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’d have to go with the marshmallow book (that cover is so great!) followed by either of the ice cream books. If you are interested in ice cream makers, I highly recommend all the small Krups makers. No ice or salt needed.
i’m currently reading sugar baby now and it’s amazing – taught me alot about cooking -and playing- with sugar! Never realised it was so versatile! If I had to pick a book to bake from though, it’d be Tartine Bread – I’m have a personal obsession with bread! haha
Sugarlicious is getting my vote!
They all look amazing – but I’m most interested in checking out The Divvies Bakery Cookbook by Lori Sandler. :-)
Definitely Handheld Pies! They look so rustic and beautiful… I’m going out straight away to get a copy – hopefully I can get it in Australia :-)
I so want the push pop book- I bought some push pops awhile ago and have yet to use them, but I am planning a baby shower for a friend and think it will be the perfect time to pop them out!!!
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As a Bostonite, I would love to have Joanne Chang’s Flour Cookbook and of course the 2nd Pioneer Woman book
I’m tempted to say Humphry Slocombe because I’m from around there and I LOVE their tahitian vanilla, but I’ve gotta hand it to COOKIEPEDIA! The name is just too cute to resist.
Would love to try my hand at macarons! They are just so so cute!!
I would start with Sugarbaby. Only because I know I shouldn’t.
I think I would definitely start with the Flour cookbook….i mean just look at the picture. How could you resist???
I’ve had my eye on Home Baked Comfort from Williams Sonoma, but Les Petits Macarons looks great!
Pioneer Woman! Can’t go wrong with her recipes.
Any of the cookie books–I have been obsessed lately!
Sweet Auburn Desserts looks so amazing! I want it! Oh my goodness!
sugarbaby, if you please! I love baking with my 11-year old daughter, Lily . . . she is a real sugarbaby!
Definitely Push Up Pops! I found those push up pop containers online a few months ago and have been dying to try them. They’re so cute.
Wow, how to choose? I’d either choose Milk and Cookies or Joy the Baker’s new cookbook. Both look like there’d be lots of things to love inside!!
i’d love to get the Tartine Bread!!
Handheld pies – I love pie crust, but a lot of the time when I bake I end up eating most of it myself.. smaller pies would be safer! :p
I love marshmallows so it has to be Marshmallow Madness.
I might have to go for Les Petits Macarons. I tried macarons for the first time this weekend, and they were amazing!
The Divvies Bakery Cook Book! If you can make yummy goodies without eggs, dairy, etc…then its just plain DELICIOUS!
Although if I got my hands on all of them I wouldn’t be upset, I’m going to have to go with Milk & Cookies!
I want them all! I do the same thing. My room is filled with cookbooks I will someday cook/bake from. I would probably choose the Top Pot Hand Forged Doughnuts if I could only have one. I tend to raid the cookbook section at Thrift stores. I’ll have to keep my eyes out for some of these.
This is such a hard choice – so many things….
I’m just going to have to start with Marshmallow Madness! I LOVE marshmallows dearly and I would really enjoy learning to make them better and more delicious.
You can never have too many cookbooks.
That book from Sweet Auburn Desserts looks irresistible; I need to pick that up!
Well, Pioneer Woman’s new cookbook, of course, but also the Pie Book and The Push Pop Book and joy the baker’s cookbook. SO many amazing books to own!
I would love a lot of them but Marshmellow Madness and Ultimate Cookies stands out for me.
Flour by Joanne Chang with Christie Matheson. I’ve been following her recipes in various magazines for year.
I would have to start with Sweet Auburn Desserts, I love cakes with lots of layers.
Omg these books look amazing :) I would totally go for the MARSHMALLOW MADNESS first :)
Omg these looks look amazing :) I would totally go for the MARSHMALLOW MADNESS first :)
Ree’s book, definitely! Thanks for the fun giveaway!
I can only pick one, eh? Well, I think I’d pick sugarbaby. Nah, I think I’d pick Marshmallow Madness! Too many good books to choose from :)
They all look so good, but I would start with Les Petits Macarons!
I think Sugar Baby looks like so much fun!
The Pioneer Woman Cooks!
