Baking Recipes

Easy Baking Recipes

Lemon Squares

Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery

1 hour

Easy

Chunky Chocolate Cookies

Genevieve Ko

25 minutes, plus cooling

Easy

Fruit Crumble

Genevieve Ko

1 1/4 hours, plus cooling

Easy

Vegan Banana Bread

Genevieve Ko

1 1/4 hours, plus cooling

Easy

One-Bowl Chocolate Cake

Genevieve Ko

2 hours, mainly cooling

Easy

Citrusy Shortbread

Yossy Arefi

55 minutes

Easy

Birthday Cake Blondies

Genevieve Ko

35 minutes, plus cooling

Easy

One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake

Yossy Arefi

1 hour 35 minutes

Easy

Vanilla Cupcakes

Yossy Arefi

45 minutes

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Sheet Cake Recipes

Buttermilk Tres Leches Cake

Lisa Donovan

6 hours (includes 1 hour soaking and 4 hours’ refrigeration)

Yellow Sheet Cake With Chocolate Frosting

Erin Jeanne McDowell

45 minutes

Strawberry Poke Cake

Priya Krishna, April Anderson

1 hour 45 minutes, plus chilling

Texas Sheet Cake

Genevieve Ko

45 minutes, plus cooling

Easy

Berries and Cream Sheet Cake

Yossy Arefi

1 1/2 hours, plus cooling

Thai Tea Tres Leches Cake

Ligaya Mishan, Sam Yoo

5 1/4 hours

7Up Sheet Cake

Millie Peartree

1 1/4 hours

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Eric Kim

1 1/2 hours

Chocolate Whiskey Cake With Coffee Caramel

Natasha Pickowicz

2 hours 35 minutes

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Baking Recipes

World’s Best Chocolate Cake

Yotam Ottolenghi, Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh

1 1/2 hours, plus cooling

Sopa Paraguaya (Cheesy Cornbread)

Christina Morales, Nancy Ojeda

About 1 1/2 hours

Strawberry Layer Cake

Lisa Donovan

2 hours 40 minutes

Kentucky Butter Cake

Margaux Laskey, Nell Lewis

1 hour 15 minutes

Vanilla Citrus Soufflés

Lisa Donovan

1 1/2 hours

Rum-Raisin Carrot Cake

Vaughn Vreeland

2 1/4 hours

Butter Mochi

Genevieve Ko

2 hours, plus cooling

Easy

Citrusy Shortbread

Yossy Arefi

55 minutes

Pumpkin Empanadas

Christina Morales, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack

About 2 1/4 hours

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Lovely Layer Cakes

Chocolate Layer Cake

Claire Saffitz

2 1/4 hours

Strawberry and Cream Layer Cake

Claire Saffitz

2 hours

Strawberry Layer Cake

Lisa Donovan

2 hours 40 minutes

Hummingbird Cake

Vallery Lomas

1 hour

Easy Chocolate Cake

Yossy Arefi

About 2 hours

Rainbow Sprinkle Cake

Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson

1 1/2 hours, plus cooling

Devil’s Food Cake With Black Pepper Buttercream

Melissa Clark

2 1/2 hours

Rum-Raisin Carrot Cake

Vaughn Vreeland

2 1/4 hours

Baked Alaska

Lidey Heuck

About 7 hours 20 minutes

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Biscuit, Muffin and Scone Recipes

