When you start with foolproof recipes, you're guaranteed any time you invest in the kitchen will pay off with flawless results. We've selected a collection of our most popular recipes that fill the bill for any time of day-from casual family breakfast breads and casseroles, tender nutty cookies, classic pies, and show stopping desserts for festive holiday celebrations.

You'll also get dozens of our tops picks for key baking ingredients and kitchen equipment staples such as butter, phyllo dough, cream cheese, canned pumpkin, rolling pins, Bundt pans, muffin tins, and kitchen shears.

Featured recipes include: Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake, Chocolate Raspberry Torte, Morning Buns, Ultimate Banana Bread, Cranberry-Ginger Pear Pie, Quicker Apple Strudel, Sables (French Butter Cookies), Cloverleaf Rolls, Tunnel of Fudge Cake, Buttermilk Doughnuts, Grand Marnier Souffle, Lemon Bars, Classic Bread Pudding, Pumpkin Roll Cake and French Toast Casserole.

Cook’s Illustrated Holiday Baking 2012 Special Issue