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Recipes for Procrastibaking

These baking recipes for cakes, cookies, banana bread and more are a great distraction when you should really be doing something else.

Photograph by Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Paige Hicks.

Recipes

Brioche
Lisa Donovan
104 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
104
14½ hours
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Lemon Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
1406 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,406
1 hour 30 minutes
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Cheese Sambousek
Joan Nathan, Rachel Harary Gindi
147 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
147
1½ hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
249 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
249
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Vanilla Cupcakes
Yossy Arefi
263 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
263
45 minutes
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Easy
Cherry Karpatka
Nicola Lamb
147 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
147
2 hours, plus 2 hours chilling
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Skillet Sprinkle Sugar Cookie
Jessie Sheehan
18 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
18
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Rum Cake
Millie Peartree
94 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
94
1¾ hours
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Chocolate Pretzel Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
231 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
231
45 minutes
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Easy
Lemon Cake With Strawberries and Cream
David Tanis
79 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
79
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling time
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Sour Cream and Onion Drop Biscuits
Sue Li
93 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
93
45 minutes
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Easy
Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Millie Peartree
139 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
139
2 ¾ hours
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Berry Jam Buns
Yossy Arefi
201 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
201
About 1½ hours, plus about 3 hours’ rising
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Malva Pudding
Genevieve Ko, Eric Adjepong
149 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
149
1 hour
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Easy
Molten Chocolate Muffins
Genevieve Ko
657 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
657
1 hour, plus cooling
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Brown Butter Peach Cake
Millie Peartree
179 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
179
1 hour 50 minutes, plus cooling
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Citrusy Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
88 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
88
55 minutes
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Easy
Cast Iron Orange Cake
Lisa Donovan
595 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
595
2 hours
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Easy
Chocolate Layer Cake
Claire Saffitz
985 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
985
2¼ hours
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Lemon Cupcakes
Samantha Seneviratne
226 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
226
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1277 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,277
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Brown-Butter Maple Muffins
Yossy Arefi
321 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
321
50 minutes
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Easy
Pink Grapefruit Bars
Jesse Szewczyk
341 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
341
About 8 hours 10 minutes
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Peach Cobbler
Millie Peartree
838 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
838
1 hour
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Cherry Almond Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
396 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
396
1 hour 45 minutes
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Semlor (Cardamom Cream Buns)
Matt Haines, Ingrid Schatz
355 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
355
1 hour, plus rising
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Croissants
Claire Saffitz
2880 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,880
24 hours, largely unattended
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Overnight Pumpkin Spice French Toast
Yossy Arefi
445 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
445
40 minutes, plus overnight chilling
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Paris-Brest
Claire Saffitz
578 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
578
3 hours, plus cooling and chilling
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Sweet Potato Buttermilk Pull-Apart Rolls
Korsha Wilson, Tanya Holland
279 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
279
45 minutes, plus proofing and cooling
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Banana Nut Breakfast Bars
Sohla El-Waylly
2123 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,123
1 hour
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Easy
Sweet Potato Cornbread
Jocelyn Delk Adams
31 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
31
About 1 hour
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Texas Sheet Cake
Genevieve Ko
1233 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,233
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Frosted Sugar Cookies
Eric Kim
2830 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,830
55 minutes
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Banana Bread
Julia Moskin, Allrecipes.com
11663 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,663
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy No-Yeast Cinnamon Rolls
Margaux Laskey, Allysa Torey
4077 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,077
45 minutes
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Easy
Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4370 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,370
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Margarita Bars
Vaughn Vreeland
2064 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,064
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
8480 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,480
30 minutes, plus chilling
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My Favorite Challah
Joan Nathan
4872 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,872
1 hour plus 2½ hours' rising
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3558 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,558
1½ hours
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M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2375 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,375
30 minutes
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Easy
Nutella Banana Bread
Yossy Arefi
3674 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,674
1 hour 20 minutes
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Otis Lee’s Detroit Famous Poundcake
CC Allen, Otis Lee, Mr. Fofo’s Deli
2804 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,804
1½ hours
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Gruyère and Black Pepper Scones
Yossy Arefi
804 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
804
45 minutes
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Butter Mochi
Genevieve Ko
2577 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,577
2 hours, plus cooling
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite, Jacques Torres
18646 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
18,646
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Red Velvet Cupcakes
Millie Peartree
625 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
625
45 minutes
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