Grab your best mixing bowl, spatula, and this list of 15 Desserts That Don’t Require a Mixer for your next baking day. Choose from a decadent skillet brownie, fruit-filled blueberry pie bars, fancy crème brûlée, and many other reader-favorite recipes. This collection of no-mixer needed recipes has something for everyone to enjoy!
My stand mixer is one of my most utilized baking tools, but I know we can all appreciate a recipe that doesn’t require breaking it out! Let’s give our mixers a well-deserved rest.
Today I’m sharing 15 Desserts That Don’t Require a Mixer.
At the top of this list are my incredibly popular chewy chocolate chip cookies. Unlike brown butter chocolate chip cookies or double chocolate chip cookies, which both call for room temperature butter, we use melted butter here for extra chewiness, so you don’t need your mixer to cream butter and sugar. With millions of page views each year, these cookies are my best of the best.
I even published them in my New York Times best-selling cookbook, Sally’s Baking 101.
Chocolate chip cookie bark is another easy way to get your chocolate chip cookie fix. Plus, there’s no individual cookie dough rolling needed!
Several of my most beloved fruit desserts come together without a mixer, too. This fresh peach cake, blueberry galette, and glazed strawberry bread are top choices during the warm summer months.
And in the fall, apple cake is consistently one of the most popular recipes on my site.
To keep things simple, most of these dessert recipes use basic techniques like whisking, stirring, and folding, and there’s no special equipment required. They’re great for beginner bakers, quick weekend projects, or anytime you want a homemade dessert without the extra cleanup.
Which of these no-mixer recipes will you try next?
My Recommended Products
If you’re looking to add to your kitchen collection, here are some of my favorite mixing bowls and utensils:
- These glass mixing bowls are wonderful because they’re sturdy and come in a variety of sizes. I also own and love these stainless steel nesting mixing bowls.
- This silicone spatula is incredibly sturdy and has stood the test of time in my own kitchen! I also use these wooden spoons often.
- I have tons of whisks, but this KitchenAid balloon whisk is my go-to.
- And, of course, don’t forget a kitchen scale so you can be certain you’re not over-measuring or under-measuring. This is the one I use and love.
15 Desserts That Don’t Require a Mixer
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Melted butter, more brown sugar than white sugar, cornstarch, and an extra egg yolk guarantee the absolute chewiest chocolate chip cookie texture. This is the most popular recipe on my site, too!
How to Make a Skillet Brownie
With its combination of melted chocolate, cocoa powder, and chocolate chips, this skillet brownie is for devoted chocolate lovers only.
Simple Blueberry Galette
This lemon-hinted blueberry galette takes less than half the time and effort of traditional blueberry pie.
Bread Pudding with Butter Rum Sauce
Studded with raisins, cinnamon chips, and/or chocolate chips, bread pudding is a texture lover’s dream. The creamy butter rum sauce is optional, but highly recommended.
How to Make Chocolate Lava Cakes
Chocolate lava cakes come together with 6 simple ingredients in just 25 minutes. This surprisingly easy and quick dessert always impresses!
Glazed Strawberry Bread
This glazed strawberry bread tastes like summer in a loaf pan. The cake-like crumb and creamy, dreamy vanilla icing make for a treat that’s sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Fresh Peach Cake (Extra Peaches!)
Soft and tender with a creamy crumb, and featuring 2 layers of juicy peaches for extra peach flavor in every bite, this cake needs no topping or decorating.
Brown Butter Pecan Pie Bars
Made with brown butter, pure maple syrup, and plenty of toasty pecans, these salted brown butter pecan pie bars deliver that irresistible sweet-and-salty flavor in every bite without the fuss of baking a full pie.
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
These no-bake chocolate peanut butter bars are incredibly decadent and made from only 5 simple ingredients. They taste just like peanut butter cups!
Almond Flour Sugar Cookies (GF)
Sweet and buttery, with crisp edges and chewy centers, these almond flour sugar cookies are naturally gluten free and can be enjoyed plain or with a generous swipe of frosting and sprinkles.
Easy Crème Brûlée Recipe
You only need 6 simple ingredients to make the most memorable crème brûlée featuring a creamy custard base and a crisp caramelized sugar topping.
Blueberry Pie Bars Recipe
This is blueberry pie without the hassle of making a homemade pie crust. The crust and crumble topping are made from the same mixture, so there’s no need to dirty an additional bowl.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bark
Buttery crisp and super chocolatey, this chocolate chip cookie bark is bound to be your new favorite way to eat chocolate chip cookies.
Easy Apple Cake Recipe
Soft and tender with a stick-to-your-fork moist crumb and juicy apples in every bite, this cake is delicious plain, topped with buttery brown sugar glaze, or even a quick dusting of confectioners’ sugar.
Pumpkin Bundt Cake
This is my go-to pumpkin Bundt cake recipe because the crumb is incredibly moist, the cake tastes perfectly spiced, and you can top it with anything from salted caramel sauce to cream cheese frosting.
Molten Chocolate Cobbler
This recipe for Molten Chocolate Cobbler can be found on page 169 in Sally’s Baking 101. It’s like a chocolate cake with a molten center and a slightly crisp and crackled top and goes from mixing bowl to dish in a matter of minutes.
