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Big and Bubbly Focaccia: King Arthur Baking's 2025 Recipe of the Year
With its bubbly, bronzed top, crisp edges, and tender, airy interior, this is the focaccia of the moment: It’s lofty but light, strikingly tall, and the perfect size for the dinner table. Inspired by Martin Philip's focaccia in our Big Book of Bread, this recipe relies on a largely hands-off folding method and all-purpose flour to provide the dough with the strength it needs to rise high while maintaining a tender interior. Removing the finished bread from the pan and briefly returning it to the oven after the bake ensures that every side is golden brown and perfectly crisp. Of all the focaccia recipes out there, this is the one to return to again and again.
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Sunken Berry Almond Cake
The magic of this buttery, moist almond cake is two-fold: It comes together in just 10 minutes, and the almond flour-based batter is naturally gluten-free. As the cake bakes, the fresh berry topping sinks into the velvety, smooth crumb for bursts of hidden berry flavor.
Easy Peach Cobbler
While we love to make this easy fruit cobbler with peaches and other stone fruit, it can accommodate any in-season fruit, from berries to apples. The biscuits are sprinkled with sugar and flavored with a hint of almond extract and the fruit filling is perfectly thickened — juicy but not runny — with spectacular color and flavor. Bake this easy cobbler in a 9" x 13" pan to make it convenient to transport to a summertime gathering. Don’t forget the Mason jar whipped cream!
Hot Summer Spoon Cake
With tender cake hugging juicy fruit, this fast yet elegant dessert barely adapted from Anna Stockwell’s cookbook For the Table is the definition of simple summer pleasure. Get the fruit macerating before dinner, then stir together the batter while someone else clears the table. You’ll have a warm, gooey dessert — Anna calls it a “spoon cake” — in about 30 minutes. All that’s left to do is top it with homemade whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream and dig in.
Just Peachy Peach Muffins
These sugar-crusted muffins are packed with peaches and fragrant with warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. All you need to make them are a few pantry staples, a couple of fresh peaches (the juicer, the better!), and 45 minutes. After you fall in love with this easy peach muffin recipe, make it your own by replacing some of the peaches with berries. The combination of peach and blueberry is a summertime favorite.
Easy Zucchini Chocolate Fudge Cake
When you've baked enough zucchini bread but the green vegetable is still finding its way into your kitchen, switch things up with this Chocolate Zucchini Cake. It uses three whole cups of zucchini, yet you'd never know there was anything but chocolate in this ultra-moist, rich, fudgy cake. The zucchini ensures a tender crumb — think banana bread meets carrot cake — while the cocoa powder and espresso create a robust chocolate flavor.
Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake
Here's a nice autumn twist on coffee cake: pumpkin cake with a pumpkin spice swirl inside and buttery, crumbly streusel on top.
Paper Bag Apple Pie
This unusual baking method for apple pie caught our eye years ago, when it arrived via e-mail from reader Kathleen Johnstone. Pie baked in a bag? Hmmm... We baked the pie — a bit skeptically, perhaps — but found it to be beautifully golden brown, and perfectly cooked: toothsome yet tender apples, golden brown crust, light brown streusel topping. As Kathleen commented in her accompanying note, "Very good, and all the mess is inside the paper bag." Which it was, we're pleased to say.
Apple Butter Apple Galette
This is rustic-yet-charming apple tart includes apples in two forms. The Golden Wheat Flour crust is flaky and tender from a good helping of sour cream, and a hidden layer of DIY apple butter adds a refreshing tang. It's the perfect addition to the table when your pie plates are occupied with pumpkin and pecan, but don’t be surprised if your future self decides to opt for this galette even when those pie dishes are free.
The Easiest Rolls Ever
These big, soft, and tender dinner rolls are perennial favorites at the holiday table and, in many houses, all year round. Make a batch of quick dinner rolls for cookouts, bake sales, community dinners, or Sunday suppers — this recipe yields enough that you'll still have plenty of leftovers for the week. See details on freezing unbaked dough and adding another layer of flavor, like the cheese and pizza seasoning pictured, in the "tips" below.
Easy Leftover Christmas Ham Focaccia
Inspired by Christmas ham, this focaccia is glazy, sticky, and lightly spiced, with the same craveable crispy bits. Cut the bread into bite-size pieces to serve at a holiday cocktail party or use it in place of rolls at dinner (just be sure to save a square or two for a great breakfast sandwich). This recipe starts with our Crisp & Airy Focaccia Mix for minimal prep, which means you can have Christmas focaccia no matter how long your to-do list.
Easy Cranberry-Orange Olive Oil Cake
This holiday-ready version of our five-star Everyday Olive Oil Cake is adorned with a big red bow in the form of a simple but stunning cranberry glaze. Made by cooking cranberries with orange juice, then whisking the mixture with confectioners’ sugar, the icing adds a bright tartness that complements the rich cake. It’s also a great way to use up that half-bag of cranberries lingering from Thanksgiving.