I thought it would be fun to share some books I’ve been wanting to bake from. Just some of the sweet reads sitting on my shelf. Well, actually they are on my mantle and on my floor because I am in desperate need of a bookshelf to house them all and keep them cozy.
They pretty much stay stacked to save space. I can get more stacks on my mantle that way. But you know – the book I want to pull down is always the one on the bottom. Of course. But do I unstack them to get to the one I need? Of course not. I strain and push and wiggle to lift the ones on top and try to inch the one I want out.
It’s never pretty.
Thank goodness all of these books are.
Let’s take a quick peek at them and hopefully you can help me decide which one to use first.
Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson
Photographs by Eric Wolfinger
This is a big, beautiful book of bread. And it scares me a little. I haven’t worked with dough or yeast a lot. But I want to learn. I want to make bread! And this book from the legendary Tartine Bakery in San Francisco is gonna help me. One day.
Ultimate Cookies by Julia Usher
Photographs by Steve Adams
Let me just say that this book could just as easily be placed in the art section as it is in the cookbook section. Julia’s cookie designs and attention to detail are absolutely amazing. Her piping work is impeccable and a little intimidating too. But she has lots of pictures and instructions to help you along the way.
Sugarlicious by Meaghan Mountford
Cute treats and fun sweets. This book is full of whimsical projects to that are easy to make and decorate for any occasion. And many of them kids can make, too.
Handheld Pies by Sarah Billingsley and Rachel Wharton
Photographs by Ellen Silverman
Umm… Pies? In my hand? Sold. Tiny treats in any form are hard for me to resist. And so was this cover. The book is divided into freeform pies, structured pies and jar pies. Too cute.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier by Ree Drummond
Hey Ree – Thank you for including so many sweets in your beautiful cookbook. The Coffee Cream Cake is calling me. But so are all the other recipes. Maybe I should just start at the top and check each one off. If they are as good as the Chocolate Sheet Cake in your first book, I am in trouble.
Sweet Auburn Desserts by Sonya Jones
Photographs by Deborah Llewellyn
That’s a cover, huh. Completely captivating. I can’t stop looking at it and I think my heart just started racing.
Sweet Auburn Bakery is located in Atlanta and I can’t believe I haven’t visited yet. I must correct that immediately. Oh and stack cakes just moved up on the to-bake list. Oh my. Oh! My!
The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook by Cheryl Day and Griffith Day
Look how adorable these two are. This book is from another Southern bakery and it makes me want to jump in the car and head straight to Savannah, GA to visit their charming shop. Turning the pages, each dessert is more tempting than the next. And there’s savories inside, too. Bacon Jam empanadas and the ham and cheese pastry puffs have my name all over them.
Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book by Jake Godby, Sean Vahey and Paolo Lucchesi
Photographs by Frankie Frankeny
With ice cream flavors like Secret Breakfast, Rosemary’s Baby and Fat Elvis … and more than 300K twitter followers, I want to know more about this little ice cream shop in San Francisco. When they say ice cream with attitude, they mean it.
Joy the Baker Cookbook by Joy Wilson
Oh Joy. Your book is a total biggie. I remember when we chatted at the book signing I had in Santa Monica and you were just starting it. Can you believe? Look at the amazingness you made. So happy for you! Oh… and those Baked Chili Cheese Fries… help me. P.S. Great arms!
Milk & Cookies by Tina Casaceli
Photographs by Antonis Achilleos
With a title like that, how can you go wrong. Divided by vanilla cookies, double chocolate cookies, oatmeal cookies, peanut butter cookies, sugar cookies, special cookies, family favorites, brownies and bars … milk is definitely mandatory.
Marshmallow Madness by Shauna Sever
Photographs by Leigh Beisch
I love this cover!!! Love it. I want to wallpaper my kitchen in it! All I know is marshmallows will be happening soon. I just need a better candy thermometer first and then look out.
Pie it Forward by Gesine Bullock-Prado
Photographs by Tina Rupp
Pies, tarts, tortes and galettes. Yes, yes, yes and yes! Filled with tons of recipes and a passion to pie it forward, Gesine’s book should make any pie lover happy.