It’s tough.. Les Petits Macarons because I’ve never made any before! (Or even eaten one, sad truth.)
That’s a tough decision! I think I’ll go with Sweet Auburn Desserts by Sonya Jones. That cover photo is amazing!
Any one of these books would be awesome!!!!
Hard to decide…but I’ll go with Milk and Cookies, for sure!
Pioneer Woman of course! : )
Hand forged doughnuts. YUM!
These all look fantastic – I love macarons though so I think I’d start with that!
Push up pops….they look so fun to make and I bet are delicious!
Mmmmmm…..probably Joy the Baker, but there are so many yummy things in the others!
If I had all of these books to choose from, my head would implode!
the petit macaron book! so cute!
Pie It Forward for sure! But I can’t wait to look through Ultimate Cookies in awe!
i think homebaked comfort would be awesome!
i want the push up pops book. The stuff on the cover looks so cute and cool :D
So hard to choose, but I would pick Ultimate cookies or Milk & cookies!
I would so bake from Flour! Those desserts look super yummy!
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home, i bought an ice cream maker last summer and made tons of classic recipes, this summers its going to be all about the unusual. Cant wait to try this book.
vying for the joy the baker cookbook! I have several of the others!
My vote is for Joy The Baker! I just printed one of her recipes from pinterest and can’t wait to try it!
The Back in the Day book looks fun!
Definately the Marshmellow Madness. They look so yummy and they are fat free right! :)
I have tried macarons before but they didn’t turn out awesome. I really want to master them so I would start with Les Petits Macarons to see what tips I could pick up.
push up pops! you have the best books!
Sugarbaby for sure!
Ooh!! Milk & Cookies! I looooove cookies. I’m kind of the kookie cookie girl among my friends. ^_^
The Petit Macarons. My ultimate cookie goal is to be able to bake a delicious macaron!!!
FLOUR!! I’ve seen Joanne Chang in so many interviews and she is SO COOL :)
Flour, the sticky buns look amazing. Thanks!
Oh how I love Jeni’s splendid ice cream! The Salty Caramel- YUM!! I’ve been wanting to get her book and an ice cream machine for a while but figured I’d never make it as good so l just run to one of her shops!
The Back in the Day Bakery cookbook! LOVE.
Ooooh… hard choice, but I would probably choose the Sugar Cube book. YUM!!!
Just pick one??? That’s impossible!! I would love to use Sugarlicious, SugarBaby, or Push Up Pops.. They all look like my skill level!
I can’t decide, too many things I would like to try.
but if I have to pick one….Home Backed Comfort!
Sounds like a good book to go through on a rainy day :)
I would love to read Push up Pops… i just bought a ton of them and can’t wait to try them out!
So hard to choose just a few—would love to try those push-up pops, but Cookiepedia sounds delightful! Also the back in the day book looks too darn cute!
Can’t I have two? Top Pot and Milk and Cookies both look fabulous!
So many good ones, but I’d pick Flour!
There are so many to choose from. I think handheld pies sounds different and interesting.
Marshmallow Madness and Les Petits Macarons, for starters.
the sugarlicious book! i looove baking, I am going to go to school for baking and pastries I want to have my own book some day!! :)
I’d have to go with Back in the Day Bakery. The cover is just too cute!
Les Petits Macaroons for sure. I’ve always wanted to try and make them- they’re so cute and colorful!
Marshmallow one of course. Those are my favorite things. And then a dew of the other ones you have.
Ree’s cookbook! Huge fan of her blog, so I think it’d be so fun!
I have been baking from Joy the baker’s book a lot, but the Sweet auburn desserts book looks amazing!
Pie it Forward! After reading the article in Real Simple magazine about pies, I have now become obsessed with the idea that baking pies soothes the soul.
So many to choose from! I think my eight year old would love to play around with some Marshmallow Madness!
Cookbooks are so much fun to collect and addicting!
I’d pick top pot hand forged doughnuts…..because I’ve never made doughnuts before.
But of course I’d like them all!!! I love my cookbooks and wish I had the space to keep them all on display…..they are so comforting to look at. :o)
WOW where to begin. I would love to learn how to create push pops! What a good way to reminisce about my elementary school days. The Sugar Baby book sounds fun too! How cool would it be to surprise my friends with homemade sugar candy! And of course I would love to have the Pioneer Woman and Hand-Forged Donuts on my shelf! Let the sweet tooth take over! :)
Home Baked Comfort needs to come home with me!!
