Baking
Give Your Hot Cross Buns the Muffin Treatment
This easy version pays homage to the classic, but there’s no yeast required.
By Anna Olson
Welcome to the Age of Carefree Floral Cakes
The free-flowing, foraged cakes of today are not your grandma’s rose-lined layers.
By Anna Hezel
Easy Hot Cross Muffins
These fruit-laden muffins smell exactly like hot cross buns as they bake and taste just as satisfying, but with a fraction of the effort.
By Anna Olson
Cocoa and Chicory Sheet Cake
This is a wonderfully forgiving recipe to scale up and down—you can halve it to make a dozen cupcakes, or double it to make four 6-inch loaves.
By Natasha Pickowicz
This Quick Dough Gives You Infinite Pastry Possibilities
Whipping up a 4-ingredient choux is the first step to cheesy gougères, ice-cream-filled profiteroles, and towering croquembouches.
By Laurie Ellen Pellicano
Easy Profiteroles With Maple Caramel Sauce
Choux puffs filled with store-bought ice cream are drizzled with a luxurious maple cream sauce, inspired by the iconic profiteroles at L’Express in Montreal.
By Laurie Ellen Pellicano
Cheddar and Herb Gougères
The best part about gougères is that the dough freezes incredibly well, so you can have these ready to bake for a tasty happy hour snack whenever you want.
By Laurie Ellen Pellicano
Tres Leches Cake
This layered tres leches cake is sandwiched with strawberries, mangoes, and whipped cream for a knockout version of the popular dessert everyone will love.
By Fany Gerson
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17 Easy Scone Recipes for a Bakery-Worthy Breakfast
A buttery start to the day—or the perfect accompaniment to your tea.
By The Editors of Epicurious
Lemon Cornmeal Scones
Think Italian-style lemon cornmeal cake, served in scone form. These lemon cornmeal scones are great to have in your freezer at all times.
By Jeanine Donofrio
Ham, Cheese, and Leek Scones
Leeks slowly cooked down into a silky consistency become sweet and nuanced in these savory scones.
By Claire Ptak
Strawberry, Ginger, and Poppy Seed Scones
These pretty pink-and-white scones are dotted with blue or black poppy seeds.
By Claire Ptak
Daffodil Cake
This cloud-like cake has all the joy of angel food—but it uses the yolks too.
By Laurie Ellen Pellicano
Out of Vanilla Extract? Try One of These Substitutes
Give your bakes a boost with these flavorful substitutes for vanilla extract.
By Zoe Denenberg
Why Does Overmixing Matter in Baking, and How Do I Avoid It?
When you're in the middle of making cookie dough or cake batter, what does “be careful not to overmix” really mean?
By Laurie Ellen Pellicano
Double Chocolate Chunk Muffins
If you’re looking for the ultimate chocolate chip muffin recipe, this version—with a cocoa-enriched batter and big chocolate chunks—is absolutely perfect.
By Dorie Greenspan
Rhubarb Crisp
This rhubarb crisp recipe lets the pretty pink stalks shine, accented by ginger and orange and topped with a brown sugar-pecan crumble.
By Sheila Lukins
Use This Bread-Baker’s Secret to Take Your Homemade Loaves From Good to Great
Deeper flavor and a better crumb could be yours.
By Autumn Moultrie
Naturally Leavened Brioche
This brioche recipe makes an ethereal loaf that’s buttery and sweet.
By Maurizio Leo
Raspberry and Yogurt Scones
Yogurt is naturally acidic, and that not only adds flavor, but also helps tenderize these raspberry scones.
By Gemma Stafford