33 Fun & Easy Things to Bake

This chewy chocolate chip cookie cake recipe is easy to make and a serious crowd pleaser: the perfect treat for book clubs and pitch ins! It's gooey and chocolaty, with a hint of orange zest to enhance the flavors.

There’s no need to run out to the bakery if you’ve got a donut craving. Try Baked Donuts! They’re irresistibly tender, sweet with a moist crumb, and pure perfection topped with a rich chocolate glaze. Add a bit of confetti sprinkles, and what could be more fun? All you need is a donut baking pan and a hankering for a project.

Also try: Mini Donuts!

Want an easy baking project? These 3 ingredient flourless peanut butter cookies are chewy and irresistibly delicious! All you need is peanut butter, sugar and egg.

This easy apple crisp recipe with oats is classic! Golden crumbles sit atop a luscious, warm-spiced fruit filling. It makes your kitchen smell heavenly!

This homemade no knead bread will wow everyone! It’s so easy to make and has the best flavor, crispy crust, and chewy interior. It's a great thing to bake for beginners!

Also try: Best Sourdough Bread

You'll immediately want seconds of this tasty strawberry muffins recipe! It’s got a tender fluffy crumb and a cream cheese swirl topping. A total crowd pleaser!

Calling all chocolate lovers: here’s the ULTIMATE fudgy and rich flourless chocolate cake! Paired with tangy raspberry compote, it’s decadent perfection. If you're looking for a chocolaty thing to bake, this is it!

You won't be able to stop eating these applesauce cookies! Made with applesauce and oatmeal, they’re laced with an easy icing drizzle. They taste a bit like oatmeal cream pies (but much less work!).

Here's a savory thing to bake that's calling your name: easy sheet pan pizza! This easy method makes a big pan for everyone to enjoy with your favorite toppings and a thick, flavorful crust.

This easy chocolate banana bread recipe is moist and rich: add chocolate chips if you like it even more chocolaty! Chocolate bread is the perfect recipe for brunch, a snack, or dessert.

Also try: Easy Banana Nut Bread or Pumpkin Banana Bread

These are the best oven baked French fries that taste just like a restaurant! They come out crispy and perfectly seasoned: no need for frying. An absolute treat if you're looking for savory things to bake.

This applesauce cake is light and moist, scented with cinnamon and brown sugar. Mix it up right in the pan: no mixing bowls required!

Here’s the very best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies recipe you’ll find! Chewy and packed with chocolate, a hint of molasses makes them utterly irresistible.

This skillet cornbread recipe will become your go-to! Bake it up in an oven-safe or cast iron skillet and prepare to be amazed.

These little cakes are fun, easy to put together, and overwhelmingly satisfying. The moist, carrot-studded cakes have just the right warm spiced interior, and they're piled high with tangy cream cheese frosting.

Impress everyone with these crinkled chocolate cookies that are a triple threat of chocolate! They taste like they’re right from a bakery.

These healthy banana bread muffins are lightly sweet and made mostly of oats and bananas! They’re blender muffins so they’re easy to make at home.

These easy homemade biscuits are flaky, tender, buttery, and everything a biscuit should be. In a word: WOW. Bookmark this recipe: it will be your go-to!

Why not bake up a loaf of homemade sandwich bread? This bread recipe is easy to make and very versatile: it works for sandwiches, toast, and more!

Also try: Easy Whole Wheat Bread

These amazing sweet potato brownies will wow everyone! Fudgy and chewy, they’re loaded with flavor…good stuff, too. Microwave or bake a sweet potato, then use it for these chocolaty treats.

Another savory thing to bake? Nachos! Here's our ultimate nachos recipe, loaded with all the classic toppings. These tips make a delicious sheet pan everyone will love!

This applesauce bread recipe is the best quick bread: unbelievably tasty and cozy spiced. Step it up with an easy icing drizzle that makes a lacy pattern over the top.

Got ripe bananas ripening on the counter? Here’s a decadent way to use them: this Chocolate Chip Banana Bread! This recipe takes the standard up a notch by using browned butter, infusing a rich, nutty flavor into the entire loaf. It’s perfectly moist, studded with semi-sweet bits of chocolate and scented with just the right hint of cinnamon.

Here’s how to make an incredible pan pizza at home! It’s got thick pillowy crust and tastes like your favorite pizzeria…but even better.

Ready for the BEST apple muffins? The streusel topping adds a sweet crunch to each bite, and they feature both applesauce and diced apple. To die for!

This chocolate zucchini cake recipe comes out so rich and chocolaty! It’s a fan favorite that happens to be dairy free and gluten free.

This sweet potato bread recipe is moist, sweet and cinnamon spiced! It's a quick bread that’s ideal as a side dish or snack.

This easy blueberry cake recipe is stunning: it’s fluffy, lightly sweet, and scented with lemon. Perfect for dessert or brunch!

An unexpected thing to bake? Grilled cheese! Baking it in the oven is a quick way to make lots of sandwiches at once! Baked grilled cheese comes out melty and golden brown.

This popovers recipe is fast and easy: bake them up in a muffin pan! They’re easy and taste beautifully savory and fluffy right out of the oven.

This scones recipe makes beautifully golden and sweet scones: you can use butter, vegan butter or coconut oil! Add fruit like blueberries and an easy icing drizzle.

Got zucchini? This easy zucchini bread recipe will become a family favorite: it’s moistened by Greek yogurt and so fast to whip up.

Last up in our top things to bake: Chocolate Banana Muffins! Wow, is all we can say about this one! They’re dark chocolaty with a light crunch on top and a moist interior.