So many great ones! Love The Sugar Cube though.
Push Up Pops… only because I selfishly would like to see you do a blog post about it :)
Flour!
I think I gained five pounds just reading this post! The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook is already on my wishlist so I would have to choose that one, but Pie it Forward looks like it would be a great one to!
Oh it has to be Ultimate Cookies – just love the cookie rings! I want to make some for my sister who designs and makes jewellery!
Handheld pies and Joy the Baker caught my eye! It’s my birthday tomorrow so I would be so happy to receive this gift!
Sweet Auburn Desserts. That cover made me drool.
Thanks for helping me add several new, yummy books to my wishlist!!
wow. you’ve got your work cut out for you… I would bake from Handheld Pies. What a great concept for a cookbook! And besides, pies are my husband’s favorites.
Les Petite Macaron for sure! I want to learn how to make them badly. They’re just so pretty and there are so, so many options!
There are so many, it’s too hard to choose…I would have to start by eliminating the ones that I already have, and work from there. Thanks for the blurbs on each!
Flour. Sticky buns get me every time!
I would have to start baking from the Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts cookbook. Doughnuts are my favorite thing any time, anywhere….my mouth is watering even as I write the name of the book!
All of the books sound amazing! I have the Joy the Baker and love it. Sooo, i’m thinking that I would try something from Les Petits Macarons. Pioneer Woman Cooks, and The Sugar Cube.
Decisions, decisions..
The Cookiepedia!
Pie it Forward looks like a winner.
I think you should start with Milk and
Cookies.
I loved reading this post. All those cookbooks look like so much fun, but I would start with Pie It Forward.
That marshmallow book looks intriguing! I’ve never tried homemade marshmallows before and would love to know if they taste as good as they look.
Pie It Forwad and Handheld Pies! The handheld pies would be awesome for school bakesales!
Les petit macarons!
I actually just ordered Sugar Baby and I’m getting in the mail tomorrow! I’m so excited. I’d like to bake from the Back in the Day Bakery cookbook. I recently added it to my wish list (and I have to say, you just made my wish list longer!). Although the ice cream books would be next. I just need an ice cream maker first! Haha.
I’m a big fan of The Pioneer Woman and Joy the Baker so it’d be a toss up between the two! =)
I always make it to the end of your posts! I look forward to hearing from you via e-mail to see what you are up to! I would have to start with the Pie It Forward cookbook, though the sugar cookbook looks interesting.
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oh my goodness all of the cookbooks look fabulous!!!! The top 3 I want to bake from first are: Sugar Cube, Pioneer Woman, & Les Petits Macarons (I’ve been wanting to attempt macarons for a while now)!!
Oh my gosh, I want all of them! I love looking at cookbooks!
Sugarlicious or pie it forward! Cookies and pie… Maybe cookie pies? YUM
les petite macarons!!!
Definitely the Hand Held PIes! Way too cute!
I can’t wait to see a marshmallow creation! with your talent and the book’s inspiration I expect an explosion of awesomeness. ps: my plan for the year is to make every recipe from joy the baker’s book… I love her and her recipes are fabulous (I made 6 so far…)!
Oh my goodness, such beautiful books. I love the look of the last one – Flour. Just the pictures look amazing :D
The macaron book… I’ve made the delicious little cookies so many times since discovering them on one of your posts!! Some different takes and recipes would be AWESOME!
All of these just look amazing! :) For my top three, I’d probably say Push-Up Pops, Sweet Auburn Desserts, and the Cookiepedia. The first two just look so enticing and well, who doesn’t love cookies? :)
Flour, definitely. Not only is every recipe in the book amazing, but Joanne herself is a wonderful person and her bakeries reflect that. Also, the banana bread is to die for!
Goodness, do I have to choose just one?! I love Joy’s blog, so I’m sure I’d love her book, but that Sugar Baby one looks pretty dang intriguing. As does the Marsmellow one, and the Tartine one, so can I pick four?
