French Loaves
My kids love to help me make this delicious bread recipe. It's quite easy, and they enjoy the fact that...
Biltmore’s Bread Pudding
Here's one of our classic dessert recipes. A golden caramel sauce enhances the rich bread pudding. —Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North...
Kentucky Butter Cake
I found this Kentucky butter cake recipe in an old cookbook I bought at a garage sale and couldn’t wait...
Blueberry Pudding Cake
We have many acres of blueberry bushes in the area where we live. My father-in-law has a number of them...
Chocolate Peppermint Cake
Guests make sure to save room for this light and moist cake with its refreshing mint flavor and chocolate glaze....
Easy Apple Crisp
Here's an easy apple crisp! This is a delicious dessert perfect for young cooks to prepare. It's super simple to...
Blueberry Pan-Cake with Maple Frosting
Here's your excuse to have cake for breakfast. The batter is made with pancake mix! —Matthew Hass, Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
Peach Crumb Bars
I had the most beautiful peaches and really wanted to bake with them. I started with my blueberry crumb bar...
Crusty Homemade Bread
Crackling homemade bread makes an average day extraordinary. Enjoy this beautiful crusty bread recipe as is, or stir in a...
Sticky Toffee Rice Pudding with Caramel Cream
The simple rice pudding gets a makeover with this upscale recipe. It has just the right thickness to soak up...
Banana Coconut Cake
Meet the Cook: In our family, a meal isn't considered complete without a dessert - or, sometimes, two! This cake...
Basic Chocolate Pound Cake
This chocolate pound cake is one of my favorite cakes to bake. A friend of mine gave me this recipe...
Ice Cream Cake Roll
"The cake roll can be made and filled ahead of time, then thawed once company comes," says field editor Kathy...
Lemon Dream Cheesecake
Light and creamy, this lemon cheesecake recipe is just the thing for a spring or summer day. —Bonnie Jost, Manitowoc,...
Pina Colada Zucchini Bread
At my husband's urging, I entered this recipe at the Pennsylvania Farm Show—and won first place! You'll love the cakelike...
Cream-Filled Cinnamon Coffee Cake
Repeat guests often phone ahead to request my cinnamony coffee cake for breakfast. You can prepare it in advance and...
Magic Bars
These rich bar cookies will melt in your mouth! They’re ideal to have on hand for a snack. —Pauline Schrag,...
Homemade Brownie Sundaes
I serve this super dessert often at baseball barbecues or whenever I have a large group in. Homemade brownies and...
Sand Art Brownies
A jar of this attractive layered mix produces a yummy batch of fudgy brownies that are dressed up with chocolate...
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
Every summer my mother and I try to bake as many loaves of this chocolate chip zucchini bread as possible....
Purple Plum Pie
I can never resist a tempting slice of this beautiful plum pie. It's a down-home dessert that makes any meal...
Pineapple Sheet Cake
This sheet cake is perfect for serving to a crowd. It keeps so well that you can easily prepare it...
Pecan Tassies
These pecan tassies are very good for parties and special occasions. You'll probably want to double the recipe, because they'll...
Peachy Sour Cream Coffee Cake
When I was a little girl, my grandma got up early every Saturday to make this coffee cake for the...
Sour Cream Pound Cake
Because I'm our town's postmaster, I can bake only in my spare time. I especially enjoy making desserts such as...
Blackberry-Orange Cake
My grandmother made luscious fruit pies and cobblers using blackberries from her garden. I decided to follow her lead and...
Nanny’s Fruitcake Cookies
My grandmother always made a holiday fruitcake. I turned her recipe into cookies that are perfect anytime, especially with a...
Iced Cinnamon Potato Rolls
This recipe comes from my mother-in-law, who remembers making these rolls often. Now I make them often. Maybe they'll be...
Southern-Style Biscuits
As a Southerner and our household cook, I experimented until I hit on just the right recipe for southern-style biscuits....