Bake It Now: Simple Recipes with What You Have
Sometimes you don't need a baking project. You just need something simple to make with what is already in your kitchen.
Bake It Now is a growing collection of recipes built around ordinary ingredients, very little fuss and the pleasure of putting something homemade in the oven. No elaborate shopping list. No need to wait for a special occasion.
The next time you look around the kitchen and think, “I could bake something…”, take a look through Bake It Now first.
You might already have everything you need.
Bake It Now Recipes
Find your next simple bake below, from banana muffins and buttery cookies to warm fruit desserts and savoury biscuits. Recipes marked Members only are reserved for Grounded Kitchen members.
Muffins
Four-Ingredient Banana Muffins
Soft, simple banana muffins made with just a few everyday ingredients.
Cinnamon Sugar Muffins (Members only)
Soft, lightly sweet muffins with a delicate cinnamon flavour and a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar on top.
Simple Apple Muffins (Members only)
One-bowl muffins with little pockets of apple and a gentle touch of cinnamon.
Cookies & Squares
Easy Jam Squares (Members only)
A buttery oat base and topping with a layer of jam in the middle. One bowl, one pan and five everyday ingredients.
Brown Sugar Shortbread (Members only)
Butter, flour and brown sugar come together in a crisp, buttery shortbread.
Simple Chocolate Chip Cookies (Members only)
One-bowl cookies with lightly golden edges, soft centres and pockets of melted chocolate. No dough chilling required.
3-Ingredient Banana Oat Cookies (Members only)
Soft oatmeal cookies sweetened with ripe bananas, with no butter or added sugar.
Bake It Now: Traditional Peanut Butter Cookies
Old-fashioned peanut butter cookies with fork-marked tops, lightly crisp edges and tender centres.
Easy Oatmeal Squares (Members only)
Buttery, pleasantly chewy squares with the familiar flavour of brown sugar and oats. No mixer needed.
Bake It Now: Three-Ingredient Coconut Macaroons
Simple, flourless coconut treats with lightly golden outsides and moist, chewy centres.
Bake It Now: One-Bowl Fudgy Brownies
Deep chocolate flavour, a slightly crackly top and a moist, fudgy centre, all with a simple one-bowl method.
Simple Sugar Cookies
Buttery, lightly sweet cookies shaped by hand. No cookie cutters, icing or decorations needed.
Simple Cakes
Emergency Chocolate Cake (Members only)
A straightforward, one-bowl chocolate cake with a tender crumb and rich cocoa flavour. No layers or frosting required.
Simple Apple Cake (Members only)
An uncomplicated apple and cinnamon cake, lovely slightly warm or alongside a cup of tea.
Easy Everyday Vanilla Cake (Members only)
A one-bowl vanilla cake with a soft crumb, made with everyday baking staples and no mixer.
Warm Fruit Desserts
Pantry Apple Crisp (Members only)
Tender baked apples beneath a buttery oat topping, with no pastry to roll out.
Simple Berry Crisp (Members only)
A juicy berry filling with a buttery oat topping. A bag of frozen berries is a good place to start.
Bake It Now: Cinnamon Baked Apples (Members only)
Whole apples baked with a warm filling of brown sugar, butter and cinnamon.
Easy Pastry Treats
Cinnamon Sugar Twists
Crisp, flaky twists made with ready-made puff pastry, cinnamon and sugar. Just right with coffee or tea.
Savoury Biscuits
Easy Drop Biscuits (Members only)
No rolling or cutting, just mix, spoon onto a baking sheet and bake. A simple companion to soups and stews.
Simple Rustic Cheese Biscuits
Warm cheese biscuits made with familiar ingredients and an easy drop-biscuit method.
Quick Herb Biscuits (Members only)
No-fuss drop biscuits with dried herbs for a little extra savoury flavour alongside dinner.
Start with what you have, choose something that sounds good and put the oven on. That's Bake It Now.