Collection: Our Classic Recipes posted by Staff Writer Pin Share Tweet Email We all like to experiment with the latest, punchiest recipes, but sometimes you just get a taste for those plain, old classic recipes! They are classic because they are straightforward, delicious — and often easy to make. Something especially welcome around the holidays, when the calendar is overflowing and your to-do list is longer than your arm. Experimentation can wait for another day! You just want those tried and true classics to feed your family — or half the neighborhood. We’re a baking and sweets shop, so we’ve shopped our recipes and divided them into breads, breakfast, pies, and cakes. Classic Bread Recipes Quick Bread Dough — This easy recipe is ready in less than 30 minutes. It’s perfect for pizza crusts, cinnamon rolls, and even dinner rolls when you’re in a pinch for time! Easy Overnight Artisan Bread — Ridiculously easy artisan bread recipe that is super crusty on the outside and steamy soft on the inside. You won’t believe how fool-proof this recipe is! Homemade French Bread — It’s really a must-have staple recipe in every home cook’s repertoire. And once you go homemade, you’ll never want to go back to that store-bought bagged loaf again. BEST Banana Bread EVER! — The best banana bread recipe makes an extra moist and extra delicious loaf thanks to four whole bananas per loaf, brown sugar, and butter. The Most Perfect Biscuits — These are by far fluffiest, softest, silkiest (yes, I just used “silky” to describe the inside of a biscuit) that I’ve ever eaten. Not just when they’re fresh – as leftovers too! Big Fat One-Hour Cinnamon Rolls — This big one-hour cinnamon rolls recipe makes GINORMOUS rolls that take less than one hour to make!! It doesn’t get any better than this. MORE BREAD RECIPES:25+ Quick Bread RecipesBanana-Based Breads Classic Breakfast Recipes Diner-Style Pancakes — They’re at least as big as your face. They’re generally thing but still VERY fluffy. It’s a tough line to walk between thin and fluffy, but the diner-style pancake can do it! Bisquick Donuts — These really are SO simple to make. It’s all the goodness of homemade, fresh donuts but without having to make the dough and wait for it to rise! Best Ever Baked Donuts — These baked donuts (shown above) taste like the real-deal, yeasty fried donuts you get from your favorite donut shop. Soft and Fluffy Whole Wheat Pancakes — These pancakes are totally sweet — and pretty good for you too. They are filled with wholesome grains, and low-cal/high-calcium Silk Vanilla Cashew Milk. Easy Lemon Blueberry Scones — I don’t make scones all that often, but when I do– it’s ALWAYS this recipe that uses a cake mix. Thus this the “easy” in this Easy Lemon Blueberry Scone recipe! Melt-in-Your-Mouth Buttermilk Pancakes — You will fall in love with these fluffy buttermilk pancakes with a homemade buttermilk syrup. They make the perfect weekend breakfast! Easy and Fluffy Belgian Waffles — These Belgian waffles are a mouth-watering, breakfast treat that you can easily make at home. They’re crispy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside. Best French Toast Recipe — This is the best French toast recipe ever! Soft and fluffy on the inside, golden brown on the outside, and made with maple and vanilla custard. MORE BREAKFAST RECIPES:25+ Swanky Pancake RecipesHoliday Breakfast: The Ultimate Guide100+ Swanky Recipes for Breakfast & Brunch Classic Pie Recipes Classic 2-Pie Crust Recipe — After years of struggle, I finally perfected the Classic 2-Pie Crust Recipe. I picked up a few tricks along the way, and I’m sharing them with you in this post! Paula Deen’s Apple Pie — Paula Deen’s Apple Pie is a deliciously classic recipe with a buttery homemade lattice top crust and brown sugar apples. Coconut Cream Pie — This Coconut Cream Pie has three delicious, homemade-from-scratch layers. You can make the layers ahead of time so that assembly is a cinch when it’s time to serve! Classic Southern. Buttermilk Pie — This pie does not disappoint! Creamy custard-y center baked into an all-butter homemade pie crust. Pumpkin Pie — This pumpkin pie is a very traditional and classic recipe. There aren’t any crazy twists or anything. It’s just a good, solid recipe worth hanging on to. Pecan Pie — This is a simple, classic pecan pie. It’s golden, gooey, and delicious in the center with a crispy, crunchy pecan top. MORE PIE RECIPES:Holiday Pies: The Ultimate Guide Classic Cake Recipes Golden Vanilla Pound Cake — This beautiful cake is delicious with strawberry ice cream, but it’s just as yummy with fresh berries and vanilla. (See also this Lemon Pound Cake.) My Favorite Cheesecake Recipe — This cheesecake is the ultimate. Seriously, it is the absolute best. It’s the cheesecake I made for myself for mother’s day, and I cannot get it out of my mind! Flourless Chocolate Cake — Deep, dark, and insanely rich. This chocolate cake is simple to make and, since it contains no flour, is incredibly dense. Each bite melts in your mouth like a truffle! Yellow Birthday Cake with Creamy Chocolate Frosting — Talk about classic! Buttery golden yellow cake with creamy, fudgy chocolate frosting. And lots of sprinkles, of course! Classic Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake — This is a seriously moist, chocolate-y sheet cake that has it’s own distinct flavor. And the pour on chocolate pecan frosting is to. die. for. Ina Garten Lemon Cake — This rich lemon cake recipe tastes incredible with my favorite cream cheese frosting and raspberries! It’s one of our all-time most popular recipes. 🍋 Coconut Cake — My favorite doctored up cake mix combined with my favorite from-scratch coconut buttercream. I love that this cake is both beautiful and simple. MORE SWANKY CAKE RECIPES:25+ Poke CakesHoliday Cake Recipes60 Swanky Cheesecake Recipes