Sugarlicious looks positively delicious!
Handheld pies…Hello!!!! Anything you can hold in one hand has got to be a winner.
Les Petit Macaroons ?
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home or the Push-Up Pops… I can’t decide, the both look SO good. Although, the bite-sized pie idea is fabulous too…
Ice Cream Book!!
Usually my husband makes the call since he devours 90 % of my baked treats. If it is left up to me, I am far too indecisive: close eyes, choose book at random and open at whatever page the sugar faeries decide! <3
sweet Auburn Desserts…
They all look great!! I actually just bought Sugarlicious the other day but have yet to actually look through it more than at a glance. Love my cook/bake books :-)
I’ve seen the marshmallow book and the sugar book on Modcloth…and although I’v never tried to make any sort of candy like that I’d love to have them in my possession! I think a recipe from any of these books would be awesome :)
WOW, all those books look really great. I would definitely love to have a copy of Home Baked Comfort by Kim Laidlaw. A bunch of recipes from a bunch of amazing people; sounds good to me!
I don’t think I can pick just one but would love to try making macarons in Les Petits Macarons. I always wanted to try making one.
Top Pot Top Pot Top Pot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE their doughnut! And its terrible because there are 2 with walking distance of my office! I’m too scared to try and make them…please be my guinea pig!
Oooh, Handheld Pies would be my first choice!
I love pies AND snack bites. <3
But really, I have a not-so-secret passion for cookbooks, so if I had enough money… I'd probably buy them all!
I got the Jeni’s ice cream book for Christmas. I live in Columbus- on our date nights, we LOVE to go get some delicious Jeni’s. The flavors are the BEST- I would eat it all day long if I could.
……. Now I need an ice cream maker so I can actually make the recipes. :)
It’s a tough call (seriously TOUGH), but I’d choose Handheld Pies.
Just the covers of Tartine Bread and Milk and Cookies are making me drool, so I’d have to choose them!
Hands down, I would try something from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home by Jeni Britton Bauer
sugar baby!
I would want to cook from Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts. I just love doughnuts!
First time I see those then push up pops!
I would love to open up the “back in the day” bakery cookbook and try to duplicate some of the recipes at home! I am from Savannah, and I LOVE this shop! Thanks for sharing all of these!
so hard to choose! but I’d pick milk & cookies if I had to!
Love this blog too! Love love love it!
I’ve been eying Joy the Baker’s book for some time!
Les Petit Macarons. I had the in Paris and want to make my own.
Ultimate Cookies and Sugar Baby! The covers make me want to get in the kitchen and start creating!
Definately The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook. Sometimes older is better. I haven’t seen this cookbook yet. I will have to check it out.
I am thinking handheld pies! Yummmmy! Oh my gosh I want to eat some….
The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook or Hand-Forged Doughnuts…oh yeah. What a generous giveaway!
Marshmallow Madness, of course!
I’ve made cookies, cakes, pies and doughnuts, but never have I tried my hand at marshmallows. They look like a lot of fun to make… And eat!
Milk and Cookies! Just looks and sounds so delish!
Back in the day Bakery Cookbook! It just seems so cute and everything! Yum!
Handheld Pies because my husband loves pies and I like to bake them for him!
Le Petit Macarons would be my #1 choice!!!!! I <3 Macarons!!!!!!!!!
Milk and Cookies!
Holy cake-stacks it has to be Sweet Auburn Desserts!
Oh Home Baked Comfort of course! So many lovely and tempting choices on your list…have to admit I added a few to my Amazon wish list while reading your delicious post! :)
I think I’d go for Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams because I love making my own ice cream at home and there is never enough in the freezer… ;-)
handheld pies!!!
The Pioneer Woman. I have her first cookbook and love it. I need to get the second one!
Jenni’s ice-cream would definitely be at the top of my list!
Definitely would be Handheld Pies… who can resist pie? especially little ones?!?!
Ultimate Cookies by Julie Usher! I may just have to buy that one for myself, it looks AMAZING. Also the push pop cakes! If you have the tubes for them already, then I want to see you making those pops, girl! ;D The whole idea just delights me, and I bet they end up tasting incredible.
