Editors’ Collection

Easy Baking Recipes

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

Mark Weinberg for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi.

Recipes

Chocolate Pound Cake With Strawberry Whipped Cream
Yossy Arefi
116 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
116
3 hours
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Simple Blueberry Muffins
Nancy Harmon Jenkins
3312 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,312
About 45 minutes
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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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Apple-Blueberry Crisp With Panko-Pistachio Topping
Andy Baraghani
320 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
320
1½ hours
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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
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Frosted Carrot Cake With Ras el Hanout
Nargisse Benkabbou
44 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
44
1 hour 40 minutes
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Dump Cake
Naz Deravian
269 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
269
60 minutes
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Best Peach Cobbler
Alex Ward
4372 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,372
1 hour 20 minutes
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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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Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
786 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
786
55 minutes
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Chocolate Easter Egg Nests
Nicola Lamb
364 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
364
20 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling
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Strawberry Pudding Cake
Christian Reynoso
382 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
382
45 minutes
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Rhubarb-Almond Crumble
Melissa Clark
185 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
185
1 hour, plus 20 minutes’ cooling
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Apple Cake
Yossy Arefi
967 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
967
About 1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling
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Chez Panisse’s Blueberry Cobbler
Molly O’Neill, Lindsey Remolif Shere
8932 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,932
1 hour 15 minutes
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Vanilla Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
580 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
580
2 hours
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Quesitos (Sweet Cream Cheese Pastries)
Von Diaz
19 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
19
1¼ hours
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Spice Muffins
Ashley Lonsdale
98 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
98
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Birthday Cake Blondies
Genevieve Ko
382 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
382
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Baked Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
732 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
732
40 minutes
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Chunky Chocolate Cookies
Genevieve Ko
555 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
555
25 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy Banana Bread
Lidey Heuck
2228 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,228
1 hour 25 minutes
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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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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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Pumpkin Cardamom Crumb Muffins
Dan Pelosi
1793 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,793
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Applesauce Coffee Cake
Yossy Arefi
337 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
337
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Banana Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1362 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,362
40 minutes
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Butter Cake With Peaches
Samantha Seneviratne
872 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
872
1½ hours
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2748 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,748
45 minutes
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Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Lidey Heuck
385 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
385
15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Apple Galette
Samantha Seneviratne
589 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
589
2 hours, plus cooling
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Basque Cheesecake
Tanya Sichynsky, Marti Buckley
2902 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,902
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Pumpkin Pie Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
650 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
650
50 minutes plus 5 hours’ cooling and chilling
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Easy Apple Buckle
Vallery Lomas
488 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
488
About 1½ hours, plus cooling
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Peanut Butter-Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips
Samantha Seneviratne
530 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
530
1 hour 25 minutes
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Jordan Marsh’s Blueberry Muffins
Marian Burros
21525 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
21,525
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Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2298 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,298
1 hour
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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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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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Vegan Banana Bread
Genevieve Ko
494 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
494
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
867 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
867
2 hours, mainly cooling
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Potato Pete’s Potato Scones
Ligaya Mishan, Eleanor Barnett
34 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
34
45 minutes
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Coconut Almond Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
380 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
380
40 minutes
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Mango Lime Loaf Cake
Jocelyn Delk Adams
448 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
448
1 hour 25 minutes, plus 45 minutes’ cooling and setting
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Amlou Blondies
Nargisse Benkabbou
54 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
54
About 1 hour
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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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Island Vibes Zucchini Bread
Jocelyn Delk Adams
131 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
131
1 hour 35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
207 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
207
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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