The Divvies Bakery Cookbook by Lori Sandler
I’ve had this book for a little while now and have meant to bake from it way before now. All the recipes are vegan and some are gluten free, too. If you have a need for egg, nut or dairy free, you might want to check it out. You can order online from them, too.
The Cookiepedia by Stacy Adimando
Photographs by Tara Striano
An encyclopedia of cookies. Oh yes. Buttery, chocolaty, fancy, fruity, spicy and nutty cookies fill the pages of this super cute book. It lays flat, too. Love that.
Home Baked Comfort by Kim Laidlaw
Photographs by Eric Wolfinger
I’ve baked from this book before but I couldn’t help showing it again. It’s really beautiful and one of the few books that I want to make almost everything inside. P.S. I have a recipe in the book, too. Fun!
Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts by Mark and Michael Klebeck with Jess Thomson
Photographs by Scott Pitts
I didn’t make it to Top Pot Doughnuts when I was in Seattle, but hopefully I can fix that one day soon. I love cake doughnuts and old fashioned doughnuts. Okay, I love any doughnuts. Except filled. Can’t do filled so much.
Les Petits Macarons by Kathryn Gordon and Anne McBride
Photographs by Steve Legato
I love these little cookie confections. I’ve made them a couple of times, but not enough to feel confident with them, so I scooped up this cute book for inspiration.
Push-Up Pops from Courtney Dial Whitmore
Photographs Kyle Dreier
Hey Courtney! Thanks for sending me your book. I have my push-up pop containers and I’m ready to go. Can’t wait to play with them.
The Sugar Cube by Kir Jensen with Danielle Centoni
Photographs by Lisa Warninger
Twisted treats from the heart of this sweet little food cart in Portland. And yes, those are chocolate chips drizzed in caramel on top of that cupcake. This one looks like it will be fun to dive in to.
Sugar Baby by Gesine Bullock-Prado
Photographs by Tina Rupp
This book is mostly about cooking with sugar instead of baking with it. Working on the stove instead of the oven. And yes, you can make your own rock candy at home. Super excited about that one. The recipes are divided by temperature so a good candy thermometer would be helpful.
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home by Jeni Britton Bauer
Photographs by Stacy Newgent
I love everything about this book. The topic, the design, the unique flavors, the way the ice cream recipes are photographed. And I would love it more if I owned an ice cream machine so I could make some too. In the meantime, I just read that Jeni started selling some of her flavors at The Fresh Market last week – Yay for us! And you can also order them online.
Flour by Joanne Chang with Christie Matheson
Photographs by Keller + Keller
Spectacular recipes from Boston’s Flour Bakery fill the pages of this mouth-watering book. Nutella tarts, chocolate brioche, and brown sugar popovers sound like a good place to start.
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Phew – That wasn’t as quick as I expected but I hope you enjoyed this sweet peek.
So, which book or books would you want to bake from first?
If you made it all the way to the end of this post, just answer that question here on the website and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a $150 Amazon gift card so you can pick out a bunch of books to bake from – or anything else you’d rather get from their site.
Deadline to enter is Thursday, May 3rd at 6 p.m. ET. Sorry, Time’s Up. Winner announced below.
One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Thursday evening.
Good luck guys!
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Oh my. That was fun. I really like reading what you guys like. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing with me. I picked the winner and the gift certificate is going to Dawn H! Yay! Looks like you will be able to bring a little bit of Tartine right to your own kitchen. Have fun shopping and deciding.
Giveaway sponsored by me.
I own both the Tartine Bread and Joy the Baker cookbooks and I still haven’t found the time to cook from them. I have read through both of them though.
I would start with Sugar Baby!!!
tartine bread or home baked comfort. i’ve had delicious baked goods from flour bakery so that’s also very intriguing….
Handheld pies, for sure!
Hand Forged Donuts. Love donuts!!!
That Sugar Baby book!!
One of the ice cream ones for sure. I am on an ice cream kick right now! Yum!
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I would love to get the marshmallow book!!! mmmmm…..marshmallow…
Definitely the Flour book! Although, I’m kind of obsessed with Sugarlicious, too– totally judging by its cover, but it looks like a lot of fun that I can share with my baby girl in a few years.
