Baked goods recipes

Golden chocolate Bundt cake doctors a yellow cake mix with sour cream, milk chocolate bars, chocolate chips, pecans and coconut. Semi-homemade with bakery-style results.

Honey-lavender biscotti with orange zest and dried lavender blossoms baked into a crisp, twice-baked Italian cookie. Fragrant, floral, and built for dipping.

Patriotic Fourth of July chocolate sheet cake decorated as an American flag with vanilla and blue frosting and fresh strawberry stripes. A buttermilk-rich chocolate cake the kids can help decorate.

Banana cream brownie squares layer a peanut-studded brownie base with sliced bananas, vanilla pudding whipped cream, and grated chocolate. A potluck-friendly dessert built on a brownie mix shortcut.

Swiss Leckerli cookies: honey-spiced almond bars with candied citrus peel and kirsch, finished with a hardening sugar glaze. Traditional Basel Christmas market sweet that improves with age.

Pennsylvania Dutch chocolate cake made with boiled chocolate, buttermilk, and baking soda, topped with tangy cream cheese frosting. Rich, dense crumb with old-fashioned charm.

A dark, earthy bread machine pumpernickel made with rye flour, whole wheat, cocoa, molasses, and instant coffee. Dump the ingredients in and let the machine do the work.

Chunky peanut butter cookies loaded with chocolate chips, honey roasted peanuts, and chopped peanut butter cups. These blowout cookies are thick, chewy, and completely over the top.

Golden Apple custard pie with thinly sliced apples in a silky vanilla-cream custard, baked in a water bath until just set. Bistro-style French dessert with a golden top and fragrant nutmeg.

Yellow party cake, a classic two-layer butter cake with a buttery vanilla crumb. Frosted with sunny yellow icing for birthdays and celebrations, tender from a long creaming method.

Chocolate oatmeal chippers: spiced chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, pecans, and quick oats. Chewy center, crisp edges, classic drop cookie.

Fibber McGee cookies pack quick oats, salted peanuts and chocolate chips into a buttery brown-sugar dough. The 'everything' cookie named for the famous overstuffed radio-show closet.

Pistachio chip cookies with white vanilla milk chips, brown sugar, and a touch of oats for chew. Buttery, salty-sweet drop cookies studded with crunchy green pistachios in every bite.

Soft cream cheese cookies studded with pecans and swirled with apricot preserves, topped with matching apricot frosting and coconut for pillowy sweetness.

Overnight cinnamon rolls that rise in the fridge while you sleep, ready to bake fresh and warm in the morning. Soft, glossy yeast dough swirled with cinnamon sugar and crowned with vanilla glaze.

Mini crab tarts in flaky pastry shells with Swiss cheese, cream cheese, nutmeg, and shredded carrots. Baked until set and golden for an elegant, bite-sized seafood treat.