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 Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
221 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
221
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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Vanilla Cupcakes
Yossy Arefi
456 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
456
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
1581 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,581
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
373 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
373
50 minutes
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Salted Margarita Bars
Vaughn Vreeland
2279 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,279
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1722 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,722
15 minutes
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Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1742 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,742
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
2467 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,467
1 hour
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Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1852 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,852
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Pumpkin Swirl Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1108 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,108
1 hour
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Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake
Jesse Szewczyk
4763 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,763
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Pan-Baked Lemon-Almond Tart
Mark Bittman
5276 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,276
20 minutes
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Giant Almond Croissant
Sohla El-Waylly
3037 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,037
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
14515 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,515
About 45 minutes
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Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
9816 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,816
1½ hours
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Made-in-the-Pan Chocolate Cake
Margaux Laskey, Mollie Katzen
3294 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,294
45 minutes
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No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
22889 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
22,889
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1857 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,857
40 minutes
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Banana Everything Cookies
Alex Witchel, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
5506 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,506
12 minutes
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Preheated Oven Popovers
Amanda Hesser, Maida Heatter
894 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
894
1 hour 15 minutes
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Saltine Cracker Brickle
The New York Times, Kelly Mahoney
877 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
877
20 minutes
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Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
1743 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,743
1 hour, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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Sugared Shortbread
Melissa Clark, Amy Casey
2872 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,872
1 hour
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4721 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,721
1 hour 15 minutes
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Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
8661 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,661
About 45 minutes plus about 3 hours' resting and rising
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Rhubarb Quick Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
2554 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,554
1½ hours
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2111 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,111
1 hour, plus cooling
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Nutella Banana Bread
Yossy Arefi
3968 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,968
1 hour 20 minutes
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One-Bowl Carrot Cake
Genevieve Ko
3510 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,510
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3860 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,860
1½ hours
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Shortbread Jammers
The New York Times, “The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion”
1850 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,850
45 minutes
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Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
13400 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
13,400
1 hour 15 minutes
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Olive Oil Zucchini Bread
Melissa Clark
6903 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,903
1½ hours
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Classic Zucchini Bread
Alison Roman
3449 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,449
1 hour 15 minutes
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Pumpkin Bread With Brown Butter and Bourbon
Melissa Clark
4682 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,682
1 hour 15 minutes
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Cinnamon Apple Quick Bread With Apple Cider Glaze
Samantha Seneviratne
2386 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,386
1 hour 10 minutes
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Pantry Crumb Cake
Melissa Clark
2023 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,023
1 hour
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Lemon Raspberry Cornmeal Cake
Yossy Arefi
690 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
690
1 hour, plus cooling
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