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
438 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
438
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
1560 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,560
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
368 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
368
50 minutes
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Salted Margarita Bars
Vaughn Vreeland
2246 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,246
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1716 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,716
15 minutes
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Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1719 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,719
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
2443 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,443
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
4474 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,474
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
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
261 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
261
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies
The New York Times
14376 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,376
About 45 minutes
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Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
9616 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,616
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
22698 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22,698
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
5450 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,450
12 minutes
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Preheated Oven Popovers
Amanda Hesser, Maida Heatter
891 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
891
1 hour 15 minutes
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Saltine Cracker Brickle
The New York Times, Kelly Mahoney
872 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
872
20 minutes
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Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
1671 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,671
1 hour, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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Sugared Shortbread
Melissa Clark, Amy Casey
2858 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,858
1 hour
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4692 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,692
1 hour 15 minutes
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Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
8645 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,645
About 45 minutes plus about 3 hours' resting and rising
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Rhubarb Quick Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
2518 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,518
1½ hours
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2102 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,102
1 hour, plus cooling
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Nutella Banana Bread
Yossy Arefi
3941 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,941
1 hour 20 minutes
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One-Bowl Carrot Cake
Genevieve Ko
3500 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,500
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3854 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,854
1½ hours
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Shortbread Jammers
The New York Times, “The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion”
1837 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,837
45 minutes
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Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
13206 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
13,206
1 hour 15 minutes
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Olive Oil Zucchini Bread
Melissa Clark
6336 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,336
1½ hours
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Classic Zucchini Bread
Alison Roman
3335 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,335
1 hour 15 minutes
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Pumpkin Bread With Brown Butter and Bourbon
Melissa Clark
4673 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,673
1 hour 15 minutes
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Cinnamon Apple Quick Bread With Apple Cider Glaze
Samantha Seneviratne
2384 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,384
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
679 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
679
1 hour, plus cooling
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