2,119 baked good recipes

Better than sex brownies are dense fudgy squares built on melted unsweetened chocolate and shortening, topped with chopped nuts for crackling crunch against the gooey middle.

Coconut pound cake baked from cold-oven start to a tall, golden tube cake. Built on cake flour and shortening for ultra-tender crumb, with shredded coconut and coconut flavouring throughout. Drizzle with sugar glaze if desired.

Best focaccia: a soft, golden Italian flatbread topped with sweet buttery sauteed onions, scored into a raised rim and baked until golden. A simple from-scratch focaccia round.

Traditional yeasted hamantaschen for Purim, a sweet egg-rich yeast dough folded into the iconic three-cornered hat shape around poppy seed or fruit filling. The Old World version, not cookie dough.

Prize-winning lemon blueberry muffins with yogurt cheese, fresh lemon zest, and a double hit of citrus from extract. Tender, tangy, blueberry-packed bakery-style muffins from scratch.

Godiva brownies: dense, fudgy chocolate squares spiked with chocolate liqueur, instant coffee, and toasted walnuts. The grown-up brownie that lives between dessert and digestif.

Potato bread with pureed russets and the starchy potato cooking water for a soft, pillowy crumb that stays fresh for days. The classic American sandwich loaf with old-fashioned tender texture.

Buttermilk oatmeal raisin biscuits combine tangy buttermilk, rolled oats and plump raisins for a tender, slightly nubbly biscuit. Hot-oven, quick-knead method bakes up flaky in just 15 minutes.

Carrot raisin cupcakes with cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar in a tender oil-based batter. A single-bowl muffin-meets-cupcake recipe ready to frost with cream cheese icing.

Lemon poppy seed cake builds a tender tube cake with butter, cream cheese, lemon juice and zest, whipped egg whites, and poppy seeds, finished with a tart lemon glaze.

Whoopie pies with soft, cake-like chocolate cookies sandwiching a silky cooked-flour buttercream. The old-fashioned ermine filling stays light and not too sweet. A New England and Pennsylvania Dutch classic.

Cake mix cookies need just three pantry ingredients plus your favorite stir-ins. The ultimate four-ingredient shortcut cookie ready in under 30 minutes.

Coffee bean brownies: thin sheet-pan brownies with Kahlua and strong brewed coffee in the batter, topped with warm fudgy cocoa frosting poured onto the hot tray. Makes 36.

Famous peach pound cake folds fresh chopped peaches and sour cream into a buttery, vanilla-almond pound cake batter baked in a tube pan until golden and tender-crumbed.

Classic banana nut bread with mashed ripe bananas, chopped nuts, and a tender crumb from the creaming method. A simple quick bread that slices best after cooling overnight.

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.