Bake or Break Recipes

Read and see more about these at Bake or Break. Recipe from McCormick.

1 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted & slightly cooled
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

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

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for pan
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350°. Butter [...]

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Recipe from Buttercup Bakes at Home. Read and see more at Bake or Break.

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 large egg, at room temperature
1/3 cup plus 1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup miniature chocolate chips
1 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon apple [...]

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Read and see more about these decadent cookies at Bake or Break. Recipe adapted from Great Cookies by Carole Walter.

2 & 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, slightly firm
3/4 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 ounces semi-sweet [...]

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

1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
1 & 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups oats
1 cup dried cherries
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chunks

Preheat oven to 350°.
Beat butter and brown sugar together until [...]

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Recipe from Taste of the South. Read and see more at Bake or Break.

1 cup butter, softened
1 & 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
10 ounces swirled milk chocolate and peanut butter morsels
confectioner’s [...]

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Pears and such

2-3 large, not too ripe pears
1/4 cup superfine sugar
2-3 tablespoons sweetened cocoa powder* or grated bittersweet chocolate
finely grated zest of half of a lemon

Preheat oven to 350°. Set a baking sheet on the middle rack to heat.
Peel, core, and slice (or chop) pears. Place [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from Cooking Light.

1/3 cup coarsely chopped unsalted, dry-roasted peanuts
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt

Preheat oven to 350°.
Place peanuts [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From my Home to Yours.

1 & 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
11 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel or 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
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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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