Mix it up
Sometimes, baking the same recipe again and again gets boring. You can pop out of the flavor rut without needing to learn a new recipe. Try out the following combinations with the basic recipes for sugar cookies, muffins, scones, and stollen.
The inspiration for these combinations come from winning and losing bakes in the Great British Bake Off, decades of cafe breakfasts, favorite cocktails, and a love of chocolate so deep I'll try it with everything.
Citrus
Use zest or extract for the most intense flavor
grapefruit + Campari
lemon + honey
lemon + ginger
lemon + poppyseed
lemon + thyme
lime + ginger
orange + cardamom
orange + rosemary
Spice
allspice
cardamom
Speculatius: cinnamon cardamom cloves nutmeg
Pfeffernüsse: cinnamon cloves cardamom ginger pepper
Pumpkin: cinnamon ginger allspice nutmeg
Chocolate
orange
clove
cinnamon
coffee
cherry
nuts
cayenne pepper
Fruit
apple + ginger
blueberry + nutmeg
blueberry + lemon
cherry + almond
cherry + chocolate
cranberry + orange
cranberry + walnut
pear + ginger
raspberry + hazelnut
Nuts
almond + cherry
caramel
chocolate
hazelnut + coffee
pecan + banana
walnut + blue cheese
walnut + cranberry