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    Scratch Baking Made Simple

    Welcome to Always Eat Dessert! Here you’ll find made-from-scratch recipes designed for busy people who love to bake. From cookies to quick breads, you'll discover detailed, easy-to-follow recipes for everyday life along with practical baking tips to help you whip up indulgent treats from scratch with confidence.

    Halloween Dessert Recipes

    From spooky treats and pumpkin cookies to homemade candy, here's what to bake for Halloween!

    • Overhead view of black cocoa cookies decorated like a mummy with white chocolate on a gray surface.
      Black Cocoa Cookies
    • Overhead view of bitten cookie on a gray surface.
      Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
    • Dirt pudding cup in a glass jar topped with a white chocolate spiderweb and M&M spider.
      Halloween Dirt Cups
    • sliced peanut butter cup stacked on a pewter plate
      S'mores Peanut Butter Cups

    Favorite Fall Recipes

    This season we're diving into all things apple and pumpkin (and cinnamon, and caramel...). Celebrate the flavors of fall with these popular fall baking recipes!

    • Sliced loaf on a wooden cutting board next to apples, applesauce, and cinnamon.
      Cinnamon Applesauce Bread with Streusel Topping
    • Punch in a glass on a gray surface garnished with an apple slice, cinnamon stick, and star anise.
      Sparkling Apple Cider Punch (Cocktail or Mocktail)
    • Stacked donut muffins on a white plate.
      Pumpkin Spice Donut Muffins
    • Apple pie bars drizzled with salted caramel sauce stacked on a white plate.
      Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars
    • angled view of homemade salted caramel sauce being drizzled into a glass jar on a white surface with sugar, butter, and cream in the background
      Easy Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce
    • Overhead view of an unbaked lattice pie.
      How to Make a Lattice Pie Crust
    • Overhead view of a hand dipping a churro into a bowl of chocolate ganache.
      Pumpkin Spice Churros with Chocolate Dipping Sauce
    • close-up overhead view of snickerdoodle cookies stacked on a white plate
      Chewy Chai Snickerdoodles

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    Latest Posts

    Fresh from the oven! Don't miss these brand-spanking-new recipes and baking tips.

    • Overhead view of hands splitting a muffin open above a tin of muffins.
      Mixed Berry Muffins with Cinnamon Streusel Topping
    • Close-up overhead view of frosting with flecks of crushed cookies spread over a cake.
      Cookies & Cream Oreo Buttercream Frosting
    • A sliced muffin on a tray next to a knife and other muffins.
      Blueberry Chocolate Chip Muffins
    • Close-up view of a cinnamon roll with purple icing split open on a white plate with a dish of blueberries and small white flowers.
      Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls

    Reader Favorites

    These tried-and-true recipes and baking tips are currently trending among Always Eat Dessert readers and bakers like you!

    • Side view of biscuits stacked on a white speckled plate with a blue background.
      Quick & Easy Buttermilk Biscuits (Small Batch)
    • Margaritas on a light gray surface garnished with lime wedges and sugar.
      Classic & Sweet Margarita
    • overhead view of pizza buns
      Homemade Pizza Buns
    • Decorated bronuts on a blue surface.
      Homemade Bronuts (Brownie Donuts)

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    Hi there!

    I'm Allison, the cookie-obsessed baker, recipe creator, and food photographer behind Always Eat Dessert.

    Here you’ll find simple and scrumptious made-from-scratch recipes designed for busy people who love to bake. With easy-to-follow dessert recipes and practical baking tips, my goal is to help you satisfy your sweet tooth, stat!

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    Favorite Cookie Recipes

    Cookies are an obsession here at Always Eat Dessert, and these are some of the best recipes on the site!

    • Overhead view of cookies on a white background.
      No Chill Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • close-up overhead view of snickerdoodle cookies stacked on a white plate
      Chewy Chai Snickerdoodles
    • Overhead view of sugar cookies with buttercream frosting flowers on a marble surface.
      Soft and Cakey Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
    • Molasses cookies with crinkle tops stacked on top of each other.
      Old-Fashioned Molasses Crinkle Cookies

    See More Cookie Recipes →

    Must-Know Baking Tips

    Develop confidence in the kitchen with these practical baking tips.

    • overhead view of melting chocolate in a double boiler
      How to Melt Chocolate in a Double Boiler
    • Box grater and peeled carrot on a wooden cutting board.
      How to Grate Carrots for Carrot Cake
    • melted white chocolate in a double boiler
      How to Melt White Chocolate (Chips, Bars & Wafers)
    • Angled view of stacked baking pans lined with parchment paper.
      How to Line Pans with Parchment Paper
    • Flour and cocoa being stirred together in a glass bowl with a wooden spoon.
      Mixing Methods in Baking: How to Fold, Beat & Stir
    • Sliced brownies scattered on a crinkled piece of parchment paper.
      How to Store Brownies & Keep Them Fresh
    • A box of baking soda and a can of baking powder next to small glass bowls of both leaveners.
      Baking Soda & Baking Powder
    • butter, brown eggs, and a glass of milk on a white surface
      Baking with Room Temperature Ingredients

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    All Things Chocolate

    If you're looking for indulgent chocolate dessert recipes, you came to the right place!

    • Side view of a bitten brownie stacked on a white marble surface.
      Chewy Fudgy Homemade Brownies
    • Single Layer Fudgy Chocolate Cake
    • Close up overhead view of cookie bars on a wooden cutting board.
      Oatmeal Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars (Small Batch)
    • Mini brownie bites topped with piped whipped ganache on a white surface.
      Brownie Bites with Whipped Chocolate Ganache

    See More Chocolate Dessert Recipes →

    Small Batch Recipes

    When you want something sweet but you don't need a whole dozen, small batch recipes to the rescue!

    • Blueberry muffins on a wooden cutting board with white flowers and fresh blueberries.
      Blueberry Muffins with Streusel Topping (Small Batch)
    • Side view of biscuits stacked on a white speckled plate with a blue background.
      Quick & Easy Buttermilk Biscuits (Small Batch)
    • Small Batch Brioche Jelly Doughnuts
    • Angled view of an iced cinnamon roll cut up on a white plate with a fork.
      Brioche Cinnamon Rolls (Small Batch)

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    Just Updated

    These oldie-but-goodie recipe posts and baking tips have been recently updated!

    • Scattered brownies with a close-up side view of one brownie on a piece of parchment paper.
      Fudgy One-Bowl Brownies
    • Overhead view of chocolate ganache in a glass mixing bowl with a white rubber spatula.
      How to Make Chocolate Ganache
    • Margaritas on a light gray surface garnished with lime wedges and sugar.
      Classic & Sweet Margarita
    • A slice of blueberry pie with a lattice crust on a white plate.
      Classic Blueberry Pie with Frozen Blueberries

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