutes, no oven required.

Basic refrigerator cookies (icebox cookies) with butter, sugar, vanilla, and a simple slice-and-bake method. Make the dough ahead, chill, slice thin, and bake in 10 minutes.

Weeknight beef and bean barbecue bake with Velveeta cheese and buttermilk biscuits around the edge. Retro family-friendly one-dish dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Lemon coconut snickerdoodles with cream of tartar tang and bright lemon zest. A bakery-style drop cookie with crisp edges, soft centers, and shredded coconut for chew.

Better than sex cake is a four-layer chocolate-pecan icebox dessert: a buttery pecan shortbread crust, sweet cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and whipped topping. A make-ahead potluck legend.

Steakhouse-style garlic cheese bread loaded with Asiago, Monterey Jack, mayo, green onions, and pureed garlic on French bread. Baked then broiled until bubbly and golden. A Black Angus copycat.

Black Forest ice cream cake: two layers of moist chocolate-coffee cake sandwich a slab of vanilla ice cream, frosted with whipped cream and crowned with cherry pie filling. A frozen showstopper.

A no-bake icebox torte layered with graham crackers, brown sugar whipped cream, and chopped black walnuts. Just 4 ingredients, zero oven time, and it gets better the longer it chills.

Blitz kuchen is a classic German lightning cake with a light, egg-leavened batter topped with butter, cinnamon sugar, and chopped nuts. Quick to mix and bakes in minutes.

Simple bread machine focaccia with basil and olive oil that requires just one button press for effortless Italian flatbread

A lighter, golden fruitcake with apricots, golden raisins, candied orange peel, and walnuts in a buttery brandy batter. Baked in decorative molds for a gorgeous holiday centerpiece.

A stunning three-tiered champagne cake soaked in bubbly and frosted with champagne buttercream. Built from two pans and cut into graduated layers, this is the centerpiece for weddings, New Year's, and any excuse to celebrate.