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 will be trying The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook since my sister will be moving to Savannah this summer and I need to prepare for my visit to the bakery!
Well I’ve already read Joy and Ree’s cookbooks, so I’d go with Back In The Day Bakery’s book next. Went there in March and had the best lemon bars!
Pie it Forward…who can resist pies? No one I ‘ve ever known.
I’ve been dying to purchase Joy’s cookbook because she is another one of my favorite food bloggers!
Oh My! How could you ever choose just one or two??? I need them all, besides, they look so pretty stacked up. I don’t think you could ever go wrong choosing Pioneer Woman though…
Joy the Baker’s Cookbook! Pioneer Womans!!! Julia Ushers!!! All of them!!!
I think I’d have to go with Joy the Baker Cookbook by Joy Wilson, though they all look so awesome! I think I gained a pound by looking at them.
Oh my goodness!!! Back in the day bakery sounds so good! She was just on Paula Deens show!! Ox. Thank you!!!
I am completely entranced by Pie it Forward! I love the whole pie family of desserts, especially tarts.
Already cooking out of P-Dubs second cookbook…enjoyed the first so much I couldn’t wait…and then happened to MEET her in Arizona this past weekend WHAT A TREAT! <3 That said…the Top Pot donut cookbook or Sugarbaby have both piqued my interests…new challenge always needs a master to show you the way!
So hard to choose…! Joy The Baker would have to be my number one …
I’ve always wanted to learn how to make macaroons. Or you could never go wrong with cookies! So either of those books.
Oh wow…first would be Sugar Baby, closely followed by Push-up Pops, Pie it Forward and Sugarlicious.
They all look yummy! I would try Sugarliscious first! Looks to be an inspiring book!!
I think i’d go for The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier by Ree Drummond because you just can’t go wrong here!! Then I’d go to Push-Up Pops from Courtney Dial Whitmore because i’ve got a box of those just begging to be used!! =)
Handheld Pies by Sarah Billingsley and Rachel Wharton looks amazing! But so do all the others too! Great choices, great blog!
I need to get Pioneer Woman’s new book and the Macaron book looks great, too!
Handdheld Pies…….. oh how I love me some pie :) I know that what ever one you pick will be wonderful.
I can’t decide between Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book or Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. I got an ice cream maker for my birthday and am ready to fill the summer with frozen happiness!
They all look wonderful! But I have wanted to give the push pop treats a try…so I would choose that book! I know my kids would love them:o)
Joy the Baker and the two ice cream books. I just got an ice cream machine and am ready to break it in!
Just saw Cheryl Day on Paula Deen’s show. She looks so fun! And after Paula raved about her treats (and bread!!!) I’d love to check out her book
All the books look fantastic… Wish I could add them all to my library.
Although they all look delish, I’m totally rocking The Sugar Cube, as it’s a dream of mine to ride around delivering sweet treats to people with cash :-)
Flour looks amazing!!
As a librarian I can’t get enough books and so many of these are on my to read/ buy pile already. If I had to choose one I guess it would be Home Baked Comfort but I still want to read Pie it Forward, Milk & Cookies, Back in the Day, & Joy the baker.
They all look wonderful! I believe I would start with “Handheld Pies” to bake from first though.
Les Petits Macarons! I tried my first real macaron not long ago and it was amazing.
I’m torn between Joy the Baker and Tartine Bread. I love Joy’s blog and would love to see you do something from her book, but I’d also love to see you bake some bread!
With my annual making of dark chocolate peppermint marshmallows, I’d love to extend my abilities with the Marshmallow Madness book!
I’d love to try some stuff from Pie it Forward, since I love pie but don’t seem to have it very often. I’m also intrigued by Sweet Auburn Desserts.
Sugarlicious!
I would like The Divvies Bakery Cookbook. My cousin is allergic to milk and eggs, so every time we have a party he can’t eat anything exept for some cookies.
The Divvies Cookbook! My son has severe egg and nut allergies and I run my own allergy-friendly cupcake business out of my home, but still can’t crack the egg-less cookie recipe! He loooooooves Divvies when I bring them home from the store. I already sent the link to my husband for Mothers Day :)
Ooh, Push Up Pops, for sure! What a great idea. And one that I would like to try ;)
Joanne Chang’s Flour … it is sitting on my shelf and I have yet to try one of her recipes
o.m.g. i want every one of these books and the time to try every recipe PLEASE! I dont know, maybe i dont want to win – because then i need to find time to bake and EAT all these delicious things. *drool*
Sugarbaby for the kiddos and Flour for me, please!
I would totally choose The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook. Just look at them. How cute?
I want all of them but I would start with Home Baked Comforts because a variety of different bakeries have recipes in it.
Too many wonderful books to choose from but I think Home Baked Comfort and Back In The Day Bakery cookbook would be my two top choices!
The Pioneer Woman Cooks. I just love Ree and her recipes.
I would bake from sugarbaby – what is that on their cover? That thing that almost looks like cotton candy?? MUST FIND OUT!
