Baked Good Recipes

Christmas surprise cookies: brown sugar drop cookies with a hidden jam center and a dusting of sweet coconut on top. A vintage holiday thumbprint for the cookie tin.

Irish yogurt bread with currants and caraway seeds, leavened with baking soda and powder, bound by plain yogurt and eggs. A traditional Irish quick bread, no kneading or proofing required.

Boiled cocoa cookies: no-bake oatmeal drop cookies made on the stovetop with cocoa, sugar, milk, and vanilla. Old-school fudgy bites that set on waxed paper in minutes.

Double chocolate cream cheese cake with a coffee-spiked cocoa batter and a tangy cream cheese chocolate chip swirl baked right in. A one-pan dessert that disappears at potlucks.

Cheddar spoonbread made with yellow cornmeal, eggs, and sharp cheddar cheese. A puffy Southern cornmeal casserole that's part souffle, part cornbread, and all comfort.

Chocolate carrot cake made with whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, grated carrots, and cinnamon. Egg-free, dairy-free, and naturally moist from the carrots and boiling water.

Three-layer Southern banana cake with mashed ripe bananas folded into a buttermilk batter. Topped with confectioner's sugar frosting and chopped pecans for a true heirloom finish.

German sweet chocolate cake built on a chocolate cake mix base enriched with extra butter, buttermilk, and folded egg whites for a tender, tall three-layer cake. Designed for the classic coconut-pecan frosting on the tops only.

Peanut butter brownies baked in a jelly roll pan with a melted chocolate chip topping spread over the warm bars and a crunch of chopped peanuts. Easy bar cookies built for a crowd.

Blonde brownies with pecans, the chocolate-free butterscotch cousin of the classic brownie, made with light brown sugar, melted butter, and toasted pecans. Chewy, caramel-deep, and ready in under an hour.

Pumpkin swirl bread with a cream cheese and sour cream filling layered through spiced pumpkin batter. Two loaves of fall baking at its best.

Microwave coconut-graham pie crust with toasted sweetened coconut, crushed graham crackers, butter, and sugar. A no-bake crust ready in 20 minutes without heating up the oven.

Almond paste macaroons studded with coconut and walnuts, piped into rosettes and crowned with candied cherries. Chewy, fragrant Italian-style cookies for the holiday tin.

Moist banana layer cake studded with grated white chocolate and topped with a banana-white chocolate frosting. Use up those overripe bananas in style.

Swedish rye bread for the bread machine with rye flour, molasses, orange zest, and brown sugar. Dump the ingredients in, press start, and walk away.

Cream cheese marbled brownies with chopped nuts. A sweet chocolate batter swirled with tangy cheesecake filling, topped with more brownie batter, and zigzagged into marble. Old-fashioned bakery classic.