It would be “Handheld Pies”. I have just bought a pie maker which is alot of fun. Love to see what other pies I can bake!!
no easy choice, but i’d probably pick joy the baker
Well first of all. Joy the Baker is AWESOME. I drove 5 hours to NYC to meet her last month, and she is totally amazing. Oh, and so is her book! I haven’t made a ton from her book, but I can tell you that her frosted brownies are great, and her browned butter peanut butter rice crispy treats are out of this world. Life changing. But besides Joy, I am from Boston and have the Flour book, and have visited the bakery. Let me tell you, her stuff is amazing too. I’m embarrassed to say I have probably made a good majority of the things in that book… And last but not least, I have heard Jenni’s Splendid Ice Creams book is amazing too, I have bought her ice cream before, and it sure tastes amazing! Happy baking!
I loved the photos used on the Sweet Auburn Desserts book, And would love to bake things like that .
Also the Graphic design of the pie it foward book is to die for!
FLOUR no doubt.
I just could not go past Sweet Auburn Desserts and the picture of the caramel dripping sugar fest! YUM!!!!
I would start with some of Jeni’s ice creams now that summer’s right around the corner!
hand held pies!
I’d love to try anything out of Pioneer Woman’s 2nd cookbook. We have the first one and have loved everything that we made out of it but haven’t gotten the 2nd one yet.
I would have to start with Pie It Forward. My husband usually doesn’t eat sweets, but does love pie! Then I would try the Divvies Bakery Cookbook. My friends keep developing food allergies, and this way I could still bake for them. Thanks for sharing the great ideas!
There is absolutely no way I can decide. I think I could possibly choose the … but, nope! How can you choose just ONE?! Heaven help us!
Milk & Cookies….is there anything better??
the pioneer woman cooks, i think…
The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook! and Handheld Pies! They look incredible!
I’m torn between tartine bread and the push-up pops. The carboholic in me finds bread-making fascinating, but I love the look of cute little layered desserts!
Joy the Baker Cookbook
Milk and Cookies looks so good, I would choose that one!
Flour looks delicious!!! Nutella tarts and brown sugar popovers certainly do sound like a good place to start :)
So I just added about half of those books to my Amazon Wish List! On top of my list are Joy the Baker, Marshmallow Madness and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. You’ve got to get yourself the KitchenAid ice cream maker attachment! It is FANTASTIC!!! I preordered it when it first came out and have recommended it to more people than I can count!
Why must you make me choose!?!? I would have to pick the Hand Held Pies book or maybe Sugarbaby. Maybe even Sugalicious. I can’t decide. The Sugar Cube sounds good too!
Definitely “Sweet Auburn Desserts” …I want to make a stack cake!
Tartine Bread and Pie It Forward
well there are 3 that jumped out to me… ultimate cookie, marshmallow madness and push up pop!! i think the marshmallow one is at the top!! but they all looked so good!!
Oh my gosh I am absolutely going to go and buy some of these books no matter what!
I would love (pretty much all of them):
milk and cookies
divvies bakery cookbook
cookiepedia
les petits macarons
push-up pops
jeni’s splendid ice creams at home
A lot!!!!
Flour for sure!
“Sweet Auburn Desserts” looks A-MAZING!!!! I think I’d just eat the cover itself!
Milk and Cookies or Home Baked Comfort for sure!
Oh I am hanging out for the marshmallow Madness! We’ll all go crazy on a huge sugar high but it looks worth every mouthful!
I have the top pot book and it is fantastic. I am obsessed with homemade made marshmallows so it would have to be that book!!! i swear i could eat the whole batch myself :)
Handheld Pies – I love pie, and the whole concept of having a single portion that you can easily transport and serve sounds wonderful!
So many of these books look like incredible reads! I think that if I had to only purchase one, however, it would have to be Hand-Forged Doughnuts. I’ve never been to their bakery either, but those look amazing!
Mmmm…… I can’t pick between cookiepedia or les petite macaroons. Oh well, I guess I have to buy both! ;)
ultimate cookies!!
Flour or Milk & Cookies
Milk & Cookies for sure! They are my favorite thing to bake. I love cupcakes and the like, but with a house of only 2, cookies keep much longer :-) Or maybe they just go faster!