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Baking
Failure-resistant cakes, cookies, brownies and other baking recipes.
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27 recipes
Ginger Molasses Cookies
Deeply spiced ginger molasses cookies with crackled sugar tops and chewy centers.
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Peanut Butter Cookies
Classic fork-marked peanut butter cookies with brown sugar and a soft-chewy center.
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Shortbread Cookies
Simple buttery shortbread with a fine crumb, docked surface and pale-golden finish.
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Snickerdoodles
Soft-centered cinnamon-sugar snickerdoodles with cream of tartar and crackled tops.
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Thumbprint Cookies
Buttery nut-coated thumbprint cookies filled with bright raspberry jam after baking.
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White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies
Chunky white chocolate macadamia cookies with browned butter, crisp edges and chewy centers.
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Banana Muffins
Moist banana muffins made with ripe bananas, yogurt and oil, mixed gently and baked only until the centers set.
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Blueberry Muffins
Tender blueberry muffins with sour cream or yogurt, a thick batter and gentle mixing for a high golden dome without a dry crumb.
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Chocolate Chip Muffins
Tender chocolate chip muffins made with butter, oil, milk and sour cream for lasting moisture, mixed only until the flour disappears.
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Classic Glazed Donuts
Yeast-raised glazed donuts proofed until puffy, fried in controlled 350°F oil and drained before dipping in smooth vanilla glaze.
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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Soft, chewy oatmeal raisin cookies with brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins, shaped on cool parchment-lined pans for controlled spread.
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Carrot Cake
Moist spiced carrot layer cake with oil, finely grated carrots, toasted walnuts and tangy cream cheese frosting.
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Classic Pound Cake
Rich butter pound cake with a fine close crumb, room-temperature ingredients and a long gentle bake stopped as soon as the center tests done.
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Classic Vanilla Cake
Tender vanilla layer cake with weighed flour, room-temperature ingredients, parchment-lined pans and a clean-tester finish.
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Red Velvet Cake
Mildly cocoa-rich red velvet layer cake with buttermilk, precise flour, parchment-lined pans and tangy cream cheese frosting.
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Classic Chocolate Cake
Moist two-layer chocolate cake with cocoa, oil and coffee, baked only to a just-done crumb and cooled completely before frosting.
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Classic Apple Pie
A deeply baked double-crust apple pie with a bubbling thickened filling and a crisp bottom crust, built around cold pastry, measured thickener and strong bottom heat.
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Classic Pumpkin Pie
A smooth spiced pumpkin custard baked only until the outer filling is set and the center still wobbles, protecting the surface from overbaking cracks.
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Classic Sugar Cookies
Tender vanilla sugar cookies with measured flour, controlled creaming and predictable spacing so the cookies spread evenly instead of flattening into greasy puddles.
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Key Lime Pie
A bright lime custard in a baked graham-cracker crust, cooked only until the edges set and the center remains slightly wobbly before a long chill.
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Lemon Meringue Pie
A thick lemon filling under glossy meringue, assembled while the filling is hot so the topping cooks from below as well as from the oven.
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Pecan Pie
A toasted-pecan pie with a silky egg-syrup filling, a prebaked shell and a center that is set enough to wobble without sloshing.
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Cinnamon Rolls
Soft cinnamon rolls built around a tangzhong moisture step, an elastic enriched dough and a restrained bake to about 188°F so the centers stay plush instead of drying out.
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No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Chocolate-peanut butter oat cookies built around a measurable full-boil stage so the mixture thickens enough to set without an oven.
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Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy-centered chocolate chip cookies with browned edges, controlled spread and a short chill that gives the dough time to firm before baking.
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Fudgy Chocolate Brownies
Dense chocolate brownies with a thin crackly top, restrained flour and a moist-crumb doneness check that keeps the center fudgy instead of cakey.
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Moist Banana Bread
A classic banana bread built around ripe fruit, restrained mixing and a center-doneness checkpoint so the loaf stays moist without turning gummy.
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