Learn how to make bakery-worthy breads, cakes, pies, muffins, and scones with our articles and videos. Find centerpiece-worthy desserts and holiday ideas, too.
Apple crumble in 2 bowls topped with ice cream
My Grandma’s 4-Ingredient Dessert Is The Only Apple Recipe You Need This Fall
Kentucky Butter Cake
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no fail pound cake with glaze
This Is Exactly When You Should (And Shouldn't) Refrigerate Cake
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Sliced banana bread loaf on a marble surface.
My Favorite Banana Bread Recipe Has a ‘Magic’ Secret Ingredient—And Almost 10,000 5-Star Ratings
frosted brownies on a plate
This Simple Trick Will Change How You Frost Brownies
cracked eggs on a red background
How to Measure Half an Egg for a Recipe
1 cup white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla added to creamed butter.
How to Cream Butter and Sugar Perfectly Every Time
Chocolate Chipless Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’ll Say It: Chocolate Chip Cookies Are Way Better Without the Chocolate Chips
Cheese Twists made with puff pastry
How to Make Puff Pastry Dough From Scratch
a flawless-looking cheesecake with a slice being removed
Wait, Is Cheesecake Actually Pie?
frosted brownies on a plate
You'll Never Make Brownies Without This Secret Ingredient Again
a close up view of a plateful of mrs sigg's snickerdoodle cookies.
The Sweet History of the Snickerdoodle
brown bag apple pie, slice served with ice cream
The Secret to the Best Apple Pie Is…A Brown Bag?
pumpkin cheesecake cookies on a teal plate, one cookie broken in half to reveal cheesecake filling.
Our Test Kitchen Experts Say These Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies 'Taste Like Fall'
French apple cake dusted with powdered sugar with one piece missing
This French Apple Cake Is the “Perfect Fall Dessert”—And It Has a Secret Ingredient
side view of bakery muffins in rows
The Secret to the Best Bakery-Style Muffins
A pile of crispy home baked french fries
The Secret Ingredient for the Crispiest Baked French Fries
A three layer chocolate cake with chocolate frosting sits on a cake stand. Two slices of chocolate cake sit on plates below.
The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe Was Hiding on the Back of the Box
Great-grandmother is kissing her great-granddaughter at her 100th birthday
This Cake Is So Good, My Grandma Requested It For Her 100th Birthday
low angle looking at a stack of brownies on a blue plate, next to a glass of milk
The Best Way to Cut Brownie Has Been Hiding in Our Kitchens the Whole Time
southern biscuit making
I Made Biscuits for My Southern Mother-in-Law (and Lived to Tell the Tale)
frosted brownies on a plate
My Family Thinks These Are the Best Brownies—Here's How I Make Them Even Better
chocolate chip cookies on a baking tray
A Quick Fix for Cookies That Spread Too Much in the Oven
ricotta olive oil loaf cake
My Grandma's 'Company Cake' Is the Easiest Way to Impress Guests
A stack of crispy waffles on a plate with Martha Stewart standing by with arms folded, on a turquoise and gray background
Martha Stewart's 10-Second Trick Helped Me Stop Serving Soggy Waffles
Two square pans of brownies--a glass pan on the left and metal on the right--shot from overhead
Your Pyrex Pan Actually Isn't the Best Pan for Baking Brownies
Two loaves of soda bread side by side. One has more height and is paler and the other looks a little darker and crustier.
This Genius Hack Replaces the Eggs in Your St. Paddy’s Day Irish Soda Bread
overhead angle looking at two French baguettes with a few pieces sliced
Why Do Some Bread Recipes Call For a Second Rise?
ice cream sandwich cake pops with sprinkles on a blue plate
What Are Sprinkles — And What Are They Made Of?
scoop of flour
What's the Difference Between All-Purpose Flour and Cake Flour?
close up view of Peach and Blackberry Cobbler in a glass baking dish
What's the Difference Between a Crisp, Crumble, Cobbler, Slump, and Buckle?
woman placing sheet of cookies into oven
Why Do So Many Recipes Call for Baking at 350 Degrees F?
mid angle looking at a single chocolate cupcake with remaining on a plate behind
What's the Difference Between Devil's Food Cake and Chocolate Cake?
pecan pralines stacked on a white background
What Are Pralines and Where Do They Come From?
