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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.
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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
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This Genius Hack Replaces the Eggs in Your St. Paddy’s Day Irish Soda Bread
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Why Do Some Bread Recipes Call For a Second Rise?
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What Are Sprinkles — And What Are They Made Of?
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What's the Difference Between All-Purpose Flour and Cake Flour?
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What's the Difference Between a Crisp, Crumble, Cobbler, Slump, and Buckle?
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Why Do So Many Recipes Call for Baking at 350 Degrees F?
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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?
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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
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The Best Apples for Apple Pie and Apple Crisp
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5 Easy Ways To Soften Up Hard 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
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?
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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
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This Simple Step Will Make Your Cocoa Powder Taste Surprisingly Richer
Chocolate Chips
The Real Story Behind That Chalky Stuff on Your Chocolate Bar
chicken and rice casserole in 9x13 dish
What Do the Numbers on the Bottom of Your Casserole Dishes Mean?
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What Are Carob Chips — And How Are They Different From Chocolate Chips?
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5 Ingredients You Can Substitute for Vanilla Extract
Girl icing a cake
TikTok Taught Me: The Best Trick to Frosting Cakes Like a Bakery Is Hiding in Your Kitchen
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Did You Know What You Bake on Impacts Your Bake?
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Did You Know That The Color of Your Baking Sheet Impacts Your Bake?
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Non-Dairy Milks: Which Are Best for Baking?
colorful French macarons and coconut macaroons
Macarons vs. Macaroons: What's the Difference?
wedges of plain yellow cake
How To Fix a Dry Cake: Top Tips From Pastry Chefs
square cake being frosted
4 Brilliant Tricks for Making Canned Frosting Taste Homemade
proofing yeast in a measuring cup
How to Proof Yeast
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How to Get Cake Out of a Bundt Pan in One Piece
Chef John's Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Fixing Flat Cookies and Other Cookie Fails
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How to Bake Cakes and Quick Breads at High Altitude
JP's Big Daddy Biscuits
4 Common Biscuit Problems and How to Solve Them
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Our Soda and Cake Mix Baking Guide
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7 Common Cheesecake Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
close up of a slice of One Bowl Chocolate Cake baked as a layered sheet cake with chocolate frosting
How to Make the Easiest Chocolate Cake From Scratch
Blind Baking Pie Crust 5
How to Blind Bake a Pie Crust
Cracking an egg over a bowl of batter
How to Bring Eggs to Room Temperature Quickly and Safely
canned cinnamon roll dough baked in a waffle iron
7 Ways to Hack Canned Cinnamon Rolls
Strawberry Pie II
How to Bake Juicy Fruit Pies With a Crisp Crust
Cookies on Aluminum Foil
Why You Should Never Bake Cookies on an Aluminum Foil-Lined Baking Sheet
cheesecake topped with fresh berries
How to Make Cheesecake Step by Step
pastry being brushed
What Can I Use If I Don't Have a Pastry Brush?