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Recipes for Procrastibaking

These baking recipes for cakes, cookies, banana bread and more are a great distraction when you should really be doing something else.

Rachel Vanni for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Samantha Seneviratne. Prop Stylist: Megan Hedgpeth.

Recipes

Dark ’n’ Stormy Cookies
Dan Pelosi
19 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
19
1 hour 55 minutes
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Vietnamese Coffee Swirl Brownies
Melissa Clark
20 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
20
About 1 ½ hours
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Peanut Brown-Butter Cookies
Sue Li
18 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
18
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Eric Kim
22 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling
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Brioche
Lisa Donovan
114 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
114
14½ hours
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Lemon Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
1431 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,431
1 hour 30 minutes
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Cheese Sambousek
Joan Nathan, Rachel Harary Gindi
149 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
149
1½ hours
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Mortadella Cookies
Claire Saffitz
61 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
61
1 hour 10 minutes, plus at least 2 ½ hours’ freezing and cooling
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Coconut Cake Snowballs
Samantha Seneviratne
17 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
17
1 hour, plus 2 hours’ freezing and cooling
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
256 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
256
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Vanilla Cupcakes
Yossy Arefi
290 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
290
45 minutes
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Easy
Popcorn Bucket Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
56 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
56
About 1 hour, plus chilling and cooling
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Salted Butterscotch Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
455 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
455
7 hours 15 minutes
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Toffee
Vaughn Vreeland
173 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
173
30 minutes
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Cherry Karpatka
Nicola Lamb
227 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
227
2 hours, plus 2 hours chilling
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Pecan Caramel Tart
David Tanis
30 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
30
2 hours 30 minutes, plus cooling time
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Skillet Sprinkle Sugar Cookie
Jessie Sheehan
19 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
19
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Rum Cake
Millie Peartree
103 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
103
1¾ hours
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Chocolate Pretzel Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
251 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
251
45 minutes
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Easy
Lemon Cake With Strawberries and Cream
David Tanis
82 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
82
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling time
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Sour Cream and Onion Drop Biscuits
Sue Li
156 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
156
45 minutes
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Easy
Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Millie Peartree
215 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
215
2 ¾ hours
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Berry Jam Buns
Yossy Arefi
204 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
204
About 1½ hours, plus about 3 hours’ rising
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Malva Pudding
Genevieve Ko, Eric Adjepong
153 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
153
1 hour
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Easy
Molten Chocolate Muffins
Genevieve Ko
676 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
676
1 hour, plus cooling
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Brown Butter Peach Cake
Millie Peartree
180 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
180
1 hour 50 minutes, plus cooling
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Citrusy Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
92 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
92
55 minutes
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Easy
Cast Iron Orange Cake
Lisa Donovan
599 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
599
2 hours
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Easy
Chocolate Layer Cake
Claire Saffitz
1053 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,053
2¼ hours
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Lemon Cupcakes
Samantha Seneviratne
241 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
241
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1408 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,408
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Brown-Butter Maple Muffins
Yossy Arefi
332 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
332
50 minutes
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Easy
Pink Grapefruit Bars
Jesse Szewczyk
349 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
349
About 8 hours 10 minutes
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Peach Cobbler
Millie Peartree
848 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
848
1 hour
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Cherry Almond Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
401 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
401
1 hour 45 minutes
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Semlor (Cardamom Cream Buns)
Matt Haines, Ingrid Schatz
363 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
363
1 hour, plus rising
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Croissants
Claire Saffitz
2939 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,939
24 hours, largely unattended
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Overnight Pumpkin Spice French Toast
Yossy Arefi
458 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
458
40 minutes, plus overnight chilling
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Paris-Brest
Claire Saffitz
583 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
583
3 hours, plus cooling and chilling
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Sweet Potato Buttermilk Pull-Apart Rolls
Korsha Wilson, Tanya Holland
299 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
299
45 minutes, plus proofing and cooling
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Banana Nut Breakfast Bars
Sohla El-Waylly
2243 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,243
1 hour
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Easy
Sweet Potato Cornbread
Jocelyn Delk Adams
37 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
37
About 1 hour
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Texas Sheet Cake
Genevieve Ko
1246 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,246
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Frosted Sugar Cookies
Eric Kim
2865 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,865
55 minutes
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Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
12002 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12,002
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy No-Yeast Cinnamon Rolls
Margaux Laskey, Allysa Torey
4126 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,126
45 minutes
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Easy
Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4394 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,394
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Margarita Bars
Vaughn Vreeland
2077 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,077
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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