Before you bake, here are 5 tips for beginner bakers before you kick off baking.
Read the recipe thoroughly before starting and plan ahead.
Use cookie dough scoops to portion your cookie dough, muffin batter, and cupcakes.
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“Cookie dough scoops ensure perfectly even portions every time,” says Brown.
“Baked goods will be more uniform and bake evenly.”
Line your baking pans with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
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“Parchment paper or silicone baking mats create a no-stick barrier between your baked goods and the pan.
If there is wet batter still on the toothpick, it needs to bake longer,” says Brown.
“But if it comes out clean or with a few crumbs on it, it’s done!
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Classic Banana Bread
Banana bread recipes are the queens of easy baking recipes.
“Banana breadcan be baked anytime and anywhere with simple and convenient ingredients.
“Most banana bread batters take just minutes to make as there’s no dough rising required.
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The only requirement is that you use ripe bananas.
The riper the better!
Get the recipe fromThe Baker Mama.
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“Chocolate chip cookies are a great way to practice your baking skills.
Practice makes perfect, so they say!
Most quick bread and cake recipes can be baked into muffins.
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“You want your muffins to be tender yet moist and rise beautifully in the pan.
you’re free to get really imaginative with muffins.
The options are endless which makes baking muffins so fun!”
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saysLindsay Cotter, host ofFoodie Bootcamp Workshopsand cookbook author/photographer forNourishing Superfood Bowls.
Get the recipe fromCotter Crunch.
The easy way to make healthier comfort foods.
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“Simple ingredients like oats, almond, banana, yogurt, and eggs.
Plus, you learn how tomake your own oat flour!”
Multiseed Homemade Crackers
“Homemade crackers have never been so easy to make!
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“The chia and flaxseed hold everything together for you!
Your job is to be patient while they bake.”
“Just mix everything together, add whatever chocolate chips you have on hand, scoop, and bake.
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Tons of peanut butter flavor made even better with chocolate.”
Get the recipe fromCupcakes and Kale Chips.
Monster Cookie Bars
“It doesn’t get any easier than bar cookies.
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Mix these together in one bowl, press into a pan, and bake,” says Izzo.
Mini Crinkle Brownie Bites
“These mini brownie bites are the ultimate comfort food!”
says Gaby Dalkin, publisher ofWhat’s Gaby Cooking.
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“Just pop a few in your mouth and you’re set.
Bonus, they take almost no time to whip up!”
Get the recipe fromWhat’s Gaby Cooking.
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Snickerdoodle Blondies
“You know the classic snickerdoodle cookies, these are them in blondie form!
It’s 1 pan, super easy and incredibly addictive,” says Dalkin.
Flourless Black Bean Brownies
What makes easy baking recipes?
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How about the fact that it’s almost completely hands-off?
“Simply add all ingredients, mix, pour into a baking dish and bake!
The perfect recipe for a beginner baker.”
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Get the recipe fromEating Bird Food.
“They are foolproof!”
Phew an easy baking recipe for bread that you’re free to try for the first time!
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Get the recipe fromLaughing Spatula.
“It features classic ingredients that you most likely have on hand.”
Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel Bites
“If you’re a beginner with yeast, no worries!
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This recipe is pretty much foolproof,” saysKristyn Merkley,publisher ofLil Luna, about her recipe.
Get the recipe fromLil Luna.
Pecan Scones
Scones, particularly cream scones like these pecan ones, are shockingly simple.
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Here, a pecan-studded base is topped with a brown butter glaze that is intensely delicious.
Browning butter is a greatcooking skill to acquire, and this is a great recipe to practice with.
Get the recipe fromThe Wood and Spoon.
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Toffee Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies
Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies… like, EVERYONE.
Which makes these cookies some of the best easy baking recipes to try when you’re just starting off.
These are made a little extra special with the addition of espresso and toffee bits.
You’ll be really proud to share these with friends, and they’re pretty simple to make.
Bonus: theyfreeze really well!
Strawberry Pretzel Tart
This tart is stunning and requires very little effort given the end result.
Easy baking recipes like this are great to have up your sleeve any time of year!
