Sweet Treats to Bake
 
December 2023
Pastry Love: A Baker's Journal of Favorite Recipes
by Joanne Chang

An award-winning baker presents 125 of her favorite recipes—such as Strawberry Slab Pie, Mocha Chip Cookies and Malted Chocolate Cake—as well as lessons and techniques for both experienced bakers and beginners. 35,000 first printing. Illustrations.
Bakerita: 100+ No-Fuss Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and Refined Sugar-Free Recipes for the Modern Baker
by Rachel Conners

The creative force behind the popular Bakerita blog offers tasty desserts that are gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar—free including Apple Cinnamon Granola, Baked Chocolate Donuts, Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles and Lavender-Lemon Raspberry Scones. 35,000 first printing. Illustrations.
Everyday Cake
by Polina Chesnakova

Perfect for every mood and craving, this guide to a wide range of delightfully decadent cakes whips up 45 recipes that use readily available ingredients and a vast array of flavors, including warm spices, herbs and flowers, chocolate, fruit, nuts and seeds. Original. Illustrations.
Magpie
by Holly Ricciardi

Shares over ninety pie recipes, featuring such sweet flavors as pear chocolate, lemon curd, five-spice plum, and raspberry rhubarb, as well as savories, including macaroni and cheese potpies and herb goat cheese quiche
Doughnuts
by Lara Ferroni

Collects ninety recipes for doughnuts to make at home, including such offerings as carrot cake doughnuts, red velvet doughnuts, and chocolate coconut macaroon doughnut holes
Fantastical Cakes
by Gesine Bullock-Prado

Presents step-by-step instructions for baking and decorating cakes, including Swiss roll sponge, apple cider-pumpkin mousse, and semi-naked cake with caramel topping, with information on choosing equipment and ingredients
Baking Gold: How to Bake (Almost) Everything With 3 Doughs, 2 Batters, and 1 Magic Mix
by Jami Curl

The award-winning author of Candy Is Magic explains how to produce dozens of quality baked goods from variables on essential ingredients, sharing such recipes as Vanilla Celebration Cake, Peanut-Butter Brownies and Ginger-Molasses Cookies. Illustrations.
Delish Insane Sweets
by Joanna Saltz

A first dessert-recipe collection by the editors of Delish.com includes-reader favorites and new classics, including Crème Brûlée Cookies, Samoa Cheesecake Bars and Moscow Mule Cupcakes. 50,000 first printing. Illustrations.
Sally's Cookie Addiction
by Sally McKenney

A collection of recipes for cookies, cookie bars, cookie dough dips, slice-and-bakes, and no-bakes includes such options as brown butter snickerdoodles, pinwheel cookies, fairy meringues, jam shortbread bars, and chocolate hazelnut thumbprints
Sweet Talk Cookies
by Hayley Callaway

The Instagram star and found of Hayley Cakes and Cookies presents this cookie book that is filled with one-of-a-kind cookie designs with customizable messages for year-round fun. Illustrations.
Candy Land: The Official Cookbook
by Kristy Richardson

"Cook, bake, and decorate your way down the rainbow path to Candy Castle with Candy Land: The Official Cookbook. Kids can create delicious candies, drinks, baked goods, and even breakfast foods inspired by the sweet world of Candy Land with recipes ranging from cookie "lollipops," to rice crispy treats, s'mores, pancakes, and more! Featuring enticing full-color photography, step-by-step instructions, color-coded chapters for easy readability, and a sweet and simple introductory guide to cooking and baking, Candy Land: The Official Cookbook will delight kids as they create their own sugary works of art to eat, serve, share and display"
Simple Cake
by Odette Williams

A nostalgic ode to the joy of homemade cake, beautifully photographed and with easy mix-and-match recipes for a sweet lift any day of the week
The Art of the Cookie
by Shelly Kaldunski

Shares dozens of recipes and decorating ideas for transforming simple cookies into artistic confections, combining lavish photography with professional-grade instructions for everything from versatile cut-and-roll doughs to twists on classic favorites.
Even Better Brownies
by Mike Johnson

Through this collection of easy-to-make recipes that feature unique flavor combinations, home bakers can make a brownie or bar for every occasion imaginable. Original. 25,000 first printing. Illustrations.
Layered 
by Tessa Huff

Collects recipes for bakery-quality cakes to bake at home, including such options as raspberry stout, pink peppercorn cherry, Riesling rhubarb, and pumpkin vanilla chai, with contemporary baking methods and industry tips and tricks
The Cake Book
by Rebecca Firth

"Rebecca Firth, best-selling author of The Cookie Book, is back with the cake party you've been looking for! Fulfill all of your cake needs for any occasion with breakfast cakes, petite cakes, Bundt cakes, snacking cakes and stunning layered cakes. Whether you want a delicious midweek treat or something dazzling to end a meal, this collection has you covered with make-ahead tips, substitutions and cake-making magic"
A New Take on Cake
by Anne Byrn

