Editors’ Collection

Easy Baking Recipes

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

Anna Williams for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Susan Spungen. Prop Stylist: Sarah Smart.

Recipes

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
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
Pumpkin Cardamom Crumb Muffins
Dan Pelosi
1095 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,095
45 minutes
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Easy
Applesauce Coffee Cake
Yossy Arefi
286 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
286
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Banana Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
653 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
653
40 minutes
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Easy
Butter Cake With Peaches
Samantha Seneviratne
825 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
825
1½ hours
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Easy
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2248 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,248
45 minutes
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Easy
Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Lidey Heuck
354 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
354
15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Easy
Apple Galette
Samantha Seneviratne
370 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
370
2 hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Basque Cheesecake
Tanya Sichynsky, Marti Buckley
1943 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,943
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Pumpkin Pie Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
594 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
594
50 minutes plus 5 hours’ cooling and chilling
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Easy Apple Buckle
Vallery Lomas
379 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
379
About 1½ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Peanut Butter-Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips
Samantha Seneviratne
296 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
296
1 hour 25 minutes
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Easy
Jordan Marsh’s Blueberry Muffins
Marian Burros
19715 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
19,715
40 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes' cooling
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Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2208 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,208
1 hour
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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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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
Vegan Banana Bread
Genevieve Ko
405 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
405
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
719 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
719
2 hours, mainly cooling
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Easy
Potato Pete’s Potato Scones
Ligaya Mishan, Eleanor Barnett
30 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
30
45 minutes
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Easy
Cardamom Coffee Banana Bread
Sheela Prakash
976 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
976
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Coconut Almond Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
293 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
293
40 minutes
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Easy
Mango Lime Loaf Cake
Jocelyn Delk Adams
186 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
186
1 hour 25 minutes, plus 45 minutes’ cooling and setting
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Easy
Amlou Blondies
Nargisse Benkabbou
52 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
52
About 1 hour
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Easy
Citrusy Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
88 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
88
55 minutes
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Easy
Island Vibes Zucchini Bread
Jocelyn Delk Adams
126 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
126
1 hour 35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
118 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
118
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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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
Pimento Cheese Pie
Lisa Donovan
219 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
219
3 hours 10 minutes
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Energy Bars
Genevieve Ko
1240 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,240
1½ 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 2¼ hours
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Brown-Butter Maple Muffins
Yossy Arefi
320 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
320
50 minutes
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Easy
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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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1624 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,624
15 minutes
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Easy
Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1276 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,276
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
Ligaya Mishan, Maria Kitsopoulos
448 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
448
2 hours 30 minutes
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Easy
Banana Nut Breakfast Bars
Sohla El-Waylly
2113 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,113
1 hour
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Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1734 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,734
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Pumpkin Swirl Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1027 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,027
1 hour
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Easy
Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake
Jesse Szewczyk
3979 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,979
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Pan-Baked Lemon-Almond Tart
Mark Bittman
5154 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,154
20 minutes
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Giant Almond Croissant
Sohla El-Waylly
2894 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,894
1½ hours
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Easy
Apricot Snack Cake
Kay Chun
237 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
237
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies
The New York Times
12812 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12,812
About 45 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
8296 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,296
1½ hours
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Easy
Made-in-the-Pan Chocolate Cake
Margaux Laskey, Mollie Katzen
3195 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,195
45 minutes
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No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
21461 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
21,461
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1768 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,768
40 minutes
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Easy
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