Editors’ Collection

Easy Baking Recipes

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

Yossy Arefi for The New York Times (Photography and Styling)

Recipes

Apple Galette
Samantha Seneviratne
347 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
347
2 hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Basque Cheesecake
Tanya Sichynsky, Marti Buckley
1875 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,875
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Pumpkin Pie Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
591 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
591
50 minutes plus 5 hours’ cooling and chilling
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Easy Apple Buckle
Vallery Lomas
347 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
347
About 1½ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Peanut Butter-Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips
Samantha Seneviratne
236 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
236
1 hour 25 minutes
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Easy
Jordan Marsh’s Blueberry Muffins
Marian Burros
19319 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
19,319
40 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes' cooling
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Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2194 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,194
1 hour
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Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Millie Peartree
136 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
136
2 ¾ hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
244 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
244
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Vegan Banana Bread
Genevieve Ko
385 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
385
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
705 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
705
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
921 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
921
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Coconut Almond Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
273 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
273
40 minutes
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Easy
Mango Lime Loaf Cake
Jocelyn Delk Adams
165 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
165
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
83 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
83
55 minutes
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Easy
Island Vibes Zucchini Bread
Jocelyn Delk Adams
121 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
121
1 hour 35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Yossy Arefi
108 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
108
45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling
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Easy
Vanilla Cupcakes
Yossy Arefi
239 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
239
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
1225 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,225
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
314 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
314
50 minutes
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Easy
Salted Margarita Bars
Vaughn Vreeland
2048 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,048
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ freezing
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1596 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,596
15 minutes
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Easy
Cranberry-Orange Scones
Yossy Arefi
1252 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,252
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
Ligaya Mishan, Maria Kitsopoulos
447 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
447
2 hours 30 minutes
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Easy
Banana Nut Breakfast Bars
Sohla El-Waylly
1922 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,922
1 hour
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Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1731 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,731
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Pumpkin Swirl Muffins
Samantha Seneviratne
1019 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,019
1 hour
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Easy
Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake
Jesse Szewczyk
3391 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,391
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Pan-Baked Lemon-Almond Tart
Mark Bittman
5151 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,151
20 minutes
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Giant Almond Croissant
Sohla El-Waylly
2876 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,876
1½ hours
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Easy
Apricot Snack Cake
Kay Chun
235 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
235
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies
The New York Times
12444 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12,444
About 45 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
8077 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,077
1½ hours
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Easy
Made-in-the-Pan Chocolate Cake
Margaux Laskey, Mollie Katzen
3188 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,188
45 minutes
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No-Knead Bread
Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey
21320 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
21,320
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time
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Beer Bread
Florence Fabricant
1758 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,758
40 minutes
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Easy
Banana Everything Cookies
Alex Witchel, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
4843 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,843
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
816 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
816
20 minutes
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Easy
Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
1073 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,073
1 hour, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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Easy
Sugared Shortbread
Melissa Clark, Amy Casey
2480 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,480
1 hour
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Genevieve Ko
4145 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,145
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Simple Crusty Bread
Nick Fox, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoë François
8179 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,179
About 45 minutes plus about 3 hours' resting and rising
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Rhubarb Quick Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
2176 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,176
1½ hours
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