Baked Good Recipes

Giant chocolate chip cookies made with hand-chopped milk chocolate bars instead of chips. Flattened to saucer size and baked until barely set for a chewy, gooey center.

Easy apple cinnamon bundt cake made with yellow cake mix and applesauce instead of oil or butter. A moist, swirled cake with just five simple ingredients.

Buttery toasted breadcrumb topping with parsley for casseroles. Three ingredients, five minutes, and every baked dish gets a golden crunchy crust.

Scotch shortbread with a hint of almond extract: butter, powdered sugar, and flour pressed into a slab, fork-marked, and baked golden. Traditional Scottish shortbread squares for tea time.

Easy butterscotch poppy seed cake made with yellow cake mix, butterscotch pudding mix, and a generous helping of poppy seeds. Moist, rich, and done in 35 minutes.

Scottish shortbread from a simple flour, sugar, and butter mix: buttery, crumbly, melt-in-the-mouth wedges baked pale and gold. A classic three-ingredient treat that doubles as a gift-in-a-jar mix.

Self-filled chocolate cupcakes with a cream cheese and chocolate chip center baked right in. No frosting needed when the filling does double duty.

Fudgy cocoa brownies with a hidden layer of chocolate mint patties baked right inside. Rich, minty, and makes a big batch of 36 squares from a 9x13 pan.

Chocolate-almond sandwich cookies with ground almond cocoa wafers and whipped white chocolate ganache filling. An elegant, slice-and-bake cookie that keeps for a week.

Thick, fudgy peppermint pattie brownies with a whole layer of York-style mint candies sandwiched between cocoa batter. Makes 36 squares for parties and bake sales.

Shaker honey almond cake bakes a spice-warmed honey-sour cream batter under a crown of almonds, then ripens 2 days for deeper flavor. Heritage New England keeping cake.

Shamrock cookies for St. Patrick's Day, a tender mint-scented shortbread tinted green, shaped from three little dough balls plus a stem and dusted with green sugar. A fun holiday baking project.

Peanut-shaped peanut butter cookies with orange zest and a classic crisscross top. A fun, hand-shaped cookie that kids love to help make. Crisp edges, chewy centers.

Old-fashioned apple cake loaded with sliced apples, walnuts, and cinnamon in a moist oil-based batter. No mixer needed for this rustic 9x13 sheet cake.

Buttery pretzel-shaped cookies made with powdered sugar, egg whites, and vanilla, baked golden and drizzled with an optional chocolate frosting. A fun twist on classic butter cookies.

Texas-style sheath cake (sheet cake) baked on a cookie sheet with cocoa, buttermilk, and a full half pound of butter. Thin, fudgy, and frosted while still warm. A potluck legend.