Thank you so much for the giveaways!!!!! I lovelovelove ice-cream, so I have to say the Humphrey Sloecombe ice cream book
Oooh! I would want to try anything from Sugar Baby! If only for the reason they highlight the tip: “Don’t poke hot caramel.”
I’ve done this. I wasn’t thinking, and just had to taste some of the delicious burnt sugar goodness I’d just whipped up. Wow. Big mistake that was!
My, what would I make first..? Well I would probably make the items on the cover of Sweet Auburn Desserts… then I’d try my hand at macarons from Les Petites Macarons Yum.
Push-up pops and Back in the Day bakery. Looks amazing!
Marshmallow Madness says it all!!
it s almost impossible to choose they re all great books. But since I m experimenting with vegan recipes I like this book The Divvies Bakery Cookbook by Lori Sandler :)
The Cookiepedia, I love making cookies and can’t wait to read this book and try out the reciepes!!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I think that all the books look darling, but I have to say that the Ultimate Cookies one looks best! Spaghetti on a cookie is genius…
Oh mama!! I think I’d go with ALL of them, but The Pioneer Woman’s and Jenis ice cream book are at the top of my list!
I would love to crack open Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts by Mark and Michael Klebeck with Jess Thomson. :)
Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts. Im always looking for fun breakfast ideas to pack in my boyfrinds bag before he goes to work and this would fit the bill……and make me gain a few pounds…
I vote for Joy the Baker or Handheld Pies!
Handheld pies
cookiepedia or milk and cookies…. or home baked comfort!!
they all look amazing… I CANT CHOOSE ONE!!!
I think you should make Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts, but they all look amazing!
Well, I *have* cooked from Joy the Baker and The Pioneer Woman Cooks. I wrote down, oh I don’t know, EVERY other book on your list to try to at least find at the library :) The ones that really stick out are Handheld Pies, The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook, and Milk and Cookies. My mouth is, in fact, watering over these books. Thanks a lot!!! ;)
I’ve been in a sweets mood lately, I think Cookiepedia would be just perfect!!
Marshmallow Madness
Pushup Pops and The Cookiepedia!
I’ll choose the FLOUR and hope for perfect Bismarks! Thanks!
Joy the Baker and Pioneer Woman Cooks!
P.S. I loved your PANDA cupcakes!
Love the ice cream, bread & sugar books! Can’t really decide.. They’re all wonderful!
Push-Up Pops! Think these would be so fun to do with my niece!
Pioneer Woman!! Love her.
The Sugar Cube and Milk and Cookies definitely look like a fun place to start! You have soooo many AWESOME books – would love to get some myself – FUN! =)
Um…all of them! But if I had to narrow it down to one, I would definitely go with Handheld Pies. Nothing hits the spot like pie. =)
Ooh, I knew that before I got to the end. Handheld Pies went on my Wish List right away!
Oh boy….to pick just one????
I think I will go with Top Pot Hand Forged Doughnuts………but really I want to pick them ALLLLLLLL!
push-up pops!! I had completely forgotten about this favorite childhood treat until I saw the book here. Hmmm, now I’m craving one!
Thanks,
Gwen
I would like to bake from:
The Divvies Bakery Cookbook by Lori Sandler
I do wedding cakes and need to learn to do vegan/gluten free ones.
Sugar Baby and Marshmellow Madness, Push up Pops and Les Petits Macaroons and the list goes on and on!!!!!!!!
Being Gluten-free I would say Divvies bakery.
Sugar Baby!!!
I’m such a Joy fan, I’d love to get my hands on the Joy the Baker book.
Push Up Pops. They are just so cute.
Anything with cotton candy has my vote so I’m going with SugarBaby! Incidentally, this book is already on my Amazon wish list. :)
I already have Pioneer Women’s, so I would pick, “The Back in the Day Cookbook”
Tartine and Flour looks like serious cookbooks, and I would choose those.
Making yeasted doughs is some of the most relaxing times in the kitchen for me. Be sure to start with the best ingredients and freshest yeast.