Home bakers can learn how to make 200 brand new and modernized classic cake recipes including Pumpkin Skillet Crumble, Strawberry Smash Cake and Double Chocolate Drop Cookies, in a new collection from the best-selling author of The Cake Mix Doctor. Original. Illustrations.
Snackable Bakes
by Jessie Sheehan

From Peppermint Stick No-Churn Ice Cream to Deeply Chocolaty Baked Donuts with Buttermilk Glaze and Sprinkles, this guide to snackable sweets shows readers how to create decadent delights in 20 minutes or less. Illustrations.
Rage Baking
by Kathy Gunst

Combining food and the activism unleashed by the 2016 election, a collection of over 50 cookie, cake, tart and pie recipes also features essays, reflections and interviews with both well-known bakers and women activists. 15,000 first printing. Illustrations.
The Edible Cookie Dough Cookbook 
by Olivia Hops

The Edible Cookie Dough Cookbook brings you 75 creative, colorful, and completely safe to eat cookie dough recipes from the owner of Unbaked, the famous LA cookie dough bar.Looking for a sure-to-please dessert, birthday party treat, or potluck bring-along that can be ready in 10 minutes with minimal clean up? Edible cookie dough is what you need, and dough expert and LA cookie dough bar owner, Olivia Hops, has exactly what you're looking for.The Edible Cookie Dough Cookbook is the first cookbook to focus exclusively on this hotly growing dessert. With step-by-step instructions, Olivia serves up 55 scrumptious doughs, each one completely safe to eat raw--right off the spoon, from a bowl, or out of a cup.
Sheet Cake
by Abigail Johnson Dodge

A baking guru and award-winning cookbook author teaches home bakers how to build spectacular sheet cake creations with her three techniques for assembly—classic, stacked and rolled—along with everything else you need to turn your cake into a masterpiece. Illustrations.
Crazy For Cookies, Brownies & Bars
by Dorothy Kern

Master cookie basics, then expand your repertoire with over 85 crave-worthy yet easy-to-prepare recipes for both classic and inventive sweet treats, each with its own mouthwatering photo.Author Dorothy Kern is one of the most trusted and widely read baking bloggers on Earth--and with good reason. Her tested-to-perfection recipes are simple to make, delectable, and full of creative new flavor ideas. In Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars, she shares her recipes and baking secrets so you, too, can make scrumptiously delicious cookies that everyone loves.Dorothy outlines the rules for successful cookie baking, provides an overview of key ingredients and tools, and offers expert tips on how to store baked things so they stay fresh for a long time. What's more, she guides you in taking your cookie skills in new directions, into the delectable world of brownies (lots of different kinds of brownies!), blondies, shortbreads, shortcakes, cookie cakes, and more.
You Wanna Piece of Me?
by Jenell Parsons

Is there really anyone who doesn't love pie? Grab a great big slice of it here, with easy-to-follow, phenomenal-tasting pie recipes of all kinds. There is nothing better than a tender, flaky slice of perfect pie still warm from the oven. With You Wanna Piece of Me? you can blow your family and friends away with the very best bakery-style pie they've ever eaten--then drop the bombshell that you made it from scratch!
The Gourmet Cookie Book
by Gourmet Magazine

A treasury of top-selected cookie recipes draws on the archives of Gourmet magazine to represent several varieties, cultures and special occasions, from Old-Fashioned Christmas Butter Cookies and Date Bars to Chocolate Peppermint Bar Cookies and Crescent Cream Cheese Cookies.
Sweet & Simple
by Christina Lane

Features 100 new recipes from the popular, small-batch recipe blogger to make tasty, satisfying desserts and treats for a small number of people, including Gooey Butter Cake Cookies, Salted Butterscotch Tart, Baked Rice Pudding With Caramel and Peppermint Brownies.
Kawaii Sweet World
by Rachel Fong

The YouTube star presents a collection of over 70 recipes for treats such as Pig Cream Puffs, Narwhal Cake Pops and Koala Cupcakes that celebrate the Japanese pop culture cuteness phenomenon of Kawaii.
The Complete Photo Guide to Cookie Decorating
by Autumn Carpenter

The Complete Photo Guide to Cookie Decorating is the ultimate reference for all methods of cookie decorating--a comprehensive guide for crafters and aspiring sugar artists.In just a few minutes, a cookie can be transformed from a simple shape into a colorful, edible work of art. With some basic skills and a little practice, everyone from kids to adults can enjoy this fun craft. Expert sugar artist and author of The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating, Autumn Carpenter, helps you learn these skills and become a confident cookie decorator through step-by-step directions, 400 full-color photos, and invaluable decorating tips and tricks.