Jordan Marsh’s Blueberry Muffins

Marian Burros

40 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes' cooling

Easy

Brown-Butter Maple Muffins

Yossy Arefi

50 minutes

Pumpkin-Ginger Oat Scones

Genevieve Ko

45 minutes, plus cooling

Flaky Folded Biscuits

J. Kenji López-Alt

45 minutes, plus freezing

Buttermilk Sugar Biscuits

Eric Kim, Briana Holt

1 hour

Gruyère and Black Pepper Scones

Yossy Arefi

45 minutes

Upside-Down Caramel-Apple Muffins

Melissa Clark

55 minutes

Triple-Ginger Muffins

Lidey Heuck

35 minutes, plus cooling

Sweet Potato Biscuits

Yewande Komolafe

2 hours 10 minutes

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Cupcake Recipes

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Millie Peartree

45 minutes

Easy

Vanilla Cupcakes

Yossy Arefi

45 minutes

Chocolate Cupcakes

Suzanne Lenzer, Maida Heatter

About 1 hour

Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Jesse Szewczyk

1 1/2 hours

Easy

Chocolate Pumpkin Swirl Muffins

Samantha Seneviratne

1 hour

Vegan Devil’s Food Cupcakes

Julia Moskin, Isa Chandra Moskowitz

1 hour 45 minutes

Strawberry Baby Cakes

Dorie Greenspan

45 minutes, plus cooling

Magnolia Bakery’s Cupcakes

Susan Campos

About 45 minutes

Cream Soda and Raspberry Cupcakes

Yotam Ottolenghi

1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling

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Recipes for Procrastibaking

Lemon Bundt Cake

Yossy Arefi

1 hour 30 minutes

Cheese Sambousek

Joan Nathan, Rachel Harary Gindi

1 1/2 hours

Easy

One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake

Yossy Arefi

1 hour 35 minutes

Easy

Vanilla Cupcakes

Yossy Arefi

45 minutes

Berry Jam Buns

Yossy Arefi

About 1 1/2 hours, plus about 3 hours’ rising

Easy

Citrusy Shortbread

Yossy Arefi

55 minutes

Easy

Cast Iron Orange Cake

Lisa Donovan

2 hours

Chocolate Layer Cake

Claire Saffitz

2 1/4 hours

Easy

Lemon Cupcakes

Samantha Seneviratne

40 minutes, plus cooling

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Cheesecake Recipes

Tall and Creamy Cheesecake

Emily Weinstein, Dorie Greenspan

3 hours 30 minutes, plus at least 4 hours' refrigeration

Basque Cheesecake Bars

Jesse Szewczyk

About 3 hours

Lemon Yogurt Cheesecake

Yossy Arefi

About 6¼ hours

No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake

Yossy Arefi

35 minutes, plus at least 4 hours' chilling

Easy

Basque Cheesecake

Tanya Sichynsky, Marti Buckley

1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Vallery Lomas

2 1/2 hours, plus cooling and chilling

Citrusy Cheesecake

Alison Roman

45 minutes, plus cooling and chilling

Japanese Cheesecake

Melissa Clark, Joanne Chang

1 1/2 hours, plus cooling and chilling

Chocolate Cheesecake With Graham Cracker Crunch

Julia Moskin, the Saltry

2 hours

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Our Best Bread Recipes

Easy Banana Bread

Lidey Heuck

1 hour 25 minutes

Classic

No-Knead Bread

Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey

1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time

Banana Bread

Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com

1 hour 15 minutes

Updated No-Knead Bread

J. Kenji López-Alt

1 hour, plus 14 to 20 hours’ resting

Meera Sodha’s Naan

Sam Sifton, Meera Sodha

90 minutes

Garlic Bread

Ali Slagle

30 minutes

Crumpets

Lidey Heuck

About 1½ hours

Maple Milk Bread

Eric Kim

1 hour 5 minutes, plus rising

Bao Buns

Vivian Chan-Tam

2 hours 25 minutes

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Our Best Chocolate Cakes

Easy

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Genevieve Ko

1 hour 15 minutes

Chocolate Layer Cake

Claire Saffitz

2 1/4 hours

World’s Best Chocolate Cake

Yotam Ottolenghi, Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh

1 1/2 hours, plus cooling

Made-in-the-Pan Chocolate Cake

Margaux Laskey, Mollie Katzen

45 minutes

Chocolate-Chocolate Birthday Cake

Dorie Greenspan

Baking and cooling: About 3 hours

Chocolate Olive Oil Cake

Melissa Clark

50 minutes, plus cooling

Chocolate-Cherry Cake

Eric Kim

1 hour, plus cooling

Easy

Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake

Jesse Szewczyk

1 1/2 hours, plus cooling

Chocolate Whiskey Cake With Coffee Caramel

Natasha Pickowicz

2 hours 35 minutes

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Cookie Recipes

Frosted Sugar Cookies

Eric Kim

55 minutes

Chocolate Chip Cookies

David Leite, Jacques Torres

45 minutes, plus chilling

Black Sesame Shortbread

Genevieve Ko

45 minutes, plus chilling and cooling

Easy

Pistachio-Almond Cookies

David Tanis

45 minutes, plus cooling time

Easy

M&M Cookies

Eric Kim

30 minutes

Sugar Cookies

Naz Deravian

35 minutes, plus at least 1 hour chilling

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Millie Peartree

1 hour 50 minutes

Perfect Black and White Cookies

Melissa Clark

1 hour, plus cooling

Triple-Sesame Tea Cakes

David Tanis

30 minutes

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Our Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

Chocolate Chip Cookies

David Leite, Jacques Torres

45 minutes, plus chilling

Easy

Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies

Yossy Arefi

30 minutes, plus cooling

Easy

Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie

Samantha Seneviratne

45 minutes

Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies

Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit

2 hours

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Millie Peartree

1 hour 50 minutes

Chocolate-Chip Oatmeal Cookies With Ras el Hanout

Nargisse Benkabbou

30 minutes

Salted Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Julia Moskin, Danielle Oron

45 minutes, plus 12 hours' refrigeration

Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

The New York Times

About 30 minutes

Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies

Alison Roman

45 minutes, plus chilling

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Our Best Brownie Recipes

Easy

Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies

The New York Times

About 45 minutes

Brownies

Lidey Heuck

45 minutes

Grasshopper Brownies

Yossy Arefi

About 1 hour plus chilling

Brownies With Coffee and Cardamom

Nargisse Benkabbou

1 hour

Fudgy Nutella Brownies

Yossy Arefi

45 minutes

Salted Caramel Brownies

Julia Moskin, Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

1 1/4 hours

Easy

Easy Brownies

Mark Bittman

40 minutes

New Classic Brownies

Julia Moskin, “Alice Medrich’s Cookies, Brownies”