One cookbook you should get, if you are really interested in learning to bake with yeast, is The bread bible by Rose Beranbaum. There is a lot of science of yeasted doughs covered in her magnificent book. It isn’t a pretty picture book with fluff, but a very detailed book on baking. A true heavy weight.
For sure it would have to be the “Push up Pop” book. I’ve been wanting to make some for my daughters 3rd birthday. I think they are such a fun way to serve cake and ice cream!!
I think I got excited by each book as I went down the list, so it always seemed like the last one I looked at was the one I needed the most. So following that logic, Flour would be the first book I’d want to bake from(Nutella tarts? Yes, please!). But I think Pioneer Woman would be second, because I’ve looked at her stuff before and wanted so badly to try some of it. =)
Definitly the donut book! Thanks for the giveaway!
Pie It Forward looks fun and yummy!
oh.my.gooodddnnneeesss! i am about to go into a conniption just looking at these.
i need the pioneer woman’s cookbook, though. just love ree.
I actually have quite a few of those books and am coveting many of the other ones. I’d have to say Home Baked Comfort, Les Petit Macaron, and the Sugar Cube are now at the TOP of my cookbook wish list. My name is Heather and I have a cookbook addiction…
Tartine Bread! Working with yeast dough is so lovely, calming and comforting!
Back in the Day :-)
(thank you for this drawing) :-)
Yours, yours, yours! But if I have to chose from the above – I’d go with:
1. Handheld Pies
2. Sugarlicious
3. The Pioneer Woman Cooks
I would definitely pick the marshmallow book. In fact i’m starting to search on making marshmallows online now! =D
Flour looks like it could totally derail my clean eating. In fact, just looking at it makes me want to bake.
TARTINE!
Definitely Humphry Slocombe’s~ I’ve been dying to try out some of their recipes, every flavor I’ve tried there has been super delish (most of the time in completely unexpected ways)!
I would live PW’s new cookbook. I have made a bunch of recipes from her other cookbook and would love to try some of her new ones :)
I’d probably get Flour, then Joy’s book, and Pie it Forward
I think “Flour” would be awesome to start with. Their bakery is amazing and combining their food with your baking skills is just unthinkable. Can’t wait to see what you choose!!! :)
Marshmallow Madness!!!!!!! Kids would love to help eat… uh make them! :)
I am all over The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook! The pictures look good enough to eat!
Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts, please! Their doughnuts are the best. Too bad (or maybe not) that I live a 4 1/2 hour plane ride away from Seattle. : /
I think it would be fun to cook from Sugar Baby. Never have made sugar candy. Look delicious!
The Flour cookbook – I cannot wait to get that one! Thanks for the inspiring list.
Joy the Baker all the way!
Definitely the divvies bakery cookbook.
The stuff in there look awesome or les petits macarons
Marshmallow Madness & The Pioneer Woman Cooks…oh yum!
Awesome post. Milk & Cookies is one of my favorite places, so I would want to try something from there first.
I would read “Back in the day bakery cookbook” just b/c they look so cute on the cover and “Milk and Cookie” b/c lets face it cookie make everything better :)
All look great! Want to bake from Milk and cookies. Always like to find new recipes!
All of them looked so good! But if I had to pick, I would probably choose the cookiepedia – it’s hard to go wrong with cookies!
FLOUR!
It’s a tie between Top Pot Hand Forged Doughnuts and Milk and Cookies…regardless, my tummy and co-workers would be very happy with either of them.
Sugarlicious and/or The Pioneer Woman Cooks!
Thanks! You’re Awesome! :D
I feel like I could justify the NEED for any of those books. :) Pie it Forward would definitely be my first pick though! I LOVE pie but need to develop my pie baking skills and gain some confidence with crusts. This looks like an excellent book to get me started!!
I’d start with Sugarlicious or Sugar Baby because sugar is magical; of course, my opinion of sugar is a little biased, as I’m on my second week of Finals and am living on sugar and caffeine.
Joy the Baker!!
I would love all of those but especially Sugarlicious and Push Pops! Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
The Pioneer Woman Cooks. 1. I <3 Ree and 2. My husband loves to eat and I know there would be a ton in there that he would love!
