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Best Summer Baking Recipes

  • Cornbread made from Southern Cornbread Recipe

    35 min
    This savory cornbread recipe, or "Southern Cornbread," will teach you how to make cornbread with bacon drippings and then bake in a hot iron skillet.
  • Easy Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

    40 min
    Old-fashioned Strawberry Shortcake! Fresh strawberries, sliced and macerated in sugar, spooned over freshly baked biscuits, topped with whipped cream and you have a delicious homemade strawberry shortcake.
  • Zucchini Muffins

    40 min
    The BEST zucchini bread muffins EVER! Moist, sweet, packed with shredded zucchini, walnuts, dried cranberries, and spiced with vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  • Tomato Galette with Whole Wheat Crust

    1 hr, 45 min
    Vegetarian
    This tomato galette with its crispy Parmesan whole wheat crust is almost too pretty to eat. Almost. Easy food processor crust. This is the perfect tart to serve all summer long.
  • Blackberry Pie

    The best blackberry pie ever. No kidding! All butter crust, loads of blackberries, spiced with a little lemon, cinnamon, and almond extract. Yum.
  • Easy Zucchini Bread

    1 hr, 10 min
    Zucchini bread is a perennial favorite and what to make when the gardens are overflowing with this summer veggie. This one's easy, delicious, and gently spiced.

  • 2 hrs
    Simple, classic blueberry pie! With a homemade crust. Perfect for the summer blueberry season.
  • Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake

    40 min
    A chocolate sheet cake the size of Texas! This thin cake is blanketed with a warm, pourable frosting and topped with pecans. It's definitely a crowd-pleaser!
  • Best Chocolate Zucchini Bread

    1 hr, 20 min
    Chocolate zucchini bread that's rich, moist, and with a tender crumb. Made with cocoa powder for extra chocolate intensity.
  • Apple Cobbler hot from oven

    1 hr, 10 min
    BEST apple cobbler! How to make apple cobbler packed with apples, not too sweet, with a ginger cobbler topping.
  • Easy Blueberry Muffins ready to eat

    40 min
    These homemade blueberry muffins are light, fluffy, and PACKED with blueberries! They're an all-time favorite, perfect for weekend brunches and grab-and-go breakfast.
  • Blueberry Cake

    1 hr
    Lovely blueberry cake recipe, simple single layer cake made with two cups of fresh blueberries.
  • Cherry Clafouti

    55 min
    Fresh cherries baked in a custard-like base with slivered almonds, almond and vanilla extract. Lightly dusted with powdered sugar.
  • beautiful Hummingbird Cake ready to serve to guests

    1 hr, 5 min
    Hummingbird Cake is a Southern classic! It's a spiced pineapple-banana cake topped with cream cheese frosting and pecans. Serve it for Easter or any family gathering.
  • Blackberry Cobbler recipe

    1 hr, 5 min
    Have an excess of blackberries? Make biscuit-topped blackberry cobbler! It's easier and faster than pie. Start it before dinner and it will be ready in time for dessert.
  • Best Fresh Apple bundt cake

    1 hr, 20 min
    Spicy apple bundt cake made with chopped fresh apples, grated coconut, and walnuts or pecans, topped with a sugar glaze. This apple cake is delicious!
  • Berry Tart

    2 hrs, 20 min
    Summer berry tart with an all-butter crust, mascarpone cheese and whipped cream base, covered with raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries.
  • Lemon Blueberry Ricotta Pound Cake

    1 hr, 25 min
    Blueberries and lemon? Ricotta cheese in a pound cake? Yes, please! Sweet and lemony, with a delicate crumb, this cake tastes like summer.
  • Plum Cobbler

    1 hr
    Easy and delicious classic plum cobbler, using Santa Rosa plums, topped with a biscuity cobbler topping.
  • Blueberry Buckle

    1 hr, 15 min
    Blueberry buckle recipe, an old-fashioned single layered cake, peppered with blueberries, and topped with a streusel topping.
  • How to Make Dump Cake from Scratch

    50 min
    You'll forgive this cake its unfortunate name once you make this homemade version, which uses no canned pie filling or cake mix. Real ingredients are just as easy—and so much tastier!
  • Chocolate Zucchini Cranberry Muffins

    40 min
    These Chocolate Cranberry Zucchini Muffins let you get away with chocolate for breakfast! Great for using up surplus zucchini. The cranberries are tart and a perfect contrast to the chocolate.
  • Hand Pies with Cherries

    45 min
    Store-bought puff pastry makes quick work of these sweet-tart cherry hand pies! Use fresh cherries when they're in season, or frozen during other times of the year. They're a great treat that's easy to share.
  • Peach Pie

    2 hrs, 30 min
    Peach Pie! This is what summer tastes like! Fresh peaches, easy homemade crust. Simple and perfect.
  • Plum Galette

    2 hrs, 20 min
    Bright and delicious rustic plum tart, using a variety of tart plums and pluots

Recent Baking Recipes & Ideas

  • Scoops of flour on a black background and labeled for the ultimate guide to flour.

    With baking ingredients in short supply let this guide to flour help you use and swap standard flours like all purpose, bread flour and cake flour, but also whole wheat, ancient grain, and gluten-free flour options.
  • Vanilla Bean Cheesecake with brittle sugar topping on a slate board wtih a slice cut out and fruit nearby.

