Listed below are all the Sally’s Baking Problem recipes in 1 place. This web page makes it simple so that you can see which recipes on my web site have been earlier baking challenges… simply in case you need to attempt all of them sooner or later!

What Is Sally’s Baking Problem?
Sally’s Baking Problem is a month-to-month sequence on my web site that started in 2017 as a option to join with readers, construct a constructive baking neighborhood, and encourage each myself and others to attempt one thing new within the kitchen. Since then, tens of 1000’s of house bakers from all around the world have joined within the enjoyable.
Every month, individuals who bake the featured problem recipe and share a photograph are entered right into a drawing to win a prize. Consider it much less as a contest and extra as a bunch of bakers all over the world studying, creating, and baking collectively.
On the primary day of each month, I share a brand new Sally’s Baking Problem recipe and invite you to bake alongside anytime throughout the month. The aim is to construct confidence, study new abilities, get inventive, and—most significantly—have enjoyable. On the ultimate day of the month, one winner is randomly chosen utilizing the entry utility we use to gather submissions.
Yow will discover full particulars and the present problem recipe on the Sally’s Baking Problem web page.
Use this listing to search out all the earlier baking problem recipes.
2026 Sally’s Baking Problem Recipes

January—Selfmade Blueberry Bagels
These from-scratch bagels are chewy on the surface, tender and dense on the within, and full of actual blueberries.
2025 Sally’s Baking Problem Recipes

January—Selfmade Ciabatta Bread
Rustic-looking and flavorful, with a flour-dusted crusty exterior and extra-chewy inside pockmarked by air bubbles, this basic Italian-style bread is made out of simply 4 components.


February—Chocolate Chip Cake with Ganache Drip
This towering chocolate chip layer cake combines a tender vanilla cake crumb, candy vanilla buttercream with oodles of mini chocolate chips, and a decadent chocolate ganache drip.


March—Selfmade Cruffins
Buttery and flaky croissant dough will get tangled up with a beneficiant dose of cinnamon-sugar and baked in a muffin pan, combining two tasty treats into one unimaginable hybrid: croissants + muffins = cruffins.
April—Caramel Coconut Macaroon Thumbprints
This upgraded model of basic chewy coconut macaroons encompasses a decadent pool of salted caramel within the heart and a drizzle of chocolate to high all of it off.


Could—Cinnamon Swirl Cheesecake
Two favourite indulgences (cheesecake and cinnamon rolls) come collectively to make one epic and severely particular dessert on this cinnamon swirl cheesecake.


June—Lemon Blueberry Babka
On this summery tackle a bakery-favorite bread, a wealthy lemon-hinted dough is fantastically swirled with a home made blueberry filling and topped with buttery lemon crumbles.


July—Recent Fruit Tart with Vanilla Mascarpone Cream
With a candy pastry crust, clean mascarpone cream filling, and your favourite seasonal fruit, home made recent fruit tart is just elegant but simple to arrange.


August—Selfmade Artisan Crackers (4 Flavors)
Crispy, salty, savory, and endlessly customizable, this straightforward cracker dough comes collectively shortly and simply in a single bowl from fundamental pantry components.


September—Apple Cider Spice Muffins
These apple cider spice muffins have deep apple taste and a moist texture due to a triple-dose of apple: apple cider, applesauce, and shredded apple.


October—Crusty No-Knead Pizza Bread
This no-knead pizza bread delivers large taste with barely any effort—the dough rests and rises in a single day, so a lot of the course of is totally hands-off with no kneading or tough shaping required.


November—Nutella Cream Pie
With layers of wealthy chocolate-hazelnut ganache, an ultra-creamy Nutella filling, and an Oreo cookie crumb crust, it is a dream dessert for Nutella fanatics in all places.


December—Icebox Slice & Bake Cookies (1 Dough, 5 Flavors)
Meet your ceaselessly recipe for icebox slice & bake cookies: a flexible, buttery base cookie dough prepared for limitless taste variations.
2024 Sally’s Baking Problem Recipes


January—Complete Wheat Bread (Comfortable & Hearty)
With step-by-step footage and loads of useful suggestions, discover ways to make tender and hearty complete wheat sandwich bread with my easy-to-follow recipe.


February—Mille-Feuille (Napoleon Pastry)
From the thousand layers of delicate puff pastry, to the creamy clouds of vanilla pastry cream, to the ornamental marbled icing, mille feuille is an indulgent dessert worthy of an important day.


