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
120 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
120
3 hours
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Simple Blueberry Muffins
Nancy Harmon Jenkins
3321 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,321
About 45 minutes
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Mortadella Cookies
Claire Saffitz
497 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
497
1 hour 10 minutes, plus at least 2 ½ hours’ freezing and cooling
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Apple-Blueberry Crisp With Panko-Pistachio Topping
Andy Baraghani
327 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
327
1½ hours
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Sour Cream and Onion Drop Biscuits
Sue Li
339 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
339
45 minutes
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Frosted Carrot Cake With Ras el Hanout
Nargisse Benkabbou
47 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
47
1 hour 40 minutes
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Dump Cake
Naz Deravian
270 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
270
60 minutes
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Best Peach Cobbler
Alex Ward
4457 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,457
1 hour 20 minutes
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Chocolate Pretzel Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
309 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
309
45 minutes
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Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
804 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
804
55 minutes
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Chocolate Easter Egg Nests
Nicola Lamb
368 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
368
20 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling
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Strawberry Pudding Cake
Christian Reynoso
394 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
394
45 minutes
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Rhubarb-Almond Crumble
Melissa Clark
190 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
190
1 hour, plus 20 minutes’ cooling
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Apple Cake
Yossy Arefi
976 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
976
About 1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling
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Chez Panisse’s Blueberry Cobbler
Molly O’Neill, Lindsey Remolif Shere
9241 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,241
1 hour 15 minutes
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Vanilla Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
616 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
616
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
100 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
100
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Birthday Cake Blondies
Genevieve Ko
396 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
396
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Baked Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
755 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
755
40 minutes
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Chunky Chocolate Cookies
Genevieve Ko
572 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
572
25 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy Banana Bread
Lidey Heuck
2330 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,330
1 hour 25 minutes
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Malva Pudding
Genevieve Ko, Eric Adjepong
161 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
161
1 hour
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Lemon Cupcakes
Samantha Seneviratne
274 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
274
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Cardamom Crumb Muffins
Dan Pelosi
1815 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,815
45 minutes
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Applesauce Coffee Cake
Yossy Arefi
343 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
343
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Banana Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1437 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,437
40 minutes
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Butter Cake With Peaches
Samantha Seneviratne
928 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
928
1½ hours
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2780 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,780
45 minutes
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Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Lidey Heuck
386 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
386
15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Apple Galette
Samantha Seneviratne
592 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
592
2 hours, plus cooling
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Basque Cheesecake
Tanya Sichynsky, Marti Buckley
3000 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,000
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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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
489 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
489
About 1½ hours, plus cooling
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Peanut Butter-Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips
Samantha Seneviratne
545 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
545
1 hour 25 minutes
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Jordan Marsh’s Blueberry Muffins
Marian Burros
21943 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
21,943
40 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes' cooling
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Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2315 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,315
1 hour
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Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Millie Peartree
256 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
256
2 ¾ hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
273 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
273
1 hour 35 minutes
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Vegan Banana Bread
Genevieve Ko
503 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
503
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
888 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
888
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
386 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
386
40 minutes
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Mango Lime Loaf Cake
Jocelyn Delk Adams
550 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
550
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
110 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
110
55 minutes
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Island Vibes Zucchini Bread
Jocelyn Delk Adams
134 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
134
1 hour 35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
216 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
216
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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