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Easy Baking Recipes

From simple cookies to delicious cakes, these are our best easy baking recipes.

Easy Apple Buckle — Yossy Arefi for The New York Times (Photography and Styling)

Recipes

Easy Apple Buckle
Vallery Lomas
343 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
343
About 1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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easy
Peanut Butter-Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips
Samantha Seneviratne
223 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
223
1 hour 25 minutes
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easy
Jordan Marsh’s Blueberry Muffins
Marian Burros
18959 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
18,959
40 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes' cooling
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Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2177 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,177
1 hour
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Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Millie Peartree
133 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
133
2 ¾ hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
243 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
243
1 hour 35 minutes
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easy
Vegan Banana Bread
Genevieve Ko
338 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
338
1 1/4 hours, plus cooling
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easy
One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
679 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
679
2 hours, mainly cooling
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easy
Potato Pete’s Potato Scones
Ligaya Mishan, Eleanor Barnett
29 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
29
45 minutes
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easy
Cardamom Coffee Banana Bread
Sheela Prakash
882 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
882
1 1/4 hours, plus cooling
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easy
Coconut Almond Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
257 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
257
40 minutes
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easy
Mango Lime Loaf Cake
Jocelyn Delk Adams
148 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
148
1 hour 25 minutes, plus 45 minutes’ cooling and setting
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easy
Amlou Blondies
Nargisse Benkabbou
50 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
50
About 1 hour
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easy
Citrusy Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
80 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
80
55 minutes
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easy
Island Vibes Zucchini Bread
Jocelyn Delk Adams
118 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
118
1 hour 35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
96 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
96
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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easy
Vanilla Cupcakes
Yossy Arefi
226 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
226
45 minutes
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easy
Pimento Cheese Pie
Lisa Donovan
218 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
218
3 hours 10 minutes
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Energy Bars
Genevieve Ko
1205 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,205
1 1/2 hours
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easy
Pumpkin Empanadas
Christina Morales, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack
47 ratings with an average rating of 3 out of 5 stars
47
About 2 1/4 hours
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Brown-Butter Maple Muffins
Yossy Arefi
308 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
308
50 minutes
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easy
Salted Margarita Bars
Vaughn Vreeland
2017 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,017
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1560 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,560
15 minutes
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easy
Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1230 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,230
35 minutes, plus cooling
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easy
Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
Ligaya Mishan, Maria Kitsopoulos
442 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
442
2 hours 30 minutes
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easy
Banana Nut Breakfast Bars
Sohla El-Waylly
1901 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,901
1 hour
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easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1726 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,726
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Pumpkin Swirl Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1018 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,018
1 hour
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easy
Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake
Jesse Szewczyk
3241 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,241
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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easy
Pan-Baked Lemon-Almond Tart
Mark Bittman
5144 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,144
20 minutes
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Giant Almond Croissant
Sohla El-Waylly
2870 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,870
1 1/2 hours
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easy
Apricot Snack Cake
Kay Chun
183 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
183
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies
The New York Times
12311 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12,311
About 45 minutes
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easy
Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
7948 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,948
1 1/2 hours
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easy
Made-in-the-Pan Chocolate Cake
Margaux Laskey, Mollie Katzen
3180 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,180
45 minutes
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No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
21226 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
21,226
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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classic
Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1751 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,751
40 minutes
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easy
Banana Everything Cookies
Alex Witchel, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
4757 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,757
12 minutes
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Preheated Oven Popovers
Amanda Hesser, Maida Heatter
875 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
875
1 hour 15 minutes
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Saltine Cracker Brickle
The New York Times, Kelly Mahoney
815 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
815
20 minutes
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easy
Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
1037 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,037
1 hour, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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easy
Sugared Shortbread
Melissa Clark, Amy Casey
2470 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,470
1 hour
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4105 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,105
1 hour 15 minutes
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easy
Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
8156 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,156
About 45 minutes plus about 3 hours' resting and rising
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Rhubarb Quick Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
2114 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,114
1 1/2 hours
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
1902 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,902
1 hour, plus cooling
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Nutella Banana Bread
Yossy Arefi
3605 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,605
1 hour 20 minutes
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One-Bowl Carrot Cake
Genevieve Ko
3385 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,385
1 1/4 hours, plus cooling
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easy
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