Baked Good Recipes

Flourless chocolate mousseline cake with rum, coffee, and whipped cream folded into a rich chocolate-egg batter. Baked in a water bath for a dense, silky texture.

Canadian prairie saskatoon berry pie (called serviceberry in the US) with a double crust and bright lemon juice cutting the deep purple sweetness. A heritage berry pie of the Western prairies.

German chocolate cake using yellow cake mix doctored with melted German sweet chocolate, pudding mix, and buttermilk. Three layers stacked with classic cooked coconut-pecan filling between. The bakery-quality version of a backyard birthday classic.

Scottish shortbread for Christmas with all-purpose and rice flour for sandy crispness. Butter-forward, only four ingredients, pressed into a jelly-roll pan for easy holiday bars.

Buttery brown sugar cookies with a hint of cinnamon, sliced from a chilled dough log and baked until golden. Topped with a simple powdered sugar frosting that makes every bite melt on your tongue.

Lemon chess pie with a buttery, custardy filling made from eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest in an unbaked pie shell. A classic Southern dessert ready in 45 minutes.

Ginger spice cake with molasses, buttermilk, and orange juice, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. A deeply flavored, moist single-layer cake with warm holiday aromas.

Lots of nutty flavor from almonds with rich chocolate tase. This is a buttery, flakey, chocolaty and delicious cake.

Homemade empanadas filled with spiced pumpkin, pecans, and raisins, sealed with a fork crimp and brushed with egg wash and cinnamon sugar. Golden, flaky, and warmly spiced.

Apple cider biscuits with a tender, flaky crumb and a sprinkle of cinnamon on top. Cider replaces buttermilk for an autumnal twist on a classic biscuit that pairs equally well with butter, jam, or pulled pork.

Homemade herbed breadsticks with basil, oregano, and garlic kneaded into a whole-wheat yeast dough, then rolled in butter and Parmesan for crisp golden edges. Perfect for dunking in marinara.

Mango macadamia muffins: tropical breakfast bake studded with diced fresh mango and crowned with a buttery brown sugar nut streusel. Tender crumb, crackly top.

All-Season Quick Bread or Muffins: a flexible whole-wheat base recipe with six fruit and vegetable options (banana, zucchini, carrot, apple, orange, tomato). Loaves or muffins.

Homemade fortune cookies with custom paper messages folded inside crisp golden wafers. Five ingredients, butter-egg-white batter spread thin and shaped over a glass while still hot from the oven.

Buttermilk oatmeal raisin biscuits combine tangy buttermilk, rolled oats and plump raisins for a tender, slightly nubbly biscuit. Hot-oven, quick-knead method bakes up flaky in just 15 minutes.

Chewy oatmeal trail mix cookies loaded with chocolate chips, raisins, walnuts, and sunflower seeds. Soft centers, golden edges, and a backpack-friendly chew that holds up for days.