Skip to content
  • Recipes
  • About
    • About Jenn
    • About Two Cups Flour
    • Baking Tips
  • Cookbook
  • Retreats
  • Shop
  • Subscribe

Home › Recipe Index › Essential Baking Recipes

Essential Baking Recipes

These base baking recipes are the ones I turn to most often when creating something new. They’re the building blocks every baker needs to create endless tasty variations.

Sourdough loaf cut in half and stacked on a wood cutting board.

Yeast Bread

Everyday Sourdough Bread

Baked pate sucree tart shell on a baking mat.

Tarts

Sweet Shortcrust Pastry – French Pâte Sucrée

Bowl of French almond cream next to a rolling pin and tart pan.

Frostings & Flavorings

French Almond Cream Frangipane(Crème d’Amande)

A cup of cake glaze next to a sliced cake topped with orange cake glaze.

Frostings & Flavorings

Simple Orange Cake Glaze

Overhead of snowflake shaped cookies with white icing on a cloth.

Cookies & Bars

No Chill Cut Out Sugar Cookies

Soft baked chocolate chip cookies on a piece of parchment paper.

Cookies & Bars

Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies

Overhead view of a bowl filled with dark chocolate buttercream frosting.

Frostings & Flavorings

Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Frosting

Close up of vanilla Swiss buttercream frosting swirled with lines and dollups.

Frostings & Flavorings

Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting

Jar of lemon curd with a spoon dripping some of the curd back into the jar.

Frostings & Flavorings

Easy Lemon Curd Recipe

Two layer vanilla cake with vanilla bean frosting on a plate with a slice being pulled out on a pie server.

Cakes

Fluffy Vanilla Bean Cake

Glass mason jar full of caramel, with a spoon drizzling caramel into the jar.

Frostings & Flavorings

How to Make Homemade Caramel Sauce

Stack of three brownies on a plate.

Cookies & Bars

Fudgy Brown Butter Brownies

Mason jar filled with sourdough starter on cutting board.

Yeast Bread

Easy Rye Sourdough Starter for Beginners

Sliced loaf of bread on table next to window.

Yeast Bread

Homemade White Loaf Bread

Side view of a pound cake on a cutting board with a slice cut next to a cup of coffee.

Cakes

Buttermilk Classic Pound Cake (loaf)

Unbaked pie crust with a braided edge in a pan.

Pies

Homemade All Butter Pie Crust Recipe

Posts navigation

  • 1
  • 2
  • Go to Next Page

Featured In

Back to top

  • Recipe Index
  • About
  • Work With Me

©2026 Two Cups Flour. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy • Content Policy • Accessibility Statement • Powered by CultivateWP.