Trusted Baking Recipes from a Self-Taught Baker

No recipe makes you feel more accomplished than a completely from-scratch pie such as apple pie, blueberry pie, or pumpkin pie. This section includes all my favorite pie recipes and most helpful success tips, all intended to boost your pie-making confidence.

Autumn is full of the flavors of pumpkin, apple, cinnamon, maple, and comforting warm spices. If you have the baking itch this time of year, you’ll find a ton of recipe inspiration here including my classic pumpkin bread, extra flavorful baked apple cider donuts, and these reader-favorite maple brown sugar cookies.

While I always include detailed step-by-step directions and photos for every recipe I publish, my team and I know how helpful it can be to actually watch a recipe come together. We’ve filmed hundreds of recipe tutorials!

If you’d like to learn the basics of baking, you’re in the right place—I have plenty of tips to share! The knowledge I’ve learned over the years has created a fantastic foundation on which I can build and share with readers.

Bread bakers of all levels will love easy recipes like 4-ingredient homemade bread, quick & easy soft pretzels, and this honey oat bread. This Baking With Yeast Guide is a great starting point if you are new to baking bread.

Get ready to raise the bar for delicious desserts! Recipes in this section range from indulgent, like these 4-layer cookies & cream brownies, to simple, like these 7-ingredient lemon bars.

Here you’ll find some of my family’s favorite quick & simple dishes, including black bean burgers, 20-minute honey garlic shrimp, and creamy lemon & thyme chicken.

If you’re looking to add some lighter, wholesome recipes to your diet, browse through this variety of sweet and savory nutritious recipes, such as 1-pan bruschetta chicken, Greek yogurt zucchini bread, and reader-favorite peanut butter banana oatmeal bars.

Welcome to my most expansive recipe category! From the ever-popular recipes for classics like chewy chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies, to reader favorites like snickerdoodles and oatmeal raisin cookies, you’ll find literally hundreds of cookie recipes here.

Because I focus most of my time and effort on baking, when it comes to cooking, my priorities are quick, easy, and nutritious—while still tasting delicious, of course! Here you’ll find some of my family’s favorite dishes, including black bean burgers, chicken pot pie, and 20-minute honey garlic shrimp.

No recipe makes you feel more accomplished than a completely from-scratch pie such as apple pie, blueberry pie, or pumpkin pie. This section includes all my favorite pie recipes and most helpful success tips, all intended to boost your pie-making confidence.

Bakers of all skill levels, including beginners, love these easy-to-follow recipes. These recipes don’t require any special tools, techniques, or unusual ingredients. You might be surprised by how many recipes you (or your kids) can accomplish!

Enjoying the recipes on this website? You can find hundreds more kitchen-tested recipes in my best-selling published cookbooks.