Baked Good Recipes

Pressure cooker orange cheesecake: mandarin segments on top after inverting, with a whole wheat crumb base and silky orange-sauced finish. Steamed dessert that skips the water bath drama.

Marshall Islands macadamia nut pie layers shredded coconut on the bottom of the crust before pouring in a corn syrup custard studded with macadamias. Coconut cream whipped topping keeps it tropical.

Waffle iron drop cookies: a chocolate cocoa cookie dough baked in 2 to 3 minutes in a waffle iron instead of an oven. Crisp, patterned, and ready faster than preheating.

Diabetic-friendly cocoa cake made with liquid sweetener, egg whites, and minimal sugar. A meringue-folded chocolate layer cake for diabetic dessert needs without sacrificing flavor.

Italian apple tart (crostata di mele) with lattice top and minimal sugar. Thinly sliced apples in homemade tart dough bake until golden. Simple, rustic, and authentically Italian.

Versatile yeasted bread dough that bakes into two loaves or shapes into Parkerhouse and cloverleaf rolls. Make-ahead friendly with overnight refrigeration option.

Award-winning shortbread with just butter, sugar, flour, and salt pressed into thick cutouts: crisp edges, melt-in-your-mouth crumb, adorable sheep shapes with chocolate eyes optional.

Pumpkin spice bread baked inside canning jars for shelf-stable giftable loaves. Warming cinnamon, clove, ginger, and raisins meet real pumpkin puree in a self-preserving oven-to-jar bake.

Vegetarian black bean burrito bake with smoky chipotle sour cream, sweet corn, salsa, and melted Monterey Jack. Rolled in whole wheat tortillas and baked until bubbly.

Unyeasted fruit and nut bread made with whole wheat, rye, and roasted barley flour, studded with raisins, sunflower seeds, dried apricots, and chopped nuts. Dense, hearty wild-fermented hippie loaf.

Golden, crispy beer batter softshell crabs fried to perfection. The batter rests to thicken before frying, giving each crab a crunchy shell with tender, sweet meat inside.

Creamy vanilla cheesecake bars on a rich chocolate-graham cracker crust. Melted chocolate chips and butter hold the base together while sweetened condensed milk makes the filling impossibly smooth.

All the fun of a banana split frozen into a pie. Vanilla pudding swirled with pureed strawberries, layered over sliced bananas in a vanilla wafer crust, then topped with whipped cream, cherries, and chopped nuts.

An easy no-bake pie that's packed with strawberries in a luscious banana custard-like filling.

Light, airy cheesecake made with pressed cottage cheese and whipped cream in spiced rusk crust, topped with strawberry glaze studded with whole berries.

Chocolate snappers with unsweetened chocolate, cinnamon, and corn syrup rolled in sugar and baked until crackled. A chewy, crinkle-style chocolate cookie with a sugary crust.