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American baking recipes

240 American baking recipes, in a suggested order.

These are the 240 American recipes filed under baking: 240 of the 646 bakes on the site, and 240 of its 1,633 American recipes. Of these, 23 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Buttercream Frosting (10 min), Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies (17 min) and 3 Ingredient Biscuits (25 min). For 126, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 146 easy, 86 medium and 8 hard.

As written, 231 are vegetarian, 9 vegan, 22 gluten-free and 19 dairy-free. Another 3 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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American baking recipes — all 240 recipes

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
20m
Cook
12m
Serves
24
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown butter, a 24-hour rest and two sizes of chocolate produce cookies with crisp edges, a chewy middle and pools…

25–73 hr · Easy
One-Bowl Banana Bread
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Prep
15m
Cook
60m
Serves
10
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One-Bowl Banana Bread

One bowl, one whisk, and the darkest bananas you can find. Browning the butter first adds a nutty depth that turns…

2.5 hr · Easy
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
40m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Overnight Cinnamon Rolls

Soft, tall rolls made with a tangzhong starter that keeps them pillowy for days, filled with cinnamon-butter and…

11–12 hr+ · Medium
Artisan Sourdough Bread
American
Prep
60m
Cook
45m
Serves
8
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Artisan Sourdough Bread

An open-crumb country loaf with a blistered, mahogany crust and a genuine tang. Long autolyse, gentle handling and a…

22–28 hr · Hard
Bakery-Style Blueberry Muffins
American
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Bakery-Style Blueberry Muffins

Tall domed muffins with a crunchy sugar top and berries that stay suspended rather than sinking. The high-then-low…

55 min · Easy
Vanilla Cupcakes
American
Prep
20m
Cook
20m
Serves
12
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Vanilla Cupcakes

Light vanilla cupcakes with a flat-ish top for frosting, made by the reverse-creaming method that coats the flour in…

40 min · Easy
Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts
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Prep
40m
Cook
15m
Serves
12
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Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts

Yeasted doughnuts fried until they wear a pale band around the middle, then rolled straight into cinnamon sugar…

3–3.5 hr · Medium
Snickerdoodles
American
Prep
20m
Cook
12m
Serves
24
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Snickerdoodles

Soft, cracked sugar cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar, with a distinctive tang from cream of tartar. Without the…

62 min · Easy
Buttermilk Biscuits
American
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
10
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Buttermilk Biscuits

Tall, flaky Southern biscuits that pull apart in layers, made with cold butter, buttermilk and as little handling as…

35 min · Easy
Peanut Butter Cookies
American
Prep
15m
Cook
12m
Serves
24
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Peanut Butter Cookies

Dense, sandy peanut butter cookies with the fork-crosshatch pressed into the top. That pattern is not decoration —…

87 min · Easy
New York Bagels
American
Prep
45m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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New York Bagels

Boiled then baked, with a chewy interior and a glossy, blistered crust. The malt in the boiling water and the…

14.5–21 hr · Medium
Skillet Cornbread
American
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Skillet Cornbread

Batter poured into a screaming hot skillet of bacon fat, which sets a crust the instant it hits. The Southern style…

50 min · Easy
Philadelphia Soft Pretzels
American
Prep
90m
Cook
15m
Serves
8
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Philadelphia Soft Pretzels

Philadelphia pretzels are oblong rather than fat, chewy rather than fluffy, sold in rows stuck together and eaten…

3.5 hr · Medium
3 Ingredient Biscuits
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
8
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3 Ingredient Biscuits

Tall, tender cream biscuits made with just self-raising flour, double cream and butter, baked for 15 minutes at 220C.

25 min · Easy
Air Fryer Banana Bread
American
Prep
10m
Cook
35m
Serves
8
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Air Fryer Banana Bread

A moist banana loaf baked in a small tin inside the air fryer, with a golden top and a soft crumb, ready to slice…

45 min · Easy
Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls
American
Prep
20m
Cook
12m
Serves
6
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Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls

Soft yeast rolls rolled with cinnamon sugar, proved and air fried for 12 minutes, then glazed with cream cheese…

112 min · Medium
All-Butter Pie Crust
American
Prep
20m
Cook
30m
Serves
8
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All-Butter Pie Crust

A flaky, tender, buttery pastry made with just flour, cold butter, a little sugar and ice water. Enough for a…

2 hr+ · Medium
Almond Crescent Cookies
American
Prep
30m
Cook
15m
Serves
30
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Almond Crescent Cookies

Buttery almond crescents shaped by hand, baked for 15 minutes and rolled twice in icing sugar while still warm.

75 min+ · Medium
American
Prep
10m
Cook
40m
Serves
12
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Almond Flour Bread

A soft, sliceable loaf made with almond flour, eggs and ground flaxseed, with no wheat flour or sugar. Twelve…

80 min · Medium
Almond Flour Cake
American
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
10
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Almond Flour Cake

A moist, tender cake made with ground almonds in place of most of the flour, baked for 35 minutes with lemon zest…

65 min · Easy
Amish Friendship Bread
American
Prep
20m
Cook
45m
Serves
10
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Amish Friendship Bread

A sweet cinnamon loaf made with a fermented batter starter, moist, tender and rolled in cinnamon sugar.

65 min · Medium
Angel Biscuits
American
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
12
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Angel Biscuits

Southern biscuits made with yeast as well as baking powder for a fluffy, yeasty rise, baked at 220C for 15 minutes.