40 minutes

Olive Oil and Coconut Brownies

Melissa Clark

45 minutes

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Potluck Desserts You Can Make in Your Favorite 9-by-13 Pan

Scotcheroos

Samantha Seneviratne

20 minutes, plus cooling

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake

Ali Slagle

30 minutes, plus at least 2 hours’ freezing

Buttermilk Tres Leches Cake

Lisa Donovan

6 hours (includes 1 hour soaking and 4 hours’ refrigeration)

Chocolate Birthday Cake Butter Mochi

Sara Bonisteel, Sheldon Simeon

1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling

Easy

Dump Cake

Naz Deravian

60 minutes

Basque Cheesecake Bars

Jesse Szewczyk

About 3 hours

Easy

Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels

Genevieve Ko

15 minutes, plus cooling

Four-Layer Surprise

Lisa Donovan

6 hours 20 minutes

No-Bake Cheesecake Bars

Samantha Seneviratne

20 minutes, plus chilling

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Stunning Summer Fruit Desserts

Blueberry Pie Bars

Samantha Seneviratne

About 1 hour 10 minutes, plus chilling

Easy

Peach Crisp

Yossy Arefi

About 2 hours

Simplest Strawberry Tart

Emily Weinstein, Yossy Arefi

1 hour, plus 2 hours’ chilling

Blackberry Corn Cobbler

Jerrelle Guy

1 hour

Easy

Berries and Cream Sheet Cake

Yossy Arefi

1 1/2 hours, plus cooling

Strawberry Lemonade Cake

Yossy Arefi

90 minutes, plus 50 minutes cooling and chilling

Peach and Chile Galette With Pistachio Frangipane

Yotam Ottolenghi

2 ¾ hours

Easy

Berries and Cream

Yossy Arefi

15 minutes, plus 30 minutes macerating

Angel Food Cake

Naz Deravian

About 2 hours

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Our Best Pie Recipes

Mississippi Mud Pie

Samantha Seneviratne

90 minutes, plus chilling

Pumpkin Meringue Pie

Genevieve Ko

2 hours 5 minutes, plus cooling

Chocolate Chess Pie

Vaughn Vreeland

3 hours

Cranberry Cheesecake Tart

Claire Saffitz

2 hours 20 minutes, plus at least 4 1/2 hours’ setting

Pumpkin Pie With Pepitas

Claire Saffitz

2 hours 30 minutes

Caramelized Apple Pie

Claire Saffitz

4 hours 30 minutes

Lemon Cream Pie With Honey and Ginger

Claire Saffitz

1 hour 40 minutes, plus at least 4 hours’ setting

Apple Pie

Sam Sifton, Kierin Baldwin

1 hour 30 minutes

Peach Cobbler

Millie Peartree

1 hour

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Vegan Dessert Recipes

Easy

Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies

Yossy Arefi

30 minutes, plus cooling

Vegan Brownies With Tahini and Halvah

Charlotte Druckman, Amy Chaplin

1 hour 15 minutes, plus chilling

Vegan Peach Crumble

Ali Slagle

1 1/4 hours

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Erin Jeanne McDowell

45 minutes

Easy Vegan Peanut Butter-Maple Ice Cream

Melissa Clark

20 minutes, plus 4 hours’ freezing

Dòuhuā (Silken Tofu With Ginger Syrup)

Andrea Nguyen

50 minutes

Pecan Pie Truffles

Tara Parker-Pope, “VegNews Holiday Cookie Collection”

About 30 minutes, plus 2 hours' freezing

Vegan Roasted Banana Ice Cream

Melissa Clark, Laura O’Neill, Ben Van Leeuwen, Pete Van Leeuwen, Olga Massov

1 1/2 hours, plus chilling

Vegan Pumpkin Pie

Isa Chandra Moskowitz

About 1 1/4 hours, plus chilling

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Soufflé Recipes

Gruyère and Chive Soufflé

Melissa Clark

50 minutes

Vanilla Citrus Soufflés

Lisa Donovan

1 1/2 hours

Chocolate Soufflé Cake

Yossy Arefi

1 hour, plus cooling

Strawberry Soufflé

Melissa Clark

65 minutes

Lemon Soufflé

Mark Bittman

About 45 minutes

Healthy

Pear and Apple Soufflé

Martha Rose Shulman

1 hour 45 minutes

Classic

Grand Marnier Soufflé

Bryan Miller, Pierre Franey

20 minutes

Leek or Spinach Soufflé Pudding

Tamar Adler

1 hour and 30 minutes

Zucchini Soufflé

Mark Bittman

1 hour

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