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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

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
222 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
222
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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Vanilla Cupcakes
Yossy Arefi
477 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
477
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
1589 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,589
1½ hours
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Pumpkin Empanadas
Christina Morales, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack
56 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
56
About 2¼ hours
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Brown-Butter Maple Muffins
Yossy Arefi
376 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
376
50 minutes
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Salted Margarita Bars
Vaughn Vreeland
2296 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,296
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1729 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,729
15 minutes
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Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1750 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,750
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
Ligaya Mishan, Maria Kitsopoulos
490 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
490
2 hours 30 minutes
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Banana Nut Breakfast Bars
Sohla El-Waylly
2479 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,479
1 hour
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Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1854 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,854
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Pumpkin Swirl Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1112 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,112
1 hour
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Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake
Jesse Szewczyk
4948 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,948
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Pan-Baked Lemon-Almond Tart
Mark Bittman
5277 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,277
20 minutes
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Giant Almond Croissant
Sohla El-Waylly
3042 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,042
1½ hours
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Apricot Snack Cake
Kay Chun
265 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
265
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies
The New York Times
14598 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,598
About 45 minutes
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Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
9912 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,912
1½ hours
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Made-in-the-Pan Chocolate Cake
Margaux Laskey, Mollie Katzen
3328 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,328
45 minutes
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No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
22946 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22,946
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1860 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,860
40 minutes
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Banana Everything Cookies
Alex Witchel, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
5529 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,529
12 minutes
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Preheated Oven Popovers
Amanda Hesser, Maida Heatter
895 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
895
1 hour 15 minutes
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Saltine Cracker Brickle
The New York Times, Kelly Mahoney
879 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
879
20 minutes
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Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
1775 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,775
1 hour, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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Sugared Shortbread
Melissa Clark, Amy Casey
2879 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,879
1 hour
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4732 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,732
1 hour 15 minutes
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Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
8676 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,676
About 45 minutes plus about 3 hours' resting and rising
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Rhubarb Quick Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
2557 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,557
1½ hours
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2116 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,116
1 hour, plus cooling
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Nutella Banana Bread
Yossy Arefi
3984 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,984
1 hour 20 minutes
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One-Bowl Carrot Cake
Genevieve Ko
3511 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,511
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3875 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,875
1½ hours
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Shortbread Jammers
The New York Times, “The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion”
1859 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,859
45 minutes
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Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
13491 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
13,491
1 hour 15 minutes
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Olive Oil Zucchini Bread
Melissa Clark
7056 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,056
1½ hours
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Classic Zucchini Bread
Alison Roman
3500 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,500
1 hour 15 minutes
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Pumpkin Bread With Brown Butter and Bourbon
Melissa Clark
4697 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,697
1 hour 15 minutes
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Cinnamon Apple Quick Bread With Apple Cider Glaze
Samantha Seneviratne
2392 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,392
1 hour 10 minutes
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Pantry Crumb Cake
Melissa Clark
2024 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,024
1 hour
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Lemon Raspberry Cornmeal Cake
Yossy Arefi
697 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
697
1 hour, plus cooling
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