March—Hummingbird Bundt Cake
With its signature flavors of banana, pineapple, pecans, and spice, this hummingbird Bundt cake will fly your tastebuds off to someplace heat and sunny.


April—Pesto Pull-Aside Bread
Buttery-soft and flaky, this pesto pull-apart bread is brimming with recent taste and tacky goodness.


Could—Dutch Child Recipe (Pancake)
The results of this surprisingly simple recipe is a fantastically wrinkled, gentle and ethereal pancake, with the tender texture of a crepe that’s prepared for all of your favourite candy or savory toppings.


June—Ice Cream Cake (Select Your Taste)
This crowd-pleasing summertime deal with combines two of your favourite ice cream flavors, plus layers of Oreo cookies, home made sizzling fudge, and whipped cream.


July—Triple Berry Pie
Blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries mingle to make a jammy filling on this triple berry pie, layered between 2 buttery flaky pie crusts.


August—Zucchini Biscuits (Parmesan Herb)
These are my tender but flaky zucchini biscuits, made drop-style with no mixer, rolling pin, or biscuit cutter wanted.


September—The Finest Apple Cobbler I’ve Ever Had
Candy spiced apples are blanketed with a tender, fluffy topping on this comforting, homestyle cinnamon apple cobbler.


October—Pumpkin Oatmeal Cream Pies
Comfortable and chewy pumpkin oatmeal cookies are sandwiched with tangy-sweet and spiced cream cheese filling for a fall twist on a nostalgic deal with.


November—Candy Potato Dinner Rolls
Fluffy, flaky, tender, and additional tall candy potato dinner rolls are a beautiful accompaniment to a vacation meal—however you don’t have to attend for a vacation to get pleasure from them.


December—Cookie Adorning Buttercream (Video)
This 5-ingredient cookie adorning buttercream is deliciously creamy and candy, could be piped or just unfold, and soft-sets on the cookies after a number of hours.
Sally’s Baking Problem took a break in 2023 so I may deal with writing my cookbook, Sally’s Baking 101.
2022 Sally’s Baking Problem Recipes


January—Selfmade English Muffins Recipe
These home made honey wheat English muffins are scrumptious, tender, textured, and completely definitely worth the effort when you comply with the recipe intently.


February—Fudge Chocolate Pastry Tarts (Like Pop Tarts!)
Made with chocolate pie dough, fudge-like filling, and a chocolate icing that units, these little hand pies are certain to fulfill any chocolate craving.


March—6 Inch Sunshine Citrus Cake
This 6 inch sunshine citrus cake cures any chilly climate blues with shiny taste, a lightweight and springy cake crumb, and creamy whipped frosting.


April—Croissant Bread (Loaf)
Bakers of any ability degree can use this totally detailed recipe to make a fantastically flaky and golden brown loaf of home made croissant bread.


Could—Brown Butter Berry Tea Desserts
These brown butter berry tea truffles are delicate miniature sponge truffles that use browned butter to present the batter its depth of taste, which accents the juicy berry at its heart.


June—Peanut Butter Crammed Brownie Cookies
These dangerously decadent peanut butter stuffed brownie cookies are tender and fudge-like with a creamy peanut butter ripple swirled all through.


July—Fruit Pizza
The mix of a tender, buttery sugar cookie crust with tangy-sweet cream cheese frosting and colourful recent fruit is irresistible.


August—No-Yeast Cinnamon Roll Biscuits
This shortcut recipe for fast no yeast cinnamon rolls makes buttery, homestyle rolls that fluff up fantastically—and in document time.


September—Pizza Pull Aside Rolls
Right here we’ve got tender, buttery garlic herb yeast rolls topped AND full of mozzarella cheese and pepperoni, and completed with garlic herb butter.


October—Cream-Crammed Chocolate Cupcakes
These dreamy cupcakes begin with a moist and deeply chocolatey cupcake, which is full of fluffy whipped vanilla buttercream, and topped with a wealthy 2-ingredient chocolate ganache.


November—Caramel Apple Cheesecake Pie
This seasonal deal with is like apple crisp meets cheesecake, and also you’ll be very glad that they did!


December—Find out how to Make Pinwheel Cookies
Get pleasure from basic chocolate and vanilla pinwheel cookies utilizing my tried-and-tested home made recipe and video tutorial as your information.
2021 Sally’s Baking Problem Recipes


January—Find out how to Make Selfmade Stromboli
Use my easy 6-ingredient pizza dough to make home made stromboli stuffed together with your favourite meats and/or cheeses.