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What Is Bread Pudding — And What Kind of Bread Should You Use?
close up view of Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies on a white platter
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mid angle looking at a slice of chocolate Texas sheet cake, with a piece taken off by a fork
How Many People Does a Sheet Cake Feed?
Oleo tub with a spoon in it on one side, a handwritten coconut squares recipe on the other side
What Is Oleo—And Why Is It In So Many of My Grandma's Recipes?
A pile of Parker House Rolls in a basket with a bite taken out of the one on top.
How the Parker House Roll Became America's Favorite Dinner Roll
Two cookies with a yellow hue on the left, one broken in half, with a caption "with egg yolks", next to two whiter cookies on the right, one broken in half, with the caption "without"
Why Adding Hard-Boiled Eggs to Shortbread Makes the Best Cookies Ever
closeup of a baked apple stuffed with spiced walnuts
The Best Apples for Apple Pie and Apple Crisp
brown sugar in measuring cup
5 Easy Ways to Soften Brown Sugar
Too Much Chocolate Cake
7 Ways to Make a Box Cake Mix Taste Homemade
baking ingredients
9 Essential Ingredients That Every Baker Needs
butter flaky pie crust on a white plate
This Genius Trick Will Give You the Flakiest Pie Crust Ever
an overhead view of three bowls of apple crisp topped with melting vanilla ice cream
Our #1 Apple Recipe Has More Than 6,000 5-Star Ratings
Marshmallow Fondant on a wooden surface next to a rolling pin
Here's How to Make (And Use) Fondant Like a Professional Baker
a loaf of pumpernickel bread
What Is Pumpernickel Bread—And Where Does Its Name Come From?
Katharine Hepburn's #1 Trick For the Best Brownies
Katharine Hepburn’s #1 Trick for the Best Brownies Is Totally Brilliant
Whole lemon blender cake, iced and garnished with fresh lemon zest, sliced and ready to serve.
This Blender Cake Is Perfect for Spring (and Couldn’t Be Easier to Make)
black and white brownies on a green and white background.
My Grandma's Signature Brownie Recipe Has the Most Decadent Upgrade
a two-layer carrot cake with cream cheese frosting with a wedge cut out showing the raisins and nuts inside
Grandpa’s Best Carrot Cake Has an Unexpected Secret Ingredient
a single slice of pig pickin cake on a cream color plate
Meet Pig Pickin’ Cake: The Easy Southern Dessert That Tastes Like Sunshine
stack of cookies
My New Favorite Cookie Recipe Is Actually 75 Years Old
Cosmic Brownies
These Copycat Cosmic Brownies Might Be Even Better Than the Original
Squares of shiny, crackly-topped brownies in rows with one tipped over revealing the inner crumb.
I Was Skeptical—But This 1 Ingredient Changes the Boxed Brownie Game
A slice of cake on a white plate with a fork holding a piece from the slice and the full cake in the background
The Best Easy Cake Recipe Doesn’t Even Require Measuring Cups
Parchment paper
Reynolds Settles the Debate: This Is How Many Times You Can Reuse Parchment Paper
clark griswold on the left and eggnog cookies on the right
The Best Cookies To Pair With Your Favorite Christmas Movies
overhead view of Gingerbread Men Cookies
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A slice of homemade pound cake served with whipped cream and fresh raspberries
Homemade Pound Cake
66 Ratings
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Homemade Hamburger Buns
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closeup of a single-layer yellow cake topped with strawberry frosting, garnished with strawberry slices in the center
Easy Vanilla Cake
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Self-Rising Flour
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Vinegar Pie
Meet Vinegar Pie: The Dessert You Have to Taste to Believe
Chef John's Pumpkin Pie.
The Jaw-Dropping 1-Ingredient Upgrade for Better Pumpkin Pie (You Already Have It)