238 vegetable cake recipes

Chewy butterscotch brownies loaded with chopped dates and walnuts. One bowl, one pan, and 25 minutes in the oven for a batch of 16 irresistible squares.

Thin, crispy oatmeal Florentine cookies made with toasted oats, cinnamon, and just a tablespoon of flour. Lacy edges with a nutty, caramelized crunch.

Pastelitos, little hand pies filled with mashed dried fruit, honey, and cinnamon in a flaky shortening crust. A traditional Latin American fruit turnover baked golden.

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.

Oat and raisin bar cookies with brown sugar, cinnamon, and rolled oats baked in a sheet pan. A mix-and-spread health cookie with eight ingredients and zero fuss.

Small-batch walnut brownies baked in a loaf pan with cocoa powder, one egg, and vegetable shortening. Dense, fudgy, and scaled for two to four people instead of a crowd.

Giant double chocolate chip cookies with melted chocolate in the dough plus whole chips folded in, sour cream for fudgy centers, and chopped walnuts. Bakery-sized at 3 inches.

Coffeecake Eschmann with a tender vanilla cake base and a thick cinnamon-butter streusel topping, baked in a sheet pan and dusted with powdered sugar. Feeds a crowd easily.

Date and nut bars with chopped dates, pecans, and powdered sugar rolled into chewy little squares. An old-fashioned cookie bar that's dense, fruity, and naturally sweet with minimal flour.

Soft honey walnut drop cookies with sour cream, flaked coconut, and vanilla. Chewy, cakey, and lightly sweet with a walnut half pressed on top of each one.

Vintage white cake layered with toasted pecans and grated semi-sweet chocolate, finished with a glossy chocolate fudge frosting. A 1960s-era bake-off showstopper.

Old-fashioned cake doughnuts infused with reduced apple cider and warm spices. Pat the dough to half-inch thickness, cut and fry until golden, then dip in cider glaze while warm.

These muffins are moist and very tasty. You can use either fresh or frozen strawberries. The sugared almonds give them a nice crunchy topping. They are great for a mid-morning snack with a friend.

Italian chocolate cookies with cocoa, cinnamon, cold coffee, and grape jelly in the dough. An old-world recipe with no eggs that makes a huge batch of soft, cakey cookies.

Soft pineapple cookies with crushed pineapple and chopped nuts or coconut in a tender, cake-like drop cookie. A tropical twist on the classic cookie jar favorite.

When you taste these homemade gingersnap cookies, you will fall in love with them, and never buy the store-bought bagged or boxed stuff any more. They are so delicious.