Baked goods recipes

Honey orange biscotti with pecans, orange juice concentrate, and orange zest, twice-baked until crunchy. A low-fat Italian cookie perfect for dipping in coffee or tea.

Old-fashioned apple-blueberry cake with chopped Granny Smith apples and blueberries baked in a buttery cream cake batter. Serve warm with sweetened whipped cream.

Quick oatmeal bars with apple butter, coconut, and brown sugar baked into chewy squares ready in 30 minutes for easy lunch box treats or snacks.

Old-fashioned raisin bread made with yeast, molasses, and plump raisins creates tender, slightly sweet loaves perfect for toasting.

Whole wheat snickerdoodles swap half the white flour for whole wheat, giving these classic cinnamon-sugar cookies a nuttier, heartier crumb. Cream of tartar gives them their signature tang and chewy texture. Three dozen from one batch.

Three-layer Southern banana cake with mashed ripe bananas folded into a buttermilk batter. Topped with confectioner's sugar frosting and chopped pecans for a true heirloom finish.

German chocolate pies: two pies at once, gooey cocoa-pecan-coconut filling in flaky shells. One to eat now, one to freeze. A Southern dessert for holidays and church suppers.

Loaded chocolate chip cookies stuffed with pecans, white chocolate, milk chocolate, semisweet chocolate, and mini chips. The everything-in-the-cookie-jar classic.

Blueberry cheesecake with macadamia nut crust, creamy cream cheese filling, tangy sour cream layer, and fresh blueberry topping. A Hawaiian-inspired dessert that impresses.

Buttery chocolate shortbread with cocoa, melted unsweetened chocolate, and chopped walnuts baked low and slow into crisp, snappy wedges with a sugar-sprinkled top.

Toffee crunch chocolate chip cookies with oats, chopped toffee candy bars, pecans, and semi-sweet chocolate. Made in a food processor for fast, even mixing and chewy-crisp texture.

Double Decker Brownies Using Basic Cookie Mix recipe

Soft-baked bars with apples, cranberries, and nuts baked into orange-scented batter, then frosted with tangy orange cream cheese icing. Perfect for holiday cookie trays.

Peanut butter and jelly cookies that taste exactly like the sandwich. Make sandwich-style or thumbprint cookies with jam centers. Soft, peanutty, kid-approved.

Cookie dough brownies layered three ways: a fudgy cocoa brownie base, a thick egg-free cookie dough filling, and a glossy chocolate glaze finished with chopped walnuts. Bakery-style bars done at home.

No-bake date nut logs rolled in flaked coconut with crisp rice cereal and pecans. A retro Southern candy that cooks in one saucepan and shapes in minutes.