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.
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
top down view of zucchini bread loaf with two slices and a knife resting beside it
Chef John’s Secret to the Best Zucchini Bread—No Matter the Recipe
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?
Bread Pudding II
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
What Does Baking Soda Do In Cookies?
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
Chef John's Pumpkin Pie.
The Jaw-Dropping 1-Ingredient Upgrade for Better Pumpkin Pie (You Already Have It)
rich, fudgey, brownies made with sweented condensed milk, sprinkled with flaky salt and cut into 9 squares.
The 1-Ingredient Secret to the Gooiest, Fudgiest Brownies
Butter Swim Biscuits
Meet Butter Swim Biscuits: The Easiest (And Butteriest) Biscuits of Them All
Honey being squeezed into a measuring spoon over a bowl of ingredients.
Don't Use This Hack—Here's How You Should Really Measure Sticky Ingredients With No Mess
high angle looking at a plate of a few country apple dumplings with one cut in half
Our Top-Rated Apple Dumplings Have a Shocking Secret Ingredient
closeup on cinnamon rolls in a pan
You Can Put Almost Anything Into a Cinnamon Roll—Here Are the Top 5 We Can't Wait to Try
close up on a metal baking sheet of chocolate chip cookies
I Tried the Famous $250 Cookie Recipe to Find Out if It Lives up to the Hype
top-down view of banana bread half sliced on parchment paper
This Is the Best Way to Line a Loaf Pan, Hands Down
bench scraper
Why No Kitchen Is Complete Without a Bench Scraper
a chocolate chip cookie and a blank box with a question mark on it, with arrows pointing to both.
The Secret To Soft Baked-Style Cookies at Home Is Already in Your Pantry
toothpick test on baked cake
PSA: The Toothpick Test Might Be Ruining Your Cakes
jelly roll pan
What Is a Jelly Roll Pan?
stack of chocolate chip cookies on plate with glass of milk beside and pink background
The Best Hack I Ever Learned for Bakery-Style Cookies
best ever blueberry cobbler scooped to reveal the bright blueberries beneath the golden-brown crust.
The Secret Ingredient to the Best Berry Cobbler Is Already in Your Fridge
top-down view of a puffy-looking crust in a glass pie dish topped with fresh cherries and vanilla ice cream
Why You Should Use Saltines Instead of Graham Crackers for Pie Crusts This Summer
low angle looking at a stack of brownies on a blue plate, next to a glass of milk
How to Tell If Brownies Are Done
focaccia bread
What Is Focaccia — And Why Is Everyone Obsessed With It?
Chocolate Chip Cookie Batter in a bowl with a wooden spoon, with spilled chocolate chips
How Long Does Cookie Dough (Safely) Last in the Fridge?
cornbread casserole in glass dish
Can You Put Glass in an Oven?
close up on a bunch of vanilla cupcakes topped with frosting and sprinkles
Cupcakes vs. Muffins: What's the Difference?
Aromatic vanilla extract and dry vanilla pods on wooden table
Vanilla Paste vs. Vanilla Extract: What's the Difference?
low angle looking at a chiffon cake on a cake stand with a slice taken out, and topped with strawberries
What Is Chiffon Cake?
Freshly baked lemon bundt cake in a bundt cake pan.
What’s the Difference Between a Bundt Pan and a Tube Pan?
A bowl of yeast
Active Dry Yeast vs. Instant Yeast: What's the Difference?
Sticks of butter and shortening.
Butter vs. Shortening: What's the Difference?
metal muffin tin
Glass vs. Metal: Which Pans Are Better for Baking?
Chocolate chips of various sizes
The Ultimate Guide to Which Size Chocolate Chips to Use and When
Chocolate Brownies
The No-Fail Secret to the Chewiest, Fudgiest Brownies Ever
a close up view looking into a single slice of pumpkin pie on a blue plate and topped with a dollop of whipped cream.
What Can I Substitute for Evaporated Milk in Pumpkin Pie?
Bowl full of melted white chocolate
Think You Hate White Chocolate? Try Microwaving It
Bowl full of brownie batter
For The Deepest, Darkest Chocolate Flavor, Use Black Cocoa