Baked Good recipe collection

Old-fashioned spiced raisin drop cookies with brown sugar, buttermilk, and cake flour for a soft, cakey texture. A simple, homey cookie with warm mixed spices and plump soaked raisins.

Old-fashioned icebox cookies with dark brown sugar, butter, walnuts, and vanilla. Slice-and-bake in just 4 minutes for crispy, caramelized edges.

Old-school lard pie crust with egg, vinegar, and a touch of brown sugar. One batch yields four disks for double-crust pies. The flakiest crust comes from cold lard worked into the size of tiny peas.

A lighter cheesecake made with blended cottage cheese instead of cream cheese, finished with a tangy yogurt topping. Higher in protein, lower in fat, and easy to make sugar-free.

Fudgy brownies made with unsweetened chocolate and butter for an intensely rich, crackly-topped square. Simple pantry ingredients, optional walnuts, and a velvety batter.

This is a rich, interesting cookie, made with nuts, raisins, cinnamon, and jam rolled into a tender cream-cheese pastry.

Fresh strawberry pie with whole berries standing in glossy cooked syrup. The cornstarch glaze sets clear and ruby-red around the fruit, then whipped topping finishes the slice. Diner-style summer pie.

Victorian jewels mini fruitcakes: brandy-soaked candied fruit, raisins, and walnuts baked into tender two-bite cakes. A glossy jelly glaze gives each one its jewel-box shine. Holiday gifting star.

Simple German Vollkornbrot, a dense whole-grain bread with 7-grain cereal, whole wheat flour, and molasses. No-knead, no-yeast overnight soak method for hearty, dark, German-style bread.

Fresh blueberry pie with a clever twist: whipped cream lines the bottom and sides of the baked shell before the cooked-and-fresh berry filling pours in. Three hours of chilling sets it into a cool, lush slice.

Buttery cookie dough base with crushed Lifesavers candy and food coloring for colorful, candy-filled cookies. A fun, customizable dough for creative baking.

Bread machine naan: yogurt-enriched Indian flatbread baked in a screaming-hot oven for puffy, blistered rounds brushed with butter and topped with onion. The home-kitchen cheat for restaurant naan without a tandoor.

Homemade naan bread with yogurt, milk, and poppy seeds, cooked on a hot griddle then finished under the broiler. Soft, pillowy, and perfect with curry.

Rich chocolate sheet cake made with hot coffee and cocoa powder, topped with tangy cream cheese frosting. The coffee deepens the chocolate without adding coffee flavor.

Blueberry crumb cake baked in a loaf pan with fresh blueberries folded into a simple batter and topped with a buttery cinnamon-sugar streusel. A homestyle cake that's easy to slice and share.

Chocolate cheesecake on a buttery sweet pastry crust with melted semisweet chocolate and sour cream in the filling. Finished with a chocolate-butter lattice drizzle on top.