Bake or Break Recipes

Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from Martha Stewart’s Cookies.

1 cup butter, softened, plus more for preparing pan
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for preparing pan
1 & 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 & 1/2 cups smooth peanut butter
1 & 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 & 1/2 cups [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from Baker’s Edge.

2 cups all-purposed flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 & 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
1 cup raspberries

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook.

Cream Cheese Filling

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add egg and beat well. Add flour and combine. Set aside.

Bars

1/2 cup [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break.Recipe from The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook.

Crust

1 & 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
5 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325°. Butter a 9″-square baking pan. Line pan with parchment paper, leaving enough to extend over the sides. Butter the parchment [...]

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Crust

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, diced
1 egg, lightly beaten

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease an 8″x 8″baking pan. Set aside.
Combine flour, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles cornmeal. Add egg. [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from The Sweet Melissa Baking Book.

1/2 pound (2 sticks, or 1 cup) butter
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 & 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
2 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
11 ounces butterscotch chips
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon water
2 cups roasted salted whole cashews

Preheat [...]

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Read and see more about these chocolate lover’s brownies at Bake or Break.

Brownies

1 cup unsalted butter (plus more for preparing pan)
3 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup mascarpone cheese, softened
3 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 325°. Butter an [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break.

1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup peanut butter
3 cups crushed corn flakes

Combine brown sugar and corn syrup in a large saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and peanut butter. Fold [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe adapted from Southern Living.

1 (18.25-ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup chopped pecans
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
16 ounces confectioners’ sugar, sifted

Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine cake mix, 1 egg, butter, and pecans until dry ingredients [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from Land O’Lakes.

Crust

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup pecan halves

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine flour, brown sugar, and butter with a mixer or a pastry blender until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Press onto the bottom of [...]

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