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13 Easy Baking Recipes to Make Right Now!

Categories: Cooking and Baking | Recipe Roundups

Renee Schwartz April 28, 2025

After 2 weeks of matzah, it’s finally time to get back to what we all love: baking!

Whether your pantry is restocked and ready for action or you’re just easing back in with something simple, we’ve rounded up the perfect lineup of post-Pesach bakes to satisfy every craving—from nostalgic cookies to wholesome muffins and crusty, dreamy breads.

These 13 tried-and-true recipes range from healthy-ish treats to full-on buttery indulgence, and they’re just what you need to get back into your baking groove. Let the flour fly!

1. Healthy Granola Cookies by Rivka Hott

2. Healthy Peanut Butter Squares by Ellie Rosenblum

3. Basic Sourdough Bread by Reisy Gross

Making your own starter takes time and patience. You can skip this step by getting some starter from a friend or a local bakery. You can also order dehydrated sourdough starter online.

4. Classic Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies by Sara Goldstein

We can all use a really good chocolate chip cookie recipe to pull out of our back pocket at any time. This recipe makes a lot of cookies so you can eat a bunch hot out of the oven and still send over a dozen to a neighbor or freeze a dozen for next time. The melted margarine and slightly shorter baking time is what makes these cookies super chewy.

5. Creamy, Dairy, and Not the Typical Corn Muffins by Victoria Dwek

We are corn muffin fans, and therefore there are many different types of corn muffins that I make. There’s the low-cal one from Secrets of Skinny Cooking that’s the best 100-calorie corn muffin there is (I know, I tried them all and I tested every recipe on the planet). Then there’s my go-to corn muffin that’s just a good version of a basic corn muffin. It’s one bowl and it can be made pareve or dairy, and I always have the ingredients in the house. Then there are these. There’s one cafe that serves a very dairy-tasting, buttery corn muffin (you know, the type that greases the bottom of the brown paper bag?). And since a member of the family loves them, it became time to duplicate them. I’m sharing them now because hot, fresh muffins out of the oven are so perfect for a break-the-fast meal, alongside a cup of coffee. We’ll always have the requisite sambousak and calzones, avocado salad, orange juice, and string cheese. But fresh muffins are our favorite extra.

6. Buttery Pull-Apart Bread by Leah Klein

This impressive loaf is light, soft, buttery, and so, so delicious! Serve it warm out of the oven or at room temperature. For even more heavenly results, add more melted butter on top after baking.

7. Lazy Oat Muffins by Bruchy Duschinsky

My neighbor pours these into long loaf pans in order to save on the time it takes to fill multiple muffin cups (hence the name “lazy muffins”). I’ve baked them dozens of times, in either muffin cups or loaf pans; both versions are equally great!

8. Low-Sugar Banana Bread by Batsheva Kanter

This banana bread gets most of its sweetness from ripe bananas. The seed clusters add a nice contrasting texture and healthy fats. This is an excellent breakfast on the go.

9. Classic Sprinkle Cookies by Sara Goldstein

There was no way I could write an article about cookies and not include sprinkle cookies! These are only eight ingredients and loaded with sprinkles.

10. Cappuccino Muffins by Leah Schamovic

I got this recipe from a dear friend in Camp Agudah. It’s a no-fail winner!

11. Nutty Biscotti by Shaindy Siff

I love to have these biscotti to munch on when I’m craving something sweet.

12. Grain Free Wild Blueberry Muffins by Chay Wike

With barely six grams of sugar each, these muffins are a lovely warm and nourishing treat in the morning if you’re looking for something to grab and go. They are grain-free and full of healthy fats. Perfectly sweet and bright thanks to a squeeze of citrus juice, they bake up with a slightly crunchy exterior and tender crumb.

13. Herbed Chestnut Corn Bread by Manischewitz

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