Tartine cause I love to stop in whenever I’m nearby. And then I can stop by Bi-Rite Ice Creamery or Pizzeria Delfina. Yay for SF!
The sticky buns on the cover of flour look dee-licious! I’ll start with that.
The first book would The Sugar Cube! I live in Portland and having waitig for this book for over a year and wish I could buy it! The chocolate cupcake with potato chips with caramel drizzle is heaven and I will drive the 45 min to her cart to get it. The close second is Milk and Cookies with The Back in the Day Bakery close behind that. Thank you Bakerella for brining attention to all these great books!!
The Sugar Cube looks really interesting, the picture with the caramel chocolate chips looks oddly delicious!
Hands down Pie the Baker, closely followed by milk and cookies!
My new love is macarons. I’m kinda hoping this becomes the new breakout trend. Love how macarons are colorful, the right size snack and oh soo delicisious! Les Petits Macarons would be the cookbook i would love to try my hand at!
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home!
(because my icecream maker needs a workout this summer and subsequently so will I – oh a delicious battle, indeed!)
I am PIE obsessed and would LOOOOOVE “Pie it Forward” by Gesine Bullock-Prado. Thanks so much! I hope I win!! :)
I’d love the doughnut book! Yum!!
I love cookies of all kinds so I would love to try some new recipes out of Cookies and Milk. I think my kids and husband would like that too.
Who doesn’t love a good cookie?
I actually have 3 of the cookbooks you mentioned…and have made something out of each. The Doughnut book was great, Milk and Cookies-awesome cookies and the PW is The PW. I have always wanted to make homemade ice cream and have Jeni’s book on my wish list forever. so, hopefully I will win!
The hand held pie book is calling my name. It would be hard to choose. Thanks Bakerella for the beautiful pictures and descriptions.
I would say the Sugar Cube! Anything with chips dipped in chocolate and I’m in!
Milk and Cookies, sounds yummy!
I love sugar cube and joy the baker. Lots of baking fun!
Ahhh…it’s so hard to choose! I love the Pioneer Woman and her approach to cooking, but those doughnuts in “Hand Forged Donuts” look too temping, I’m think I’m going to have to pick that one.
Oh, hard decision, but I’d prefer the Sweet Auburn Desserts by Sonya Jones. It looks messy, delicious and gorgeous at the same time, and this is a perfect combination.
Push-Up Pops from Courtney Dial Whitmore
Can’t choose between Ultimate cookies and Les Petits Macarons! They all look amazing!
I would pick Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book! I was going to say Jeni’s but then this one caught my eye – I have found a Secret Breakfast recipe on the internet before and it is delicious, so I bet there are some really great, fun flavors in this book.
Well, I am a sucker for a great cookie, so the Cookiepedia is right up my alley!
I just got the Joy the Baker book! So I’m definitely going to root for that one, though all the others look lovely.
Pioneer Woman Cooks, fo sho!! It’s on the top of my wish list. But I do love Jeni’s Ice Creams. I got that book for a friend and have profited greatly through all the amazing ice cream sampling I get to do.
Handheld Pies! I looooooove pie!
I would have to say Milk and Cookies, and maybe Push-up Pops, too. But ALL of the books look tantalizing!
tartine! i’m intimidated, too.
The Pioneer Woman is a MUST!! Love her!! My second choice would be the push up pops..they just look sooo cute!! :)
Soooo hard to pick from. I would have to say Sugarlicious and Cookies and Milk. I love rock candy.
The Pioneer Woman’s!
Sugarlicious looks so fun! My daughters would have a blast looking through the pages and we would have so much fun in the kitchen.
Well, Flour is local to me and I love the items I’ve had in their shops, but it isn’t my pick. I love ice cream in all of its forms, so please pretty please pick Jeni’s book first!
pushup pop! its just as cute as a cakepop. Plus really, who could resist anything on a stick. :)
I’d start with either Flour or the Pioneer Woman.
OMG! How do you choose?! However, I want to dive into those cakes on Sweet Auburn Desserts so I’m starting there!!
