Baked Good Recipes

Pumpkin whoopie pies sandwich pillowy spiced pumpkin cookies around fluffy vanilla filling. A New England fall classic with cinnamon, ginger, and clove warmth in every bite.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this scrumptious low-fat snack which is perfect for dessert.

Classic French brioche a tete, the buttery, golden topknot rolls baked in fluted tins. A rich egg-and-butter dough chilled overnight for the tenderest crumb, with a traditional floating-sponge yeast start.

Basic buttery biscuits with shortening cut through flour for tender layers, hand-formed and baked hot for golden tops and pillowy centers. The fastest way to fresh-baked biscuits on the table.

Melt-in-mouth biscuits use a wet dough scooped through flour for the most tender Southern-style buttermilk biscuits. The high-hydration trick that bakery secrets are made of.

Classic 4-ingredient brown sugar shortbread heart cookies with a buttery, sandy crumb and caramel undertone. Easy Valentine's Day cookies for cutting, icing, and gifting.

Black Forest cake the shortcut way: devil's food cake mix spiked with cinnamon and cherry yogurt, layered with cherry pie filling and whipped topping. A faster take on the German classic.

Festival sugar cookies: tender cake-flour roll-out cookies that hold any shape, perfect for cutter cookies, icing, and sprinkles. Holiday-tested recipe yielding five dozen.

Triple layer brownies stack a fudgy pecan brownie base, a vanilla buttercream middle, and a glossy chocolate drizzle on top. Bake-bar territory, made at home.

Almond Brownies: deeply fudgy brownies built on melted chocolate chips with almonds for crunch. Two chocolate hits (melted in batter, folded in whole) for fudgy depth and nutty contrast.

Chewy moist brownies that stay fudgy thanks to a duo of corn syrup and brown sugar, plus melted semisweet chocolate for deep flavor. Made with egg whites for a lighter crumb and baked in a foil sling for clean, neat squares.

Homemade pita bread that puffs into pockets on a hot baking sheet at 500 degrees. Four basic ingredients, no fat, freezes well, and makes 6 large or 12 small pitas.

Nutty apple muffins loaded with diced apples, chopped walnuts, and shredded coconut. A nutmeg-scented breakfast muffin with crunchy nut texture in every bite and a tender oil-based crumb.

Cakey gingerbread squares with molasses, fresh orange zest, and warm holiday spices. Tender old-fashioned gingerbread, dusted with powdered sugar for a snowy finish.

A lighter take on Boston cream pie with a silky stovetop vanilla custard layered between cake rounds and dusted with powdered sugar instead of the usual chocolate ganache. Simple, elegant, and not overly sweet.

Cinnamon-raisin breakfast biscuits use silken tofu in place of butter for a vegan, dairy-free quick bread sweetened with apple juice and maple syrup. Whole wheat, walnut-studded, brushed with syrup glaze.