Bake or Break Recipes

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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Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from Better Homes & Gardens.

3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 & 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup finely chopped pistachios
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons milk

Using an electric mixer, beat butter on medium speed until creamy. [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from The Essential Baker.

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted (for coating madeleine pans)
3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
3 ounces (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 extra large eggs*, at room temperature
1/3 cup superfine sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break.

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 & 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 & 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 cup [...]

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Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from Cooking with Paula Deen.

Crust

1 & 1/2 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs
3/4 cup finely chopped hazelnuts
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted

Preheat oven to 350°. Combine cracker crumbs, hazelnuts, and sugar. Stir in melted butter. Press mixture into the bottoms and sides of 18 [...]

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

Vanilla Dough

1 & 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 large egg yolk
1 & 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons ice water

Combine flour and salt. In a separate bowl, beat sugar, butter, and egg yolk at medium speed [...]

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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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Recipe from BH&G New Baking Book. Read more at Bake or Break.

Cake

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa power
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking powder. Add milk, oil, and vanilla, and mix until smooth. [...]

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Recipe from BH&G’s Holiday Baking magazine.

Chocolate Cookies

1 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 Tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir together flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, mix butter, sugar, brown sugar, and [...]

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