February—Find out how to Make Chocolate Soufflé
My recipe is closely detailed to present newbie bakers the boldness to make spectacular, fluffy, and completely wealthy chocolate soufflé from simply 7 easy components.


March—Newbie’s Information to French Macarons
French macarons could be intimidating however my well-tested recipe consists of loads of success suggestions, overview of methods, a listing of instruments, troubleshooting, a video, and step-by-step images.


April—Lemon Blueberry Tart
This cool and creamy tart combines a buttery shortbread crust, a recent lemon filling, and home made blueberry sauce swirl.


Could—Wealthy & Fluffy Chocolate Candy Rolls
These might appear to be cinnamon rolls, however make no mistake—they’re buttery, flaky, and full of swirls of melty chocolate just like chocolate babka.


June—Savory Fast Bread
This savory fast bread is a flavorful and tacky herbed fast bread, which suggests it’s made with out yeast.


July—Selfmade Berry Turnovers
My home made pastry dough comes collectively utilizing a “tough puff” methodology to numerous flaky layers, which serves as the right envelope for the jammy combined berry filling.


August—Ice Cream Loaf Cake
This ice cream loaf cake options layers of buttery sprinkle cake and ice cream whereas chocolate ganache and sprinkles add a scrumptious and ornamental final touch.


September—Comfortable Pretzel Knots (With Numerous Toppings)
These tender pretzel knots are like common tender pretzels, however with extra floor space for toppings like garlic parmesan, cinnamon sugar, and jalapeño cheddar.


October—Pumpkin Spice Roll Cookies
The meeting for these swirly spiced cookies begins with a 1 bowl pumpkin sugar cookie dough that you simply’ll roll out and high with brown sugar and loads of pumpkin pie spice.


December—Shortbread Cookies Recipe
There’s no chilling obligatory for these flavor-customizable shortbread cookies, and they’ll by no means over-spread, since they’re baked in spherical cake pans.
2020 Sally’s Baking Problem


January—Artisan Bread Recipe (4 Substances)
This the right bread newbie recipe as a result of it solely requires 4 components with none particular pans or mixer and there’s no kneading or sophisticated shaping concerned.


February—Good Swiss Meringue Buttercream
This frosting is creamy and thick, silky clean, holds its form fantastically, and the most effective half (and why everybody loves it!) is that it’s not overly candy.


March—Find out how to Make Crepes
Simple to make with only a blender and common skillet, these 8-ingredient crepes are prepared to your alternative of candy or savory fillings and toppings.


April—Selfmade Flatbread Pizza Recipe
Faster, simpler, and thinner than pizza, this flatbread dough takes about 1 hour begin to end and is ideal for rookies.


Could—Mini Fruit Galettes
These easy mini fruit galettes could be made with quite a lot of fillings for a enjoyable and straightforward option to get your pie repair with out the effort of a full pie.


June—Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Use your favourite ice cream taste to make decadent home made brownie ice cream sandwiches.


July—Recent Berry Cream Cake
This minimally adorned naked-style cake is layered between recent and fluffy whipped cream and piled excessive with juicy seasonal berries.


August—Selfmade Breakfast Danish Pastries
These breakfast pastries use a variation of basic pastry dough that bakes right into a buttery and flaky deal with together with your alternative of candy fillings, plus a drizzle of vanilla icing.


September—Cinnamon Swirl Fast Bread
This vanilla flavored cinnamon swirl fast bread is moist and tender with a thick ribbon of cinnamon sugar swirled inside—like cinnamon rolls however in a fraction of the time.


October—Baked Apples Recipe
Like individually portioned apple crisp, this dessert is nice for a small household and also you simply can halve or double the recipe as wanted.


November—No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
This excellent make-ahead fall dessert is clean and creamy with a crunchy gingersnap cookie crust that gives the most effective textural distinction to the fluffy mousse-like filling.


December—Stained Glass Window Cookies
These stained glass window cookies are made with my favourite sugar cookies, minimize out within the heart, and full of crushed arduous candies that soften as they bake, creating a stunning windowpane impact.
2019 Sally’s Baking Problem Recipes


January—Selfmade Bagels Recipe
Make sizzling and recent bagels within the consolation of your individual kitchen with just some fundamental components and baking instruments.


February—Selfmade Chocolate Truffles Recipe
These home made chocolate truffles are additional creamy with the addition of butter they usually couldn’t be simpler to make—after mixing the 4 components collectively, let the combination set within the fridge, then roll into balls.


March—Lemon Bars with Shortbread Crust
Everybody wants this recipe for how one can make the BEST lemon bars with a buttery shortbread crust and creamy thick lemon curd filling (that conveniently doesn’t require a pre-cook on the stovetop).


