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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
1353 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,353
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Vietnamese Coffee Swirl Brownies
Melissa Clark
1035 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,035
About 1 ½ hours
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Peanut Brown-Butter Cookies
Sue Li
355 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
355
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread
Melissa Clark
223 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
223
1 hour 15 minutes
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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Eric Kim
1154 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,154
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling
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Shio Pan (Salt Bread)
Nicola Lamb
13 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
13
6 hours
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Highlander Shortbreads
Melissa Clark
203 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
203
1 hour 40 minutes
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Banana Cake With Caramel Glaze
Kayla Hoang
63 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
63
1 hour 10 minutes
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Chocolate Crunch Cake
Kayla Hoang
144 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
144
1 hour 55 minutes
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Brioche
Lisa Donovan
135 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
135
14½ hours
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Lemon Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
1544 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,544
1 hour 30 minutes
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Earl Grey Cardamom Crumb Cake
Sheela Prakash
377 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
377
1 hour 20 minutes
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Cheese Sambousek
Joan Nathan, Rachel Harary Gindi
151 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
151
1½ hours
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Mortadella Cookies
Claire Saffitz
489 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
489
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Coconut Cake Snowballs
Samantha Seneviratne
396 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
396
1 hour, plus 2 hours’ freezing and cooling
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
272 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
272
1 hour 35 minutes
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Vanilla Cupcakes
Yossy Arefi
419 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
419
45 minutes
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Popcorn Bucket Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
193 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
193
About 1 hour, plus chilling and cooling
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Salted Butterscotch Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
957 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
957
7 hours 15 minutes
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Toffee
Vaughn Vreeland
348 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
348
30 minutes
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Cherry Karpatka
Nicola Lamb
583 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
583
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Pecan Caramel Tart
David Tanis
35 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
35
2 hours 30 minutes, plus cooling time
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Skillet Sprinkle Sugar Cookie
Jessie Sheehan
41 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
41
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Rum Cake
Millie Peartree
232 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
232
1¾ hours
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Chocolate Pretzel Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
304 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
304
45 minutes
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Lemon Cake With Strawberries and Cream
David Tanis
98 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
98
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling time
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Sour Cream and Onion Drop Biscuits
Sue Li
317 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
317
or to save this recipe.
Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Millie Peartree
254 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
254
2 ¾ hours
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Berry Jam Buns
Yossy Arefi
255 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
255
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Malva Pudding
Genevieve Ko, Eric Adjepong
159 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
159
1 hour
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Molten Chocolate Muffins
Genevieve Ko
919 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
919
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Brown Butter Peach Cake
Millie Peartree
182 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
182
1 hour 50 minutes, plus cooling
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Citrusy Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
109 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
109
55 minutes
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Cast Iron Orange Cake
Lisa Donovan
615 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
615
2 hours
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Chocolate Layer Cake
Claire Saffitz
1214 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,214
2¼ hours
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Lemon Cupcakes
Samantha Seneviratne
268 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
268
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1704 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,704
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Brown-Butter Maple Muffins
Yossy Arefi
366 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
366
50 minutes
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Pink Grapefruit Bars
Jesse Szewczyk
369 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
369
About 8 hours 10 minutes
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Peach Cobbler
Millie Peartree
865 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
865
1 hour
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Cherry Almond Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
432 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
432
1 hour 45 minutes
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Semlor (Cardamom Cream Buns)
Matt Haines, Ingrid Schatz
408 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
408
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Croissants
Claire Saffitz
3123 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,123
24 hours, largely unattended
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Overnight Pumpkin Spice French Toast
Yossy Arefi
464 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
464
40 minutes, plus overnight chilling
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Paris-Brest
Claire Saffitz
594 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
594
3 hours, plus cooling and chilling
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Sweet Potato Buttermilk Pull-Apart Rolls
Korsha Wilson, Tanya Holland
329 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
329
45 minutes, plus proofing and cooling
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Banana Nut Breakfast Bars
Sohla El-Waylly
2433 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,433
1 hour
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Sweet Potato Cornbread
Jocelyn Delk Adams
48 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
48
About 1 hour
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