It has to be “handheld pie”… who doesn’t love a pie and then “marshmallow madness” what a wonderful array of colours makes you feel like summer already… x thanks Angie
Handheld pies, because then my husband can’t use the excuse of “evening up” whatever edge of cake/pie/dessert is luring him. ;-) Thanks for sharing these!
Definitely the Back in the Day Bakery one. I’m from Savannah and I love her bakery! Then the Les Peites Macaroon (I am also obessed with macaroons). oh, and the milk and cookies one would be nice to have also!
Oh me, oh my!! :-) The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook, Push-up Pops and Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts and maybe the Sugar Cube too! ?
Thanks for sharing!
I already have Les Petits Macarons but haven’t found the time to tackle macarons yet…..someday. I’d like to bake some miniature goodies out of Handheld Pies…….YUM!
Oooh! The macarons!!
Les Petits Macarons or Marshmallow Madness!
Love love love Flour. I’m actually wearing my Flour Bakery t-shirt today! I love that she has weight measurements in addition to volume. I love to bake with a scale!
I’d wanna bake from all the cookie books! Especially Milk&Cookies (:
Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson, i’m in a breads class right now in school for baking and pastry and I’m so intrigued by breads at the moment. I would love to see some other great ones to try out. Plus, who doesn’t like bread?!
Sugarlicious looks adorable, but I do love some good donuts! Tough decision!
So many books , so little time! But I’ll make time for The Pioneer Woman’s second cookbook. The first one is amazing, so I have to get the second one.
The sugar book looks really neat! I want to make rock candy!!
Sugar Baby! So pretty, creative, and it might take forever for me to say what I think about cooking with sugar… anyway… Sugary!
My freezer is full of egg whites calling me to perfect my macarons. Les Petits Macarons will surely be a big help.
I would read the “Handheld Pie” book because my new business is all about handheld pies. “Rosies Mini Pies” I love reading and finding new recipes everywhere
I’d start with Ultimate Cookies and work my way to Handheld pies and then…. ;)
I own Sugar Baby and I still need to make something from it! Maybe some rock candy :)
I want all of them! Looking at the pictures is making me hungry!
Tartine bread. Nothing like fresh home baked bread!;)
Amazing!
I haven’t imagined that someone would have more (yet-to-be-used) baking/desserts books than me!
I choose “Les Petits Macarons”. I REALLY miss those cute things-didn’t make macarons for the last 9 months…
Have fun baking!
Pie if Forward looks great. What a great review of all these new cookbooks. Thanks!
Pie it Forward!
They all look good but that Handheld Pies book looks amazing!!
Les Petits Macarons – I still haven’t gotten up the courage to try making any
Sugarbaby – I would love to extend my candy repertoire :D
The Cookiepedia – Need I say more?!
Marshmallow Madness – My favourite candy to make
Push Up Pops,,,, I could see myself being obssessed with those…. also those marshmallows…. soft, pillowy goodness of pretty…..
Gotta try both of these, oh and all the others too! My mouth is watering…..
Flour and Handheld Pies are my two favorites!
I will love to have all those wonderful books, but my choise is Home Baked Comfort
Oh my gosh! Cute! I’d start with “Les Petits Macarons”! I’ve never made macarons, but want to make them this weekend! Once again- Key-oot!
Homemade Comfort! These all are really stand out and awesome!
I think it’s a tie between The Pioneer Woman Cooks and The Sugar Cube. They both look so good :)
I would have to try hand pies or sweet auburn deserts. They all look so good.
I Can understand why you are having such a dilemma. Wow. I think I might choose Pie It Forward. Just because I love pie.
definitely “The Cookiepedia”. love cookies :) and the cover’s design looks like a great promise…
Definately Ultimate Cookies!
It’s a tough call, but I think I’d have to pick the Hand Forged Doughnuts book. I’d spend the whole $150 just buying these cookbooks! What a delicious post!
Humphre Slocombe Ice Cream….just in time for summer! Also Bake in the Day Bakery….she has been on the Paula Deen show and has some really neat sweets I’d love to try and make!
Handheld pies looks really good. I’m never very creative when it comes to pie, so that would be a fun place to start!
Way too many to choose from. I just spend quite a bit of time jumping from blog to blog for each.
