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
119 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
119
3 hours
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Simple Blueberry Muffins
Nancy Harmon Jenkins
3316 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,316
About 45 minutes
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Mortadella Cookies
Claire Saffitz
493 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
493
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
325 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
325
1½ hours
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Sour Cream and Onion Drop Biscuits
Sue Li
333 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
333
45 minutes
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Frosted Carrot Cake With Ras el Hanout
Nargisse Benkabbou
45 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
45
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
4416 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,416
1 hour 20 minutes
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Chocolate Pretzel Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
307 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
307
45 minutes
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Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
796 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
796
55 minutes
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Chocolate Easter Egg Nests
Nicola Lamb
367 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
367
20 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling
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Strawberry Pudding Cake
Christian Reynoso
391 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
391
45 minutes
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Rhubarb-Almond Crumble
Melissa Clark
189 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
189
1 hour, plus 20 minutes’ cooling
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Apple Cake
Yossy Arefi
974 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
974
About 1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling
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Chez Panisse’s Blueberry Cobbler
Molly O’Neill, Lindsey Remolif Shere
9101 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,101
1 hour 15 minutes
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Vanilla Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
602 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
602
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
394 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
394
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Baked Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
746 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
746
40 minutes
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Chunky Chocolate Cookies
Genevieve Ko
563 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
563
25 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy Banana Bread
Lidey Heuck
2290 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,290
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
273 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
273
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Cardamom Crumb Muffins
Dan Pelosi
1806 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,806
45 minutes
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Applesauce Coffee Cake
Yossy Arefi
340 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
340
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Banana Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1412 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,412
40 minutes
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Butter Cake With Peaches
Samantha Seneviratne
890 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
890
1½ hours
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2775 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,775
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
2946 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,946
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
539 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
539
1 hour 25 minutes
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Jordan Marsh’s Blueberry Muffins
Marian Burros
21760 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
21,760
40 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes' cooling
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Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2308 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,308
1 hour
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Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Millie Peartree
255 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
255
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
498 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
498
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
880 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
880
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
382 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
382
40 minutes
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Mango Lime Loaf Cake
Jocelyn Delk Adams
458 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
458
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
132 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
132
1 hour 35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
213 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
213
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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