Editors’ Collection

Easy Baking Recipes

From simple cookies to delicious cakes, these are our best easy baking recipes.

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

Recipes

Vietnamese Coffee Swirl Brownies
Melissa Clark
18 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
18
About 1 ½ hours
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Coconut Cake Snowballs
Samantha Seneviratne
16 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
16
1 hour, plus 2 hours’ freezing and cooling
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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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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Eric Kim
21 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
21
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling
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M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2444 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,444
30 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Brown-Butter Cookies
Sue Li
16 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
16
45 minutes, plus cooling
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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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Dark ’n’ Stormy Cookies
Dan Pelosi
17 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
17
1 hour 55 minutes
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Mortadella Cookies
Claire Saffitz
56 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
56
1 hour 10 minutes, plus at least 2 ½ hours’ freezing and cooling
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Brownies
Lidey Heuck
3425 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,425
45 minutes
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Carrot Loaf Cake With Tangy Lemon Glaze
Yossy Arefi
4951 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,951
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Marble Loaf
Kayla Hoang
329 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
329
1 hour 30 minutes
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Vegan Banana Olive Oil Muffins
Carolina Gelen
93 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
93
40 minutes
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Szarlotka (Jewish Apple Pie)
Laurel Kratochvila
32 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
32
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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Brown Butter Pumpkin Cookies
Kayla Hoang
292 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
292
55 minutes
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Carrot-Orange Olive Oil Cake
Kiano Moju
580 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
580
50 minutes, plus 1 hour cooling
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Easy
Mango Basque Cheesecake
Nicola Lamb
56 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
56
11 hours 5 minutes
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Pan de Elote (Mexican Corn Cake)
Paola Briseño-González
98 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
98
1 ½ hours, plus 1 hours’ cooling time
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Apple Crumb Cake
Yossy Arefi
323 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
323
About 1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Snickerdoodle Muffins
Sheela Prakash
147 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
147
35 minutes
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Easy
Cranberry Pecan Cookie Bars
Yossy Arefi
83 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
83
About 35 minutes, plus cooling
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Browned-Butter Rhubarb Crisp
Yossy Arefi
456 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
456
1 hour 20 minutes
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Lemon Pudding Cake
Julia Moskin, Ian Knauer
4455 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,455
1 hour
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Apple Butter Breakfast Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
262 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
262
1 hour
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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
Mango Shortcakes With Lime-Coconut Cream
Yewande Komolafe
39 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
39
1 hour 10 minutes, plus chilling and cooling
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Blueberry-Lemon Almond Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
125 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
125
55 minutes, plus cooling
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Whole Wheat Maple Zucchini Bread
Ifrah F. Ahmed
159 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
159
45 minutes
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Easy
Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
9790 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,790
45 minutes
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S’mores Brownies
Eric Kim
335 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
335
35 minutes
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Easy
Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2679 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,679
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
One-Bowl Lemon and Olive Oil Cake
Brian Levy
1854 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,854
2 hours, including cooling
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Easy
Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
1290 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,290
35 minutes
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Easy
Old-Fashioned Strawberry Cake
Alison Roman
2207 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,207
45 minutes
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Chocolate Pound Cake With Strawberry Whipped Cream
Yossy Arefi
105 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
105
3 hours
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Simple Blueberry Muffins
Nancy Harmon Jenkins
3242 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,242
About 45 minutes
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Apple-Blueberry Crisp With Panko-Pistachio Topping
Andy Baraghani
286 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
286
1½ hours
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Easy
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
Frosted Carrot Cake With Ras el Hanout
Nargisse Benkabbou
28 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
28
1 hour 40 minutes
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Easy
Dump Cake
Naz Deravian
252 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
252
60 minutes
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Easy
Best Peach Cobbler
Alex Ward
4344 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,344
1 hour 20 minutes
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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
Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
622 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
622
55 minutes
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Easy
Strawberry Sour Cream Streusel Cake
Nigella Lawson
1269 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,269
1 hour
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Chocolate Easter Egg Nests
Nicola Lamb
231 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
231
20 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling
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Easy
Fruit Crumble
Genevieve Ko
456 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
456
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Strawberry Pudding Cake
Christian Reynoso
361 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
361
45 minutes
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Easy
Rhubarb-Almond Crumble
Melissa Clark
153 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
153
1 hour, plus 20 minutes’ cooling
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