35 min · Medium
Apple Bread
American
Prep
20m
Cook
60m
Serves
10
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Apple Bread

A moist spiced quick bread with chunks of fresh apple, baked for 1 hour and finished with a cinnamon sugar crust.

95 min · Easy
Apple Bundt Cake
American
Prep
25m
Cook
60m
Serves
12
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Apple Bundt Cake

A tall, spiced bundt cake with grated apple and walnuts, baked for 1 hour and finished with a caramel glaze.

100 min · Medium
Apple Cider Donuts
American
Prep
20m
Cook
30m
Serves
12
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Apple Cider Donuts

Baked cake doughnuts made with apple cider boiled down to a syrup, brushed with butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar…

50 min · Medium
Apple Cinnamon Rolls
American
Prep
40m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Apple Cinnamon Rolls

Soft yeasted rolls filled with diced apple, cinnamon and brown sugar, baked and iced while warm.

2.5 hr · Medium
Apple Danish
American
Prep
25m
Cook
20m
Serves
8
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Apple Danish

Puff pastry squares filled with cinnamon apples, folded and baked until crisp and gold, with a thin sugar glaze.

45 min+ · Medium
Apple Muffins
American
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
12
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Apple Muffins

Tender muffins with diced apple and cinnamon in the batter and a crunchy cinnamon sugar top.

35 min · Easy
Apple Pie Cookies
American
Prep
30m
Cook
15m
Serves
12
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Apple Pie Cookies

Soft cinnamon cookie dough sandwiched round a spoonful of spiced apple filling and baked until golden at the edges.

45 min · Medium
Applesauce Cake
American
Prep
15m
Cook
40m
Serves
10
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Applesauce Cake

A moist spiced cake made with applesauce, brown sugar and cinnamon, baked in a loaf tin and dusted with icing sugar.

55 min · Easy
Avocado Brownies
American
Prep
15m
Cook
28m
Serves
16
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Avocado Brownies

Fudgy brownies made with mashed avocado in place of most of the butter.

103 min · Easy
Baked Doughnuts
American
Prep
15m
Cook
12m
Serves
12
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Baked Doughnuts

Light cake-style doughnuts baked in a doughnut tin and dipped in a thin vanilla glaze.

27 min · Easy
Banana Chocolate Chip Bread
American
Prep
15m
Cook
60m
Serves
10
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Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

A moist banana loaf studded with chocolate chips and baked for 1 hour until the top cracks and turns deep gold.

90 min · Easy
Banana Cookies
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
18
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Banana Cookies

Soft, cake-like banana cookies with cinnamon and walnuts, baked for 15 minutes and finished with a thin vanilla glaze.

50 min · Easy
Banana Cupcakes
American
Prep
20m
Cook
22m
Serves
12
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Banana Cupcakes

Soft banana cupcakes baked for 22 minutes and topped with a swirl of cream cheese frosting and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

42 min+ · Easy
Banana Walnut Loaf
American
Prep
15m
Cook
55m
Serves
10
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Banana Walnut Loaf

A moist banana loaf with chopped walnuts, baked in a loaf tin and sliced thick.

70 min · Easy
Bear Claws
American
Prep
40m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Bear Claws

Puff pastry pockets filled with almond cream, slit into claws, baked for 25 minutes and glazed with icing and flaked…

80 min · Medium
Beer Bread
American
Prep
10m
Cook
50m
Serves
10
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Beer Bread

A quick bread with no yeast and no kneading: flour, sugar, salt and a bottle of lager stirred together and baked…

75 min · Easy
Berry Muffins
American
Prep
15m
Cook
22m
Serves
12
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Berry Muffins

Domed muffins full of mixed berries, with a sugar-crusted top and a soft, tender crumb.

37 min · Easy
Biscoff Cookies
American
Prep
15m
Cook
12m
Serves
20
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Biscoff Cookies

Chewy brown sugar cookies made with Biscoff spread and crushed spiced biscuits, baked for 12 minutes.

27 min · Easy
Black and White Cookies
American
Prep
30m
Cook
15m
Serves
12
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Black and White Cookies

Big, soft, cakey lemon-vanilla cookies iced half in glossy vanilla and half in chocolate. The New York deli counter…

65 min+ · Medium
Black Bean Brownies
American
Prep
15m
Cook
28m
Serves
16
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Black Bean Brownies

Dense, fudgy brownies made from blended black beans, cocoa and dark chocolate chips.

103 min · Easy
Brown Butter Blondies
American
Prep
20m
Cook
25m
Serves
16
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Brown Butter Blondies

The blondie done properly: brown butter, dark brown sugar and no leavening at all, so the middle stays dense and…

45 min+ · Easy
Blueberry Buckle
American
Prep
20m
Cook
50m
Serves
9
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Blueberry Buckle

A New England butter cake studded with blueberries under a thick cinnamon crumb topping that buckles as it bakes. A…

90 min · Easy
Blueberry Coffee Cake
American
Prep
20m
Cook
45m
Serves
9
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Blueberry Coffee Cake

A tender soured cream cake filled with fresh blueberries and topped with a thick cinnamon crumb, baked for 45 minutes.

85 min · Easy
Blueberry Jam
American
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
24
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Blueberry Jam

A small batch of blueberry jam cooked with sugar and lemon until it wrinkles on a cold saucer, for the fridge.

35 min · Easy

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