We’re all incredibly passionate about our favorite meals and recipes. After all, it is hard not to love the smell of vanilla or chocolate wafting through the kitchen. Most people bake at home, choosing from various delectable desserts popular in the country. From crunchy cookies that make a great afternoon snack to traditional loaf cakes for the weekend to basic croissants for breakfast, there is something for every mood and occasion.

Banana bread
Even though there were a variety of cakes and baked goods in the 1960s, traditional banana bread rose in popularity. Although its usefulness allows conscientious consumers to use up nearly decaying fruit, the straightforward cooking and pleasant aroma are all significant but fail to truly explain banana bread’s rise to stardom.

Just add more sweetness to the banana bread to make it your own, as you can with other sweet, cake-like foods. More recent versions now contain peanut butter or chocolate chips to leverage the kid-friendly appeal of the taste combinations.

New York cheesecake
Cheesecake, a mixture of sweet, soft cream cheese, sugar, and flavorings, has been declared the state dessert of New York and is also recognized in other parts of the nation. Pastry, cookie crumbs, or a buttery graham cracker bed make up the cheesecake’s bottom layer. It can be topped with fruit, nuts, cookies, or syrups and can be dense or fluffy. Alternatively, cheesecake can be flavored any way the chef (and diner) pleases with chocolate, pumpkin, or liqueur. Try a slice of cheesecake with strawberries or cherries on top to get the true taste of the classic New York cheesecake.

Pecan pie
Pecans are primarily produced in Georgia, and due to the state’s large availability, bakers frequently use them in their recipes. You’ll likely enjoy a pecan pie if you enjoy sugar and nuts in your baked goods. The extremely sweet, syrupy Southern dessert is typically served at Thanksgiving, but you can prepare this pie whenever you want to experience a sugar rush.

Whoopie pie
For a whoopie pie, the texture is important. The dry, cake-like cookies used for the outer layer are held together by a thick layer of filling that is heavy and dense. Old Amish recipes typically have a fatty filling made primarily of vegetable shortening soaked in sugar.

Traditionally, the middle has a super-sweet vanilla flavor, and the edges are a devil’s food-like chocolate. But the recipe just cries out for tweaking, like most baked goods on our list. Pumpkin, maple, or red velvet cookies with cream cheese frosting are popular variations, as is the perennially well-liked chocolate and peanut butter combination.

Red velvet cake
Both the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York and the Adams Extract Company assert to have created the dessert. In any case, red velvet cake gained popularity in the middle of the 20th century.

The term “velvet” was coined due to the cocoa in the cake softening the final product. The cake is light and silky, with just a hint of cocoa flavoring. Buttery and decadent cream cheese frosting is used to top it. A reddish hue arises from the interaction between buttermilk and baking soda. Nowadays, most chefs increase the color’s saturation to appease the general public.

Chocolate-chip cookies
It’s uncertain when the first chocolate chip cookie appeared. According to various sources, its origins could have been in 1930, 1933, or 1937. Whatever the case, it is often listed among the country’s favorite baked goods.

The dough can be improved with cocoa, coffee, melted chocolate, peanut butter, oats, or canned pumpkin; dark or white chips can be combined with nuts, butterscotch, or candy-coated nuts; and the cookies can be baked chewy or crisp. The dough is frequently consumed uncooked before it even enters the oven. With all these distractions, it’s simple to forget that you can enjoy a chocolate chip cookie in its most natural state, freshly made and warm off the baking sheet, crumbling when it’s dipped in milk.

Apple pie
The cherished apple pie originated in Great Britain, but it’s also very much loved in the US. The top crust may be latticed, vented, or crumb. Nuts and raisins accentuate the flavor too. Sometimes, a slice of pie is served with a piece of sharp cheddar and a touch of maple syrup.

Nothing smells quite as good as an apple pie, especially when the fruit juices are bubbling out the edges and the buttery crust is baking in the oven. This apple-filled can be served hot and covered in rich, cold vanilla ice cream.

There is no doubt that the country offers a wide variety of baked goods to perfectly satisfy your sweet craving. All around the nation, these products have endured the test of time. Therefore, it makes sense that they are the most well-known desserts in the country.