40+ Father's Day Baking Recipes
Published: 06/14/2024
Here is a collection of 40+ Father’s Day recipes including breakfast, brunch, and desserts, like fan-favorite double chocolate muffins, easy cinnamon rolls (that will surely impress any father figure in your life!!), a tastebud explosion known as everything bagel breakfast casserole, and, of course, a truly fabulous thick-filling blueberry pie.
Dad will love each and every thoughtful recipe!
Favorite Father’s Day Baking Recipes
Happy Father’s Day weekend to every dad and fatherly figure reading this! My team and I pulled together a collection of reader-favorite recipes that celebrate the dads and father figures in our lives, and it even includes some recipes that children can help make. (Like a giant cinnamon roll cake!)
Here are 40+ Father’s Day breakfast, brunch, and dessert recipes for you to browse. By the way, if you need gift ideas for a dad who loves to bake (or wants to learn!), here’s our collection of 100+ Gifts for Bakers.
40+ Father’s Day Baking Recipes
Double Chocolate Muffins
Besides the deep chocolate flavor, what you’ll love most about this double chocolate muffin recipe is its ease. The recipe uses common baking ingredients, doesn’t require a mixer, and is super straightforward.
Sparkling Jumbo Blueberry Muffins
This recipe yields 6 jumbo blueberry muffins that are bursting with blueberries in every bite and taste just like they’re from the bakery.
Crumb Cake Donuts
Buttery and moist, these crumb cake donuts are comfort food at its finest. If you don’t have a donut pan, this batter makes fantastic crumb cake muffins, too.
Homemade Maple Bacon Doughnuts
Using a soft and simple yeasted dough, these doughnuts feature a sweet and creamy maple icing and salty bacon on top. This underrated flavor pairing is unapologetically indulgent and SO satisfying.
Baked Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole
I’m confident that any dad would love to start his day with an extra-large serving of this baked cream cheese French toast casserole. Prep it the night before and bake it in the morning.
Everything Bagel Breakfast Casserole
Hosting Father’s Day brunch? Combining bagels, seasoning, bacon, eggs, and cream cheese, this everything bagel breakfast casserole is a savory, satisfying, and crowd-pleasing make-ahead breakfast dish.
Giant Cinnamon Roll Cake
The only thing that can top a plate of warm cinnamon rolls is a GIANT cinnamon roll cake. Kids love helping with this one, and it’s really fun to serve.
Blackberry Cream Cheese Crumb Cake
My blackberry cream cheese crumb cake is a family-loved treat that is guaranteed to make any dad feel extra special. It’s highly adaptable to other fruits, like raspberries, blueberries, or strawberries.
Easy Cinnamon Rolls From Scratch
These easy cinnamon rolls from scratch are perfect for yeast beginners because they only require 1 rise. Each cinnamon roll is extra soft with the most delicious cinnamon swirl!
Whole Wheat Blueberry Pancakes
These 100% whole wheat blueberry pancakes are fluffy and light, and packed with Greek yogurt, juicy berries, and whole grain goodness. A stack of pancakes this delicious is sure to put a smile on Dad’s face.
Homemade Monkey Bread (aka Cinnamon Roll Bites)
You can never go wrong with a big pan of homemade monkey bread, something the whole family can enjoy. It’s like a giant pull-apart cinnamon roll Bundt cake!
Sour Cream Coffee Cake (with Crumb Topping)
Simple and classic, this buttery cinnamon crumb coffee cake features double the brown sugar cinnamon streusel. It’s great at breakfast, with afternoon coffee or tea, or as a dessert cake.
Easy Frittata Recipe (Choose Your Add-Ins)
My easy frittata recipe will be your new go-to for a healthy and egg-stra delicious (ha!) dish to serve any time of day. I include two filling variations, or get creative and use Dad’s favorite omelette add-ins.
Homemade Bagels Recipe
Easy hot and fresh bagels from the comfort of your own kitchen. Dad will be totally impressed that these didn’t come from the local bagel shop.
Double Chocolate Banana Bread
The best of chocolate cake and banana bread in one, this quick bread is extra moist, undeniably fudge-like, and works as a breakfast treat, afternoon snack, or Father’s Day dessert.
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
These chewy chocolate chip cookies are the most popular cookie recipe on my website and for good reason. Sit back and watch these fly off the plate—just make sure Dad gets one before they’re gone!
Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Cookies
Treat the #1 dad in your life to a batch of award-winning cookies. Stuffing these cookies is as simple as wrapping the chocolatey dough around a Rolo caramel candy.
Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies
If Dad loves Nutella, your search for the perfect dessert recipe is over. These Nutella chocolate chip cookies boast chewy edges, soft centers, a little sea salt, and plenty of Nutella goodness in each bite.
