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

Energy Bars
Genevieve Ko
1548 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,548
1½ hours
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Easy
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
366 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
366
50 minutes
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Easy
Salted Margarita Bars
Vaughn Vreeland
2180 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,180
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1706 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,706
15 minutes
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Easy
Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1693 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,693
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
Ligaya Mishan, Maria Kitsopoulos
483 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
483
2 hours 30 minutes
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Easy
Banana Nut Breakfast Bars
Sohla El-Waylly
2422 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,422
1 hour
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Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1847 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,847
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Pumpkin Swirl Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1101 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,101
1 hour
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Easy
Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake
Jesse Szewczyk
4387 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,387
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Pan-Baked Lemon-Almond Tart
Mark Bittman
5270 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,270
20 minutes
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Giant Almond Croissant
Sohla El-Waylly
3023 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,023
1½ hours
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Easy
Apricot Snack Cake
Kay Chun
239 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
239
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies
The New York Times
14156 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,156
About 45 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
9426 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,426
1½ hours
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Easy
Made-in-the-Pan Chocolate Cake
Margaux Laskey, Mollie Katzen
3282 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,282
45 minutes
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No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
22576 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22,576
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1845 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,845
40 minutes
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Easy
Banana Everything Cookies
Alex Witchel, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
5363 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,363
12 minutes
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Preheated Oven Popovers
Amanda Hesser, Maida Heatter
889 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
889
1 hour 15 minutes
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Saltine Cracker Brickle
The New York Times, Kelly Mahoney
865 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
865
20 minutes
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Easy
Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
1550 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,550
1 hour, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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Easy
Sugared Shortbread
Melissa Clark, Amy Casey
2833 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,833
1 hour
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4653 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,653
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
8603 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,603
About 45 minutes plus about 3 hours' resting and rising
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Rhubarb Quick Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
2381 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,381
1½ hours
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2083 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,083
1 hour, plus cooling
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Nutella Banana Bread
Yossy Arefi
3908 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,908
1 hour 20 minutes
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One-Bowl Carrot Cake
Genevieve Ko
3491 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,491
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3848 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,848
1½ hours
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Shortbread Jammers
The New York Times, “The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion”
1824 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,824
45 minutes
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Easy
Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
12978 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12,978
1 hour 15 minutes
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Olive Oil Zucchini Bread
Melissa Clark
6055 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,055
1½ hours
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Classic Zucchini Bread
Alison Roman
3287 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,287
1 hour 15 minutes
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Pumpkin Bread With Brown Butter and Bourbon
Melissa Clark
4669 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,669
1 hour 15 minutes
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Cinnamon Apple Quick Bread With Apple Cider Glaze
Samantha Seneviratne
2381 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,381
1 hour 10 minutes
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Pantry Crumb Cake
Melissa Clark
2017 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,017
1 hour
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Lemon Raspberry Cornmeal Cake
Yossy Arefi
674 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
674
1 hour, plus cooling
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