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Easy Cookies, Desserts, and Family Favorites

Welcome to Easy As Cookies - your source for brownies, cakes, and other easy dessert recipes. You'll also find comforting soups, simple meals, and family favorites, all tried and tested in my home kitchen. Because home cooking should be simple, reliable, and delicious - just like cookies!

Popular Recipes

Here's some of my most popular recipes.

  • Two brownies, stacked on top of each other.
    Hershey's Best Brownies
  • No-sugar-added slow cooker apple butter in a ramekin, in front of apples.
    No-Sugar-Added Slow Cooker Apple Butter
  • Two Fake Steak patties, wrapped in bacon, alongside green beans, on a purple plate.
    Fake Steak
  • slices of grilled winter squash, on a plate outside
    Easy Grilled Winter Squash
  • sesame brittle in a tin
    Homemade Sesame Brittle
  • A fork with a bite of key lime pie rests on the plate with the remaining slice. The rest of the pie is in the background.
    Key Lime Pie
  • Fennel seeds, ground cumin, ground coriander, garlic powder, anise seeds, whole black pepper, cayenne, and salt, in a small white ramekin.
    Fennel Spice Rub
  • A platter of popovers, viewed from directly overhead.
    Martha Stewart Popovers

Sweets and Desserts!

I adore desserts. Here's some of my favorite and easy recipes for cake, cookies, cheesecake, and anything else sweet and indulgent.

  • A fork with a bite of Pecan Fudge Pie rests on a plate with the slice. The remaining pie is in the background.
    Easy Pecan Fudge Pie
  • A slice of whole wheat zucchini bread in front of a stack of zucchini bread.
    Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread
  • A bite of chocolate peanut butter cheesecake, on a fork.
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake
  • Using a measuring cup to evenly flatten graham cracker crumbs along the sides and bottom of a pie plate.
    Homemade Graham Cracker Crust
  • A piece of Tres Leches Cake in a small, flattened bowl surrounded by a puddle of sweetened milk. The pan with the rest of the cake is in the background.
    Tres Leches Cake
  • A slice of coconut cream pie with whipped cream on top.
    Coconut Cream Pie
  • a square of tiramisu on a plate, seen from the side so you can see the layers.
    Chocolate Espresso Tiramisu
  • a slice of pumpkin pie on a plate, with a bite on a fork
    Grandma Ruth's "Spicy" Pumpkin Pie

See more dessert recipes →

Breakfast Recipes

Besides dessert, my favorite meal of the day is leisurely breakfast. Here are some great options for weekend breakfasts and brunches. Many make-ahead options, mostly baked goods - all delicious.

  • A layered cinnamon scone, seen from the side to see layers. Another scone on a plate is behind it.
    Layered Cinnamon Scones
  • An apple and pear scone, split open to show texture.
    Apple and Pear Scones
  • A hand holds half of an English muffin covered with honey, with a bite taken out of it.
    Homemade English Muffins
  • A vegan orange muffin in a building block themed muffin liner, seen up close.
    Vegan Orange Muffins
  • A strawberry and cream scone, propped up to show the top.
    Strawberry and Cream Scones
  • a partial scone stacked on a whole scone
    Grapefruit Scones
  • breakfast sausage hash, on a plate, close up
    Breakfast Sausage Hash
  • slice of sour cream coffee cake on a plate, with the full cake in the background
    Sour Cream Coffee Cake

See more breakfast recipes →

Leona Konkel, November 2020

About Leona

Hi! I'm a home cook and baker. My superpowers are keeping my family stocked with cookies, and eating those cookies.

Thanks for joining me here for some of my favorite recipes! Mostly sweets, of course, but sometimes I bake bread and make other things, too.

Learn more about me →

Cookie Recipes

Want something sweet but casual? Here's some recipes for you!

  • The top of a monster cookie.
    Monster Cookies
  • chocolate peanut butter bites on a white cloth, with rolled oats strewn across, with a metal cookie scoop at the side
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites
  • saltine toffee, with red, white, and green sprinkles
    Saltine Toffee
  • a spellbinder cookie held up by a hand
    Spellbinders
  • shortbread cookie heart, on its side, resting on a stack of cookies
    Shortbread Cookies
  • top of a sprinkle cookie
    Sprinkle Cookies
  • a butterscotch cookie
    Butterscotch Cookies
  • Gooey butter cookies on a plate, with one torn open to show texture.
    Gooey Butter Cookies (from scratch!)

Recent Recipes

Here's my newest, most recent recipes.

  • Whiskey sherry cocktail, in two couple glasses.
    Whiskey Sherry Cocktail
  • A bite of classic pecan pie on a fork, resting next to the slice of pecan pie on a plate.
    Classic Pecan Pie
  • Chocolate chip cookie bars, cut in half. One rests normally to show the shiny top; the other is on its side to show the interior texture.
    Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
  • Lightly browned marshmallows on top of soft sweet potatoes in a casserole dish. Half of the sweet potatoes have been served, leaving the other half behind.
    Healthy Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows

Recently Updated

Check out my most recently updated recipes!

  • A s'mores brownie, on a plate.
    S'mores Brownies
  • Aquafaba granola with oats, coconut, walnuts, and cinnamon, in a glass jar.
    Aquafaba Granola (No Added Oil, Vegan!)
  • jambalaya soup, in a bowl, with rice along the side
    Weeknight Jambalaya Soup
  • Chocolate chip cookie cheesecake bars, cut into squares and seen close up from the side to show texture.
    Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars

Leona Konkel, November 2020

Hi, I'm Leona!

I love homemade sweets and baked goods, using real ingredients, not mixes. I also share easy-to-make meals - so that I can spend the rest of my time baking, not making dinner.

About Me

Popular

  • Two brownies, stacked on top of each other.
    Hershey's Best Brownies
  • No-sugar-added slow cooker apple butter in a ramekin, in front of apples.
    No-Sugar-Added Slow Cooker Apple Butter
  • Two Fake Steak patties, wrapped in bacon, alongside green beans, on a purple plate.
    Fake Steak
  • slices of grilled winter squash, on a plate outside
    Easy Grilled Winter Squash

Cozy Soup Recipes

  • baked potato soup in a bowl, topped with bacon and scallions
    Baked Potato and Bacon Soup
  • bowl of bean and bacon soup
    Slow Cooker Bean and Bacon Soup
  • black bean soup in a bowl
    Black Bean Soup
  • a bowl of mexican soup, with a spoon
    Mexican Soup

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