Baking Recipes

Authentic Italian Pizza Dough Recipe
Authentic Italian Pizza Dough Recipe

Authentic Italian pizza dough is the heart and soul of every great pizza. Its origins date back to ancient Rome, where unleavened flatbreads were first topped with olive oil and local ingredients. Over ...

12-15 minutes 2 pizza dough balls
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Instructions_Step Soften butter in a large mixing bowl in a warm place. Add honey in a fine stream, beating constantly. Beat in the melted chocolate and the eggs. In another ...

15 minutes 3 dozen cookies if you can refrain from eating the dough!
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Bananas and chocolate are always a winning combination. Instructions_Step Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray. Instructions...

25 minutes 12 muffins
Parker House Rolls Recipe
Parker House Rolls Recipe

Parker House Rolls Instructions_Step Mix the yeast in a large bowl with 1/2 cup of the warm milk and the sugar, and let stand for a few minutes to "proof" – that is, begin to bubble and ferment, which...

15 minutes 10
Quiche Crust Recipe  by Mollie Katzen
Quiche Crust Recipe by Mollie Katzen

Quiche Crust This generous recipe enables you to make a nice edge on your crust, whether you're building it in a 9-inch pie pan or a 10-inch springform tart pan. Instructions_Step Place the flour and...

10 to 12 minutes a 9-inch pie pan
Croissant Recipes
Croissant Recipes

Budapest Croissant Everybody thinks croissants were invented by the French, but it was in Budapest in 1686 that the first croissant was born. [Editor's Note: Never wanting to contradict one of the lumi...

15 minutes 24 croissants
Blueberry-Cornmeal Crumb Squares Recipe
Blueberry-Cornmeal Crumb Squares Recipe
45 to 50 minutes 16 bars

Blueberry-Cornmeal Crumb Squares This is such a wonderful recipe – a layer of fresh blueberries between a cornmeal-and-almond crust and crunchy crumbs. It's also pretty simple. The dough is divided in ...

Caramel Rolls/Sticky Bun Recipe
Caramel Rolls/Sticky Bun Recipe
30 minutes 1 dozen

Caramel Rolls After an arduous week working on a travel story about Chico Hot Springs, the editorial staff from Outdoor Life magazine returned to New York City. Within 48 hours after arriving home the ...

Banana Bread Recipe from Diabetic Desserts
Banana Bread Recipe from Diabetic Desserts
45 to 55 minutes 15 servings

Banana Bread II Instructions_Step Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a mixing bowl. Puree eggs, oil, sugar, bananas, orange juice concentrate, an...

Whole Wheat English Muffins Recipe
Whole Wheat English Muffins Recipe
3-1/2 hours 12 or 13

Whole Wheat English Muffins Moist and slightly sweet. Instructions_Step In a large bowl, combine the water, oil, honey, and yeast. Let sit for about 10 minutes to dissolve the yeast. Instructions_St...

Shirley Corriher's Southern Biscuits
Shirley Corriher's Southern Biscuits
20 to 25 minutes 12 to 14 medium biscuits

Shirley Corriher's "Touch-of-Grace" Southern Biscuits As a little girl, I followed my grandmother around the kitchen. For breakfast, lunch, and dinner she made the lightest, most wonderful biscuits in ...

Good Quick Pie Crust Recipe
Good Quick Pie Crust Recipe

Use the processor to cut in the shortening, then finish the job by hand to avoid adding too much water. This type of pastry is generally appropriate for most pies. Instructions_Step Put the flour, chil...

25 minutes one 9- or 10-inch shell
French Croissant Recipe
French Croissant Recipe

The French Croissant One of the finest croissants I was ever served was aboard the transatlantic passenger liner the SS France. On a round-trip voyage of the ship, I spent several memorable days with h...

22 to 25 minutes 24 to 30 croissants
Deep-Dish Pizza Dough Recipe
Deep-Dish Pizza Dough Recipe

Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza Dough Instructions_Step Dissolve the yeast in the 1/2 cup of warm water. Add the sugar and stir well. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine 3-1/2 cups of flour, salt,...

4 minutes One 14-inch deep-dish pizza
Classic Brioche Recipe
Classic Brioche Recipe

Brioche Brioche is an elegant yeasted dough, a cross between bread and pastry. It is rich with butter and eggs, just a little sweet, pullable – a gentle tug, and the bread stretches in long, lacy stran...

30 minutes about 2-1/4 pounds dough, enough for 3 têtes
Chocolate Velvet Cake Recipe
Chocolate Velvet Cake Recipe

Cake Mix Doctor's Chocolate Velvet Cake From Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor, by Anne Byrn (with modifications) Instructions_Step Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F...

30 minutes 16
Challah & Celebration Challah Recipe
Challah & Celebration Challah Recipe

Challah Challah, the braided Sabbath bread of Judaism, is a European celebratory loaf symbolic of God's goodness and bounty. The braids traditionally separate the loaf into twelve distinct sections rep...

40 to 65 minutes 1 large double-braided celebration loaf
California Style Pizza Crust Recipe
California Style Pizza Crust Recipe

Standard Pizza Crust The following recipe produces a thin, golden California-style pizza crust. Parmesan cheese mixed into the dough adds an extra dimension of flavor, and olive oil contributes to its ...

55 minutes about 1-1/2 pounds dough; 4
California-Style Pizza Dough by James McNair
California-Style Pizza Dough by James McNair

California-Style Pizza Dough Over the years, I have tried countless versions of pizza dough, yet I've never found one that I like as much as this version that I developed for my first pizza book in th...

1-1/2 hours 8 servings