Baked goods recipes

Mocha walnut cookies bake coffee-spiked, cinnamon-warmed butter cookies and finish each warm cookie with melted chocolate chips smeared on top. Coffee-shop cookies with a frosted finish.

Easy and delicious. I cheated a bit by topping with canned milk chocolate frosting that I nuked for 30 seconds to make it easier to spread. I refrigerated the cake 8 hours before cutting.

A Greek butter cookie with almonds and powder sugar.

Quick banana apricot bread with ripe banana pulp, chopped dried apricots, and a hint of lemon zest. Tender loaf with chewy apricot bits and a brighter twist on classic banana bread.

This is a great way to use up leftover Choux pastry to make quick and easy puffy cheese appetizers.

Melted butter mixed with brown and white sugars creates thick, bakery-style chocolate chip cookies that stay soft in the center with crisp edges when baked at precisely 325°F.

Jumbo chocolate chip cookies scooped by the quarter cup bake up bakery-sized with crisp edges, chewy centers, and pockets of melted chocolate. Twelve cookies the size of your palm.

Five-ingredient cake mix chocolate chip cookies that come together in 30 minutes. Soft, chewy centers with crisp edges. The shortcut a busy mom passes down when scratch baking isn't on the table.

Moist and chocolaty, everyone loves these cookies!

Chocolate cheesecake with cocoa powder, Kahlua, and a chocolate wafer crust, finished with sour cream glaze. Coffee-spiked dessert for serious chocolate lovers.

Lower-fat banana bread with fresh berries, made with whipped egg whites instead of whole eggs and just a third cup of margarine. A lighter quickbread that stays moist for days.

Prove you're the best around with this scrumptious carrot cake that is perfect for Thanksgiving dinner.

Old-style wheat biscuits: tender, fluffy whole-wheat biscuits made with canola oil and a quick buttermilk substitute. A homestyle baked good ready in 30 minutes flat.

Chocolate chip cookies loaded with a generous 2½ cups of chips per batch, balanced with both brown and white sugar for crisp edges and chewy centers. Pull them out underdone for that signature soft texture.

Honey and cream griddle scones, an old-fashioned Welsh-style bakestone scone cooked on the stovetop, not baked. Whole wheat dough sweetened with honey and made tender with sour cream.

Double chocolate brownies brushed with Grand Marnier and finished with pecans. Dense, fudgy, and laced with orange liqueur for a grown-up dessert.