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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

Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
2265 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,265
35 minutes
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Chocolate Pound Cake With Strawberry Whipped Cream
Yossy Arefi
122 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
122
3 hours
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Simple Blueberry Muffins
Nancy Harmon Jenkins
3333 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,333
About 45 minutes
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Mortadella Cookies
Claire Saffitz
508 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
508
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
328 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
328
1½ hours
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Sour Cream and Onion Drop Biscuits
Sue Li
348 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
348
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
4535 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,535
1 hour 20 minutes
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Chocolate Pretzel Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
316 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
316
45 minutes
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Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
824 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
824
55 minutes
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Chocolate Easter Egg Nests
Nicola Lamb
370 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
370
20 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling
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Strawberry Pudding Cake
Christian Reynoso
397 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
397
45 minutes
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Rhubarb-Almond Crumble
Melissa Clark
192 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
192
1 hour, plus 20 minutes’ cooling
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Apple Cake
Yossy Arefi
984 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
984
About 1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling
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Chez Panisse’s Blueberry Cobbler
Molly O’Neill, Lindsey Remolif Shere
9470 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,470
1 hour 15 minutes
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Vanilla Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
629 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
629
2 hours
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Quesitos (Sweet Cream Cheese Pastries)
Von Diaz
20 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
20
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
401 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
401
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Baked Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
765 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
765
40 minutes
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Chunky Chocolate Cookies
Genevieve Ko
582 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
582
25 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy Banana Bread
Lidey Heuck
2396 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,396
1 hour 25 minutes
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Malva Pudding
Genevieve Ko, Eric Adjepong
162 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
162
1 hour
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Lemon Cupcakes
Samantha Seneviratne
275 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
275
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Cardamom Crumb Muffins
Dan Pelosi
1827 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,827
45 minutes
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Applesauce Coffee Cake
Yossy Arefi
344 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
344
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Banana Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1490 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,490
40 minutes
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Butter Cake With Peaches
Samantha Seneviratne
979 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
979
1½ hours
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2811 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,811
45 minutes
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Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Lidey Heuck
389 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
389
15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Apple Galette
Samantha Seneviratne
600 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
600
2 hours, plus cooling
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Basque Cheesecake
Tanya Sichynsky, Marti Buckley
3061 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,061
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Pie Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
651 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
651
50 minutes plus 5 hours’ cooling and chilling
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Easy Apple Buckle
Vallery Lomas
492 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
492
About 1½ hours, plus cooling
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Peanut Butter-Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips
Samantha Seneviratne
565 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
565
1 hour 25 minutes
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Jordan Marsh’s Blueberry Muffins
Marian Burros
22191 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22,191
40 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes' cooling
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Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2327 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,327
1 hour
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Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Millie Peartree
257 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
257
2 ¾ hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
276 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
276
1 hour 35 minutes
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Vegan Banana Bread
Genevieve Ko
506 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
506
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
895 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
895
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
392 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
392
40 minutes
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Mango Lime Loaf Cake
Jocelyn Delk Adams
600 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
600
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
112 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
112
55 minutes
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Island Vibes Zucchini Bread
Jocelyn Delk Adams
135 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
135
1 hour 35 minutes, plus cooling
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