Trusted Baking Recipes from a Self-Taught Baker

Crank up the heat (on your oven) and browse these warming winter recipes. Hunker down with hearty soups and breads, comforting casseroles, and plenty of goodies. Fill your home with the smell of sweet cinnamon crunch bread, and thaw icy fingers around a mug of rich and creamy slow cooker hot chocolate. This cornbread topped skillet chili really hits the spot on a cold day, or try this 5-star-rated biscuit vegetable pot pie.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it’s also an excuse to eat sweet rolls, muffins, donuts, and pastries in the morning! (OK, occasionally. But still.) Whether you’re planning a healthy wake-up meal with a delicious frittata, baked oatmeal, or breakfast casserole; or a lavish special-occasion brunch with quiche and cream cheese French toast casserole, you’re sure to find a new favorite breakfast recipe to start your day off right.

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.

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.

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.