9,424 mild recipes

Nut snickerdoodles with chopped nuts mixed into the dough and a sugary tumbler-flattened top. A nutty twist on the classic cream-of-tartar cookie, makes 60 cookies.

Old-fashioned ginger cupcakes made with molasses, cinnamon, sour milk, and cake flour. Dark, spicy, and tender with a warm gingerbread flavor.

Fudgy Southern chocolate cake with melted unsweetened chocolate, pecans, and a two-temperature baking method. Dense, rich, and brownie-like with a cocoa-dusted pan for extra chocolate flavor.

Downeast blueberry bread pudding bakes wild Maine blueberries with stale white bread cubes and evaporated skim milk for a low-fat, low-sugar New England dessert.

Raspberry streusel muffins with a pecan-brown sugar crumb topping and berries layered through the batter. Buttery, tender muffins with a crunchy sweet crust on every bite.

Old-fashioned white drop cookies with nutmeg and vanilla. A big-batch recipe using shortening for soft, cakey cookies that stay tender for days.

Chocolate thumbprint cookies rolled in chopped nuts with a Hershey's Kiss pressed into the center. Double chocolate, nutty crunch, and only 8 minutes in the oven.

Old-fashioned brown bread made with whole wheat flour, brown sugar, sour milk, and lard. Mix everything in one bowl and bake. No yeast, no kneading, no waiting.

Three-layer pumpkin bars built on a yellow cake mix base with spiced pumpkin custard center and a buttery cake-mix streusel top. Makes 24 bars in a 9x13 pan.

Vintage sugar cookies leaning heavy on brown sugar over white with shortening for tender texture and a three-finger ridge press. Makes 48 chewy, caramel-toned cookies.

Buttery lemon tea cake with chopped pecans, soaked in a hot lemon zest and juice sauce while still warm. A tender, citrus-drenched cake with crunchy pockets of toasted nut.

Soft honey yeast rolls with a sweet butter-honey-sugar topping drizzled on before baking. No kneading required, just drop spoonfuls of sticky dough into the pan.

Peanut cluster cookies with salted cocktail peanuts in a brown sugar dough, baked golden then dipped in melted semi-sweet chocolate. Crunchy, salty, and sweet.

Miniature French breakfast puffs are warm nutmeg-scented muffins dipped in melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar. The donut-muffin hybrid that disappears off brunch trays first.

Caramel-glazed apple cake with overlapping apple slices on a buttery batter base, topped with cinnamon sugar and melted butter. A rustic sheet cake that caramelizes beautifully in the oven.

Blended pina coladas made with cream of coconut, crushed pineapple, light rum, and milk, blitzed with ice until thick and frosty. A tropical cocktail in 15 minutes.