Ultimate Cookies by Julia Usher gets my vote. Amazing!
Those pictures from Flour are calling my name.
I just tried a recipe from “Marshmallow Madness” (for basic, vanilla marshmallows), and I loved it. Easier than I expected, and oh so good!
Ultimate Cookies caught my attention most. But I have also always wanted to make my own macarons!!
I think I would have to choose Milk & Cookies!! It looks right up my alley!! I’m originally from Savannah so the Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook would have to be on the list!
Pie it Forward is the one for me!!!
i thought i wasn’t really a pie-person until a recent visit to a little cafe in TX (known for their pies)… now i just want PIE!!!
Definitely Joy the Baker! I made the cream cheese pound cake for Easter and it was beyond delicious!! I am definitely going to add a few others from your list to my Amazon wish list now :)
I want to cook something (everything) from all of the cookbooks above (I have already made one batch from Les Petites Macarons)….please!!!!!
Hand-Forged Doughnuts. I love donuts!
They all look amazing, but I think I would start with the Sugarlicious one and work my way through the rest.
I spent two days eating as many macarons as possible, but am terrified of making them at home, so I think Les Petits Macarons would be perfect.
Handheld Pies for sure! I have been eyeing this book for a while now. PLLLEEEAAASSSEEE pick me!!
They all look amazing! But I guess I would start with Milk and Cookies, because it had me at the title… :-)
Oh my, where to begin? They all look so tempting! I would probably have to flip a coin between push pops (now that it’s getting warm out!) and Sugar Baby. But wait, what about Marshmallow Madness? Anyone have a three-sided coin?
Les Petits Macarons to start. They look really good!
Cookipedia sounds awesome!!
Humphry Slocombe for sure! Hoping to go there for the first time next weekend :)
Back in the Day – vintage never goes out of style and the couple on front look too fun! off to amazon to put on my wish list
I’d pick the Pioneer Woman book. I’ve been eyeing that one for a little while!
I love them all but would love to read/own the following: I do love a good cookbook with pictures:)
Back in the Day Bakery
Handheld Pies
Pie it Forward
The Cookiepedia
Hand-Forged Doughnuts
and FLOUR!
Tartine! I love me some fresh baked bread, and the photos just look DIVINE.
Oh dear. Home Baked Comfort? My mom’s getting me Ree’s cookbook for my birthday. I love to bake! I love them all!!
Sugar Baby … homemade rock candy!
Make mine Marshmallow Madness!
Oh! Thanks! Sugar Baby looks delish, but any of these…omgorsh…you certainly know how to book shop, m’dear!
Ooo! ‘Handheld Pies’. I’ve always wanted to play around with those.
Pie it Forward!!!
I wouldn’t be able to pick a favorite! They all look so great!!!!
The Pioneer Woman Cooks
I think the Marshmallow Madness looks great! They would make great party favors.
I’d love to bake from all of them. But if I had to statr with one it would be Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook. Saw her on Paula
Deen and she had some wonderful desserts
Hand Pies … nothing better than pie you can hold and eat right out of your hand!
The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook
I have been wanting Pioneer Woman’s new cookbook. I have her first one and have loved all the recipes I have tried from it.
I would like to cook out of the Pioneer Woman Cooks book. Her recipes look amazing!
Les Petits Macarons, because I just took a class on how to make these. Also, The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook.
Joy the Baker!
Flour looks so wonderful!
Pioneer Woman’s cookbook. I love everything she makes.
too hard to pick but I think sugarlicious! such cute treats!
Oh my holy heart of goodness (literally, as I my heart may not cope with all of the buttery goodness I see before me…), I am so inspired! And very intrigued by the bright green chocolate topped one on the cover of Handheld Pies, so it’s gotta be that one!
joy the baker’s book for sure!
I would want to bake from Milk and Cookies first! I have a weakness for cookies…
They all look great but definitely go with Flour! I live down the street from one of their stores and they’re delicious!! their sticky buns are amazing.
Ooooh! I’ve had pie on the brain lately. I think I’d start with “Pie it Forward” and then go for “Handheld Pies.” Yum!