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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

Vanilla Cupcakes
Yossy Arefi
419 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
419
45 minutes
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Pimento Cheese Pie
Lisa Donovan
222 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
222
3 hours 10 minutes
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Energy Bars
Genevieve Ko
1553 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,553
1½ hours
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Pumpkin Empanadas
Christina Morales, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack
54 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
54
About 2¼ hours
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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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Salted Margarita Bars
Vaughn Vreeland
2215 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,215
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1707 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,707
15 minutes
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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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Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
Ligaya Mishan, Maria Kitsopoulos
485 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
485
2 hours 30 minutes
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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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Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1849 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,849
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Pumpkin Swirl Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1106 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,106
1 hour
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Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake
Jesse Szewczyk
4419 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,419
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Pan-Baked Lemon-Almond Tart
Mark Bittman
5272 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,272
20 minutes
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Giant Almond Croissant
Sohla El-Waylly
3030 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,030
1½ hours
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Apricot Snack Cake
Kay Chun
242 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
242
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies
The New York Times
14263 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,263
About 45 minutes
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Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
9529 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,529
1½ hours
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Made-in-the-Pan Chocolate Cake
Margaux Laskey, Mollie Katzen
3284 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,284
45 minutes
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No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
22637 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22,637
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1848 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,848
40 minutes
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Banana Everything Cookies
Alex Witchel, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
5404 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,404
12 minutes
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Preheated Oven Popovers
Amanda Hesser, Maida Heatter
890 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
890
1 hour 15 minutes
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Saltine Cracker Brickle
The New York Times, Kelly Mahoney
871 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
871
20 minutes
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Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
1613 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,613
1 hour, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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Sugared Shortbread
Melissa Clark, Amy Casey
2846 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,846
1 hour
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4669 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,669
1 hour 15 minutes
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Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
8625 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,625
About 45 minutes plus about 3 hours' resting and rising
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Rhubarb Quick Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
2461 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,461
1½ hours
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2093 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,093
1 hour, plus cooling
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Nutella Banana Bread
Yossy Arefi
3923 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,923
1 hour 20 minutes
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One-Bowl Carrot Cake
Genevieve Ko
3497 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,497
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3851 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,851
1½ hours
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Shortbread Jammers
The New York Times, “The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion”
1831 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,831
45 minutes
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Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
13088 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
13,088
1 hour 15 minutes
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Olive Oil Zucchini Bread
Melissa Clark
6106 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,106
1½ hours
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Classic Zucchini Bread
Alison Roman
3304 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,304
1 hour 15 minutes
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Pumpkin Bread With Brown Butter and Bourbon
Melissa Clark
4670 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,670
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Cinnamon Apple Quick Bread With Apple Cider Glaze
Samantha Seneviratne
2382 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,382
1 hour 10 minutes
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Pantry Crumb Cake
Melissa Clark
2020 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,020
1 hour
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Lemon Raspberry Cornmeal Cake
Yossy Arefi
676 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
676
1 hour, plus cooling
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