Baked Good Recipes

Lighter poke cake built on a yellow cake mix doctored with lemon gelatin, applesauce, and egg substitute, then drenched in a citrus glaze that soaks into every fork-pricked hole. Tangy, moist, easy.

Deeply moist chocolate cupcakes made with hot coffee, sour cream, and both cocoa and melted chocolate for double the richness. A from-scratch chocolate cupcake to crown with frosting or ganache.

Chocolate whoopie pies sandwiched with a fluffy peanut butter filling made the classic cooked-flour-and-milk way, for that bakery-style, marshmallow-soft texture.

Hershey's chocolate brownies bake a one-bowl cocoa batter with corn oil and egg substitute for a lower-cholesterol take on the classic. Fudgy centers, crackly top, dusted with powdered sugar.

Delicious but a bit salty...I think 1/2 tsp of salt would be sufficient.

Daddy's peanut butter cookies: classic crisscross-pressed peanut butter cookies sweetened with both brown and white sugar for chewy edges and tender centers. The everyday cookie kids ask for.

Rubber stamp gingerbread cookies bake up firm enough to hold cutter shapes and decorate, with a pinch of cayenne hiding behind the molasses, ginger, and cloves for unexpected warmth.

Holley's classic cheesecake with a graham crust, dense sour cream filling, tangy sour cream topping, and a Grand Marnier-spiked hot fudge sauce. The crowd-pleasing dessert that tastes like a celebration.

Made with 100% whole wheat flour, these moist chocolate muffins are not only addictively delicious, but they are also good for you.

Spiced apple pound cake, a one-bowl Bundt cake made with butter, spiced apple yogurt, and a cinnamon glaze topped with chopped pecans. The autumn coffee cake that turns yogurt into the secret moisture weapon.

Spice cookies with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and clove rolled and cut into festive shapes. The perfect Christmas cookie for decorating with royal icing.

Dense fudge brownies with a half pound of unsweetened chocolate, chocolate chip top, and a hit of instant coffee crystals to deepen the chocolate flavor. Baked low and slow.

Chewy ginger molasses cookies with crackly, sugar-dusted tops and a warm hit of ginger and cinnamon. Brown sugar and molasses keep them soft in the center with crisp, sparkly edges.

Favorite carrot cake loads a moist buttermilk batter with shredded carrots, crushed pineapple, coconut, and walnuts, finished with a hot buttermilk glaze and classic cream cheese frosting.

Max's chocolate chip cookies fold rolled oats into a buttery brown-sugar dough for extra chew, loaded with semi-sweet chips. A heartier, oatmeal-laced take on the chocolate chip classic.

Just good cookies live up to their name with peanut butter, oats, and chocolate chips in one chewy package. The kind of pantry-clean-out cookie that takes optional add-ins (coconut, raisins, peanuts) without missing a beat.