Budget-friendly baking recipes

Good Food reader Charlotte Hilsdon shares her simple, chocolate chip muffin recipe, to which you can add fruit, chocolate or nuts

With just three ingredients, these simple peanut butter cookies will delight kids and grown-ups alike – and they're gluten-free, too

Use your air-fryer to make fluffy scones. Serve them for afternoon tea with jam, clotted cream and a pot of tea

Bake these 4-ingredient flapjacks – they're easy to make and ready in half an hour. Add chocolate drops, desiccated coconut or sultanas, if you like

Need a quick chocolate fix? Try making this easy microwave mug cake with storecupboard ingredients. It's even more delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Transform a classic lemon drizzle cake into a self-saucing pud for a cheap, comforting dessert. Serve with cream or custard

Begin your bread-baking journey with this simple white loaf – once you’ve conquered this, you’ll be able to move on to more advanced recipes

If you love ginger nuts, you'll love these American-style spiced biscuits with chunks of stem ginger, dipped in dark chocolate

You can't beat a traditional apple filling topped with crispy, buttery crumble - classic comfort food at its best

Dig out your slow cooker to make this simple banana bread. Enjoy just as it is for afternoon tea, or slather on a little butter

This dark and sticky ginger cake is made healthier with naturally sweet dates, buttermilk and plenty of cinnamon and fresh ginger

This thrifty traybake sponge used canned fruit and coconut yogurt. Cut into squares and serve up at a party or cake sale

Bake these simple white bread rolls for sandwiches, burger buns or to dunk in soup. Using only a handful of ingredients, bread-making has never been so easy

Who could resist our chocolate and raspberry cake? Like a Victoria sponge but better, try budget-friendly frozen raspberries for the cream

Kids will love making these little chocolate cupcakes, with a crunchy biscuit base and Easter egg topping

These savoury scones are perfect with potted fish. Make early in the day then warm before serving, for the best results

Use the ‘tangzhong’ method (making a roux-like paste to add to the dough) to give the bread in these milk buns an excellent rise and soft, fluffy texture

Good Food reader, Win Morgan shares her recipe for this traditional Welsh tea bread loaf with mixed spice - serve sliced and spread with butter

Give homemade biscuits a fruity spin by sandwiching a layer of apricots in between two layers of buttery tray-baked shortbread

Craving a snack? Whip up these easy no-bake vegan flapjacks, which you can flavour with chocolate chips or dried fruit and nuts of your choosing

While these ring doughnuts require a little extra effort to make, they're well worth it. Top with a simple icing sugar glaze to finish

Edd Kimber's easy apple cake combines chunks of sweet apple and a crunchy demerara sugar topping. Perfect for a teatime treat or dessert, served with warm custard

This traditional favourite is a perfect way to end a decadent meal- but our version is made lighter with extra apple and half-fat crème fraîche

Edd Kimber talks through how to master piping and flood icing to create these cute cookies with a distinct decoration