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

Vanilla Cupcakes
Yossy Arefi
444 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
444
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
1569 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,569
1½ hours
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Pumpkin Empanadas
Christina Morales, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack
55 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
55
About 2¼ hours
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Brown-Butter Maple Muffins
Yossy Arefi
371 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
371
50 minutes
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Salted Margarita Bars
Vaughn Vreeland
2259 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,259
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1719 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,719
15 minutes
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Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1730 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,730
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
Ligaya Mishan, Maria Kitsopoulos
489 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
489
2 hours 30 minutes
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Banana Nut Breakfast Bars
Sohla El-Waylly
2454 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,454
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
4562 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,562
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Pan-Baked Lemon-Almond Tart
Mark Bittman
5273 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,273
20 minutes
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Giant Almond Croissant
Sohla El-Waylly
3033 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,033
1½ hours
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Apricot Snack Cake
Kay Chun
263 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
263
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies
The New York Times
14425 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,425
About 45 minutes
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Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
9684 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,684
1½ hours
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Made-in-the-Pan Chocolate Cake
Margaux Laskey, Mollie Katzen
3290 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,290
45 minutes
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No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
22733 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22,733
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1851 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,851
40 minutes
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Banana Everything Cookies
Alex Witchel, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
5468 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,468
12 minutes
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Preheated Oven Popovers
Amanda Hesser, Maida Heatter
892 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
892
1 hour 15 minutes
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Saltine Cracker Brickle
The New York Times, Kelly Mahoney
875 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
875
20 minutes
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Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
1697 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,697
1 hour, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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Sugared Shortbread
Melissa Clark, Amy Casey
2867 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,867
1 hour
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4701 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,701
1 hour 15 minutes
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Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
8650 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,650
About 45 minutes plus about 3 hours' resting and rising
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Rhubarb Quick Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
2535 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,535
1½ hours
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2103 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,103
1 hour, plus cooling
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Nutella Banana Bread
Yossy Arefi
3956 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,956
1 hour 20 minutes
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One-Bowl Carrot Cake
Genevieve Ko
3507 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,507
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3855 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,855
1½ hours
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Shortbread Jammers
The New York Times, “The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion”
1842 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,842
45 minutes
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Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
13282 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
13,282
1 hour 15 minutes
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Olive Oil Zucchini Bread
Melissa Clark
6598 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,598
1½ hours
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Classic Zucchini Bread
Alison Roman
3370 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,370
1 hour 15 minutes
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Pumpkin Bread With Brown Butter and Bourbon
Melissa Clark
4675 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,675
1 hour 15 minutes
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Cinnamon Apple Quick Bread With Apple Cider Glaze
Samantha Seneviratne
2385 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,385
1 hour 10 minutes
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Pantry Crumb Cake
Melissa Clark
2021 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,021
1 hour
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Lemon Raspberry Cornmeal Cake
Yossy Arefi
683 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
683
1 hour, plus cooling
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