Baked Good Recipes

Honey lemon sponge cake is a take on Japanese castella (kasutera): a tall, springy, honey-sweetened sponge brightened with lemon. Whipped eggs alone give it lift, no butter needed, for a delicate, fine-grained crumb.

This chocolate cake includes bananas both in the cake and creamy sauce.

Meringue cookies use just five pantry ingredients to make crisp, snowy puffs that melt on the tongue. Naturally fat-free and gluten-free, with a marshmallow-like interior and a delicate vanilla finish.

No-bake fudgy oatmeal cookies with cocoa, peanut butter, and rolled oats. Boil the sugar mixture for one minute, stir in oats and peanut butter, drop on wax paper, and you're done.

Classic pecan melt away cookies made with cake flour and unsalted butter for an ultra-tender, powdered-sugar-dusted shortbread. Drop cookies that dissolve on the tongue in seconds.

Fat-free cinnamon-raisin biscotti made with egg whites. Twice-baked Italian cookies that crunch hard, dunk well, and skip butter and yolks entirely.

Sourdough biscuit dough: a refrigerator dough made with yeast and buttermilk that bakes into tender, fluffy biscuits anytime. Improves with age, lasting up to a week in the fridge.

German apple cake made with baking mix, sliced apples, and a brown sugar cinnamon streusel topping. A simple one-bowl cake with tender fruit and a crumbly, spiced crust.

Tender autumn zucchini bread scented with cinnamon and studded with crunchy walnuts. This easy recipe yields two perfect loaves for freezing, gifting, or enjoying warm with butter.

No-bake frozen chocolate pie built from cream cheese, cocoa, and whipped topping folded into a baked pie shell. A make-ahead summer dessert that slices straight from the freezer.

Feed this sweet, yeast-based starter with flour, sugar, and milk every few days to keep it alive. Use it for Amish friendship bread or share with friends to start the tradition.

Flourless chocolate goo cake made with three-quarters of a pound of butter, semi-sweet chocolate, milk, and seven egg yolks. An intensely fudgy, barely-baked chocolate dessert served cold with whipped cream.

Pumpkin pie with brown sugar, corn syrup, and a custard set by both eggs and evaporated milk for a creamier filling. Warm cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, finished with whipped cream and candied ginger slivers.

Maple walnut brownies made with brown sugar, melted butter, and maple flavoring for a blondie-style bar with a caramel-like chew. Studded with walnuts and dusted with powdered sugar.

Linzer thumbprint cookies with ground almonds, dark brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon zest, and cherry jam centers. An Austrian-inspired butter cookie with a tender, nutty crumb.

Deep-dish apple pie with six cups of cinnamon-spiced sliced apples under a flaky, nutmeg-scented pastry crust brushed with milk and cinnamon sugar. All fruit, no bottom crust.