    1 hr, 45 min
    Do you love crème brûlée, but you also love cheesecake? Get the best of both worlds with this luscious Crème Brûlée Cheesecake! A buttery graham cracker crust balances the light and creamy cheesecake, then it’s finished with the sweet and satisfying crack of brittle sugar.
  • Single slice of easy dutch apple pie with a scoop of ice cream

    1 hr, 25 min
    Let the scent of apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove fill the air while this crumble-topped Dutch Apple Pie bakes away in your oven. Fall has never tasted so good. You can also freeze and bake this pie when you’re ready.
  • Guide to Loaf Pans

    What loaf pans do you need? And what size? How do you adjust baking times for the various materials? Metal, glass, silicone, stoneware—we’re breaking it down for you.
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    Homemade breakfast baked goods are such delicious treats in the morning. Enjoy these recipes for muffins, coffee cakes, and more with a glass of real milk.
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  • Easy Blueberry Muffins ready to eat

    40 min
    These homemade blueberry muffins are light, fluffy, and PACKED with blueberries! They're an all-time favorite, perfect for weekend brunches and grab-and-go breakfast.
  • editors picks pie plates

    Want to bake a pie? You'll need a pie plate for that! Here are the pie dishes we recommend, from glass to ceramic and metal.
  • Two plates with easy strawberry shortcake set on a table with white linens. Shortcake is piled with sliced strawberries and whipped yogurt topping. A wire basket of strawberries is to the left of the plates.

    1 hr
    Healthy
    Sweetened strawberries set on a fluffy biscuit and topped with light cream, but with a healthy twist. Whole wheat flour and yogurt up the nutritional value and give us one more reason to eat strawberry shortcake.

  • Salted vs unsalted butter: When it comes to baking, what's the best? Does it really make a big difference which you use? Here's what we have to say!
  • Three images side by side of baked bread that does not require yeast. The image on the left is an oatmeal soda bread. The image in the middle is a plate of buttermilk biscuits. The last image is a loaf of orange quickbread with a few slices laying in front of the loaf.

    Ready to bake but out of yeast? No worries, we have you covered! Peruse this selection of sweet and savory, no-yeast bread and biscuit recipes. You’ll find banana bread, beer bread, and soda bread. When you’re done with those start on the biscuits and cornbread!
  • Side view of no-knead dutch oven bread on a cutting board. The crust is deep golden brown and a second loaf is behind the first.

    55 min
    No need to knead! Only five minutes of hands-on time will yield a delicious, crusty, bakery-style loaf of bread. A long, slow rise builds flavor and texture so all you have to do is pop it in your Dutch oven, bake, and enjoy!
  • A loaf of rum raisin banana bread with four slices cut off and laying next to each other.

    1 hr, 5 min
    This banana bread is tender and flavorful, with cinnamon, nutmeg, and—the Jamaican essential spice—pimento (aka allspice). But the most memorable part? The plump, rum-soaked raisins speckled throughout every slice.
  • Fudgy Gluten-Free Vegan Brownies on a surface with one brownie cut in half

    45 min
    Allergy-Friendly, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Vegan
    It is hard to believe these fudgy, dark, and dense brownies are vegan and gluten free, but they are! You can also make them all in one bowl — so easy!
  • Chocolate cheesecake in waterbath. Person holding tea kettle with water to illustrate how to save a cheesecake if it gets wet.

    Did you find water in your cheesecake?! No worries! We have some tips and tricks to you help prevent a soggy cheesecake in the first place and to help save one if the water has already broken the foil barrier.
  • Rhubarb Pie Recipe - - rhubarb pie with powdered sugar on top

    1 hr, 10 min
    Tart rhubarb and creamy custard—sweetened with just a hint of orange zest and nestled inside a flaky crust—are a match made in rustic pie heaven. This no-fuss single crust pie takes only a few minutes to prepare.
  • Overhead view of a loaf of cream cheese filled banana bread on a plate.

    1 hr, 10 min
    Thought banana bread couldn't get any better? Try this riff on our original banana bread recipe by adding cream cheese in big, bold swirls.
  • Authentic Tres Leches Cake Recipe

    30 min
    Tres leches is a moist and subtly sweet cake made with sponge cake and three different kinds of milk. It's easy to make (only 30 minutes of active time!) and it gets even better after a day in the fridge.
  • Scoops of flour on a black background and labeled for the ultimate guide to flour.

    With baking ingredients in short supply let this guide to flour help you use and swap standard flours like all purpose, bread flour and cake flour, but also whole wheat, ancient grain, and gluten-free flour options.
  • Homemade Hot Cross Buns on a surface with sugar crosses piped on top

    3 hrs, 15 min
    Hot Cross Buns are a traditional Good Friday treat! These slightly sweet yeast-leavened buns are spiced with cinnamon and speckled with currants, citron, and orange zest.
  • Three images of Easter desserts. From left to right: Banana cream pie with sliced bananas set vertically around the piped topping. The center photo is of a carrot cake cupcake with tall, swirled frosting piped on top. The last image is of a key lime pie with a graham cracker crust, whipped topping and lime zest on top.

    Enjoy this round-up of our favorite springtime desserts to make for Easter Sunday. Recipes for classic cakes, pies and tarts that the whole family will love.
  • Easy focaccia bread with rosemary baked and cooling on a cooling rack

    4 hrs, 50 min
    Homemade focaccia is simply the BEST! It's easy to make, but be sure to give yourself the afternoon. You'll be rewarded with a rich, rosemary-scented bread that feeds a crowd. Serve as an appetizer or as a side with soup, roasts, or braises.
  • Three Carrot Cake Cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting, one of them is partially unwrapped

    40 min
    These are hands down the best Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting you'll ever find. They're moist without being dense, and have just the right amount of spice. Add nuts or leave them out — it's up to you!
  • Horizontal photo of Apricot Hamantaschen set in a circular pattern on a white surface.

    1 hr, 42 min
    Get ready for Purim with Apricot Hamantaschen! These fruit filled cookies are like little pies. We're making these with a dried apricot filling, but it's easy to swap in your favorite.

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