Homemade Oreos
With only 10 minutes of dough chilling and no rolling pin required, making a batch of iconic Oreo cookies from scratch is quicker and easier than you think. They’re the perfect treat to celebrate any Oreo-obsessed dad.
One Giant Monster M&M Cookie
This recipe for one giant monster cookie is full of texture and positively packed with chocolate chips and mini M&Ms. It’s the perfect size for sharing—or for Dad to enjoy all on his own!
Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
The best of fresh chocolate chip cookies and creamy ice cream combined! I include plenty of success tips for making these classic treats at home, including a quick no-chill cookie recipe.
Ice Cream Cake (Choose Your Flavor)
This crowd-pleasing, totally no-bake Dairy Queen-inspired treat has lots of layers to love, including two of your (or Dad’s!) favorite ice cream flavors, plus layers of crunchy Oreo cookies, homemade hot fudge, and whipped cream.
Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Homemade brownie ice cream sandwiches are fun kid-friendly frozen treats that are excellent for making ahead of time. Don’t worry, dads love them just as much as the kids!
Key Lime Pie Recipe
This is the best key lime pie I’ve ever had, and I think Dad will say the same. You only need 4 ingredients for the macadamia nut crust and 3 ingredients for the filling.
Easy Key Lime Pie Bars
Or if you’re looking for an easier way to transport and share key lime pie with a crowd, try the bar version. Cream cheese adds the most delightful cheesecake flavor (and helps the bars set), and a buttery graham cracker crust is the base for the tangy filling.
Simply the Best Blueberry Pie
Paired with a deliciously flaky and buttery golden brown pie crust, my recipe for blueberry pie features a flavorful filling that is jammy and juicy yet perfectly sliceable.
Crumb-Topped Cherry Pie Bars
If you don’t feel like messing with pie crust, cherry pie bars save the day. A sweet-tart cherry pie filling made with fresh or frozen cherries plus a buttery brown sugar streusel that doubles as the crust and crumble make for an easy celebratory treat.
Strawberry Peach Galette
I love galettes because you get all the goodness of traditional pie crust and filling but with half the effort and time. This strawberry peach filling is one of my favorites for summer, especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
Perfect Peach Crisp (Egg-Free Recipe)
Crisps are another great way to enjoy seasonal fruits in less time required than traditional pie. This one showcases sweet and juicy peaches bubbling beneath a toasted pecan oat streusel.
Unbelievable Peanut Butter Pie
Complete with an Oreo cookie crust, Reese’s Pieces, creamy peanut butter filling, and chocolate ganache, there’s only one word to properly describe this pie: unbelievable.
Lemon Bars With Shortbread Crust
You only need 7 ingredients to make lemon bars with an extra thick and creamy homemade curd filling and an irresistible buttery shortbread crust.
Cookies & Cream Brownies
Over-the-top in all the best ways possible, these cookies & cream brownies include four layers of brownies, Oreo cookies, cookies & cream frosting, and chocolate ganache.
S’mores Cookie Bars
Graham cracker and brown sugar cookie dough sandwiches a thick layer of marshmallow creme and plenty of chocolate chips in these undeniably delicious s’mores cookie bars. Treat Dad to s’mores without the campfire!
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
My no-bake chocolate peanut butter bars have been a reader-favorite recipe for years, and they only require 5 simple ingredients.
Family-Favorite Rice Krispie Treats Recipe
While there are plenty of ways to make rice krispie treats, my recipe includes extra butter and marshmallows, plus a splash of vanilla, to really take this classic treat from good to great.
Cream-Filled Chocolate Cupcakes
These dreamy cupcakes start with a moist and deeply chocolatey cupcake, which is filled with fluffy whipped vanilla buttercream, and topped with rich chocolate ganache. Truly one of the best desserts I’ve ever baked!
Chocolate Cupcakes With Vanilla Frosting
You can’t beat the pairing of chocolate cupcakes and vanilla frosting, which is why I’m confident Dad will love this moist and flavorful iteration of a classic celebratory treat.
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Dark chocolate cake layers are sandwiched with peanut butter frosting, then enrobed by rich chocolate ganache. Get ready to swoon, because this is love at first bite.
Chocolate Raspberry Cake
This is a decadent 3-layer cake with so much to love: layers of moist dark chocolate cake, sweet silky chocolate buttercream, and homemade raspberry filling, all covered with a luxurious chocolate raspberry ganache.
Small Chocolate Cake (6 Inch)
This recipe yields a single 6-inch chocolate cake layer, making it perfect for smaller gatherings and celebrations. Top with chocolate ganache or your favorite frosting.
Tiramisu Recipe
Tiramisu is a timeless, frequently requested dessert that can make any occasion feel extra special. This recipe is from the late Maida Heatter and is easily the best homemade tiramisu recipe that I’ve ever tried.