April—Comfortable Dinner Rolls Recipe
These home made dinner rolls are pillow tender with probably the most scrumptious flaky and buttery texture.


Could—Grasp Scones Recipe
My grasp scone recipe is the beginning for 15 taste choices—together with chocolate, blueberry, pumpkin, banana, savory herb, cheddar, and extra—to make deliciously tender and crumbly American-style scones.


June—Angel Meals Cake
Utilizing solely 6 fundamental components, this angel meals cake bakes up tall, gentle, and ethereal and is greatest loved with whipped cream and recent seasonal fruit on high.


July—No-Bake Cheesecake Jars
Made with just some components in solely half-hour, it is a fabulous and straightforward no-bake dessert that you could customise together with your favourite toppings.


August—Vertical Cake (Lemon & Blueberry)
Assembled with vanilla sponge cake, lemon blueberry swirl whipped cream, and lemon cream cheese buttercream, this vertical cake is an exquisite masterpiece.


September—Selfmade Cheese Bread (Additional Comfortable)
You solely want a handful of straightforward components to make this mesmerizing loaf, and the ensuing bread is tender, tender, and full of pockets of melted cheese.


October—Selfmade Caramel Apples
Learn to make actual home made caramel apples with my success suggestions, video tutorial, and punctiliously defined recipe for caramel that’s buttery, candy, and excellent for dipping.


November—Pecan Praline Pumpkin Pie
This make-ahead pie combines my tried-and-true flaky pie crust, clean and spiced pumpkin pie filling, and a candy/salty crunchy pecan topping.


December—Selfmade Butter Cookies
These basic vacation cookies are tender within the heart with irresistible buttery vanilla and almond flavors, and you’ll dip them in chocolate and sprinkles for a festive contact.
2018 Sally’s Baking Problem Recipes


January—Selfmade Bread Bowls
These home made bread bowls are crisp on the outside and additional tender inside, and better of all, they’re made out of a fundamental, but versatile bread dough utilizing on a regular basis components.


February—Chocolate Cake Pops (Recipe + Video)
Learn to make home made chocolate cake pops utterly from scratch, with no field cake combine or canned frosting.


March—Vanilla Bare Cake
This bare cake is just gorgeous with recent berries, vanilla cake, and vanilla buttercream.


April—Find out how to Make Croissants
My rigorously examined recipe ends in butter, flaky, and excellent home made croissants made proper in your individual kitchen.


Could—Traditional Cheesecake Recipe
Look no additional for a creamy and clean basic cheesecake recipe paired with a buttery graham cracker crust and your toppings of alternative.


June—Brownie Baked Alaska
This simplified brownie baked Alaska is made with a brownie base, mint chocolate ice cream, and a toasted marshmallow topping.


July—Apple Hand Pies
Utilizing my buttery flaky pie crust, a juicy cinnamon apple pie filling, and a salted caramel topping, these mini apple pies are each scrumptious and cute.


August—Chocolate Chip Cookie Layer Cake
This chocolate chip cookie layer cake is actually a chocolate chip cookie skyscraper, with every layer that includes an additional thick, soft-baked, and chewy cookie and creamy peanut butter frosting.


September—Choux Pastry (Pâte à Choux)
This delicate French pastry takes about 10 minutes to arrange and can be utilized for quite a lot of pastries like cream puffs, profiteroles, eclairs, and rather more.


October—Pumpkin Spice Toffee
Pumpkin spice toffee solely requires a handful of fundamental components and shall be your new favourite fall deal with.


November—Savory Vegetable Cheese Tart
This savory vegetable and cheese tart combines a thick buttery crust, a creamy herbed cheese filling, and an exquisite adornment of crisp roasted veggies.


December—Gingerbread Home Recipe
My complete put up on how one can make a utterly from-scratch gingerbread home features a video tutorial, gingerbread home template for the shapes, a full recipe, and all my adorning suggestions and recommendation.
2017 Sally’s Baking Problem Recipes
I created Sally’s Baking Problem on the finish of January 2017, so there are solely 11 problem recipes in 2017.
As you see, the first baking problem recipe was revealed in February 2017, and at the moment, I had a number of dozen readers take part. Now my staff and I see round 1,000 entries each month! It’s thrilling to know that bakers from all around the world are making the identical recipe every month. Possibly we’re not bodily collectively, however we’re actually having a collective expertise within the kitchen.
Q: What number of baking problem recipes have you ever tried?