Les Petits Macarons! :)
I really want to get my hands on Pie It Forward! I have Sugar Baby and I just loved it. Prado’s personality shines through so strongly.. I found myself reading this cookbook like a novel! Ps.. I’ve never had pie before.. If anyone believes that. This book will change that!
Ohhhhhh, so many, many, many books that look AMAZING!! Oh my gosh, I’m salivating. I think if I absolutely had to pick one, like… you’re going to be stranded on an island pick one, I’d say Tartine Bread or Handheld Pies. Oops, thats two! There’s nothing like butter on hot bread… and little pies???? Just right for me to share with a sweetie. :-)
I would definitely start with Ree’s book! You can’t go wrong with the Pioneer Woman!
I would have to go with Jeni’s book — we got an ice cream maker last summer, but I’ve only used it to make chocolate sorbet so far (an amazing sorbet, I might add!). I’m dying to make some ice cream!
The bread book! I’m like you–don’t have much experience making bread, but I’d love to learn!
Pushup Pops would be my vote-so creative!
Milk and Cookies please! I’m always looking for more cookies.
Sugar Baby is for me! My late father [worked in the diplomatic corps, not a chef by any stretch of the imagination] taught me how to make sugar candy! A very basic rock candy. Brings back so many memeories of childhood!
I am still making these lollypops for my grown children.
There is an art to the candy! I’d love to learn more!
This is a hard one! But I would have to say The Pioneer Woman Cooks because any recipe of Ree’s that I’ve tried has been wonderful!
I’d love to try something out of the Sugarlicious book…mainly because I want to try making that gnome! He looks so cute
I would love to give the Hand-Forged Doughnuts a go! We love doughnuts at this house and couldn’t go wrong!
push up pops!! I’ve been wanting to try these since I saw them on pinterest!!!
Handheld Pies looks delish!
Flour! The recipes just sound incredible and I love, love, baking!
So, so many things I need to read! But I have been dying to try to make macarons, so the first on my list would be Les Petits Macarons. But with 4 kids, marshmallows, cookies, baked goods, pushups, all sound wonderful – I need all of them!
Omg….I want them all!!! But if you held a whisk to my head and made me pick the first one, I would go with handheld pies. That is very unique and I do not think I have any pie only cookbooks.
Wow – I can certainly see I’m going to have to add most if not all of these to my cookbook collection. Although I now want all of them, I’ve wanted Pioneer Woman’s new cookbook the longest so I’d have to say that one to cook from first. And then any of the others! Yumminess all around!
I like the back in the day cookbook although the marshmallow cookbook looks very good as well and of course I’ve heard really cook things about the flour cookbook.oh heck I’m no help at all. Good luck picking one.
Hand Held Pies, The Pioneer Woman, Marshmellow Madness and Hand Forged Doughnuts if I had to pick a few. And I’d probably try the Pioneer Woman first.
I want to do bread, so Tartine Bread!
I would want to cook from sugarbaby, Joy the Baker Cookbook and The Pioneer Woman Cooks.
First Handheld Pies. Then Pushup Pops. After that, Top Pot Hand Forged Doughnuts. Then Sweet Auburn Desserts, Pie It Forward, Milk & Cookies and The Sugar Cube. Practically everything on your list.
Hmm…this is a tough one, because there are several. Probably Tartine Bread, followed closely by Pie it Forward.
Most definitely Handheld Pies!
I have three that I can’t wait to check out! But, the Divvies Bakery Cookbook is at the top of my list so I can add some diversity to my baking for my vegan/gluten free/nut allergic friends!
I would love Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream book! I looove the idea of making ice cream deliciously rich (reading reviews in blogs and amazon) without eggs!!!
Hi, I allready have the Sugar Baby book and Flour. I recomend Flour 100%! I have made many recipes from this book and have come out delicious!!! No wonder she was chosen for a sticky bun throwdown against Bobby Flay. I tried that recipe to and it´s one of my favorites. The Sugar Baby book is very pretty and has nice recipes but I live in a very humid climate and the marshmallows I tried never set. I would still recomend it, but not if you live in a humid-tropical weather.
Mmmmmmmmilk and Cooooooooooookies! Yummilicious!
Les Petits Macarons definitely! I’ve always wanted to learn how to make them!
I love all things vintage, so I would have to say “The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook” (plus those two are too cute!)
I think the push up pops would be fun to work with!!!!
I’d start with the ‘Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts’. I LOVE doughnuts :)
I would buy the Pushup Pops. Looks interesting.
i would love to see you bake/create from Marshmallow Maddness. you know, once you find your candy thermometer and all…. :D
Sugarlicious!
I’d have to pick one of the ice cream books, or the macaroons. YUM!
Wow hard choice! I think I would have to go with Pioneer Woman because everything of hers tastes great!
Sweet Auburn Desserts! The stack cakes look amazing!!
so hard to decide! I’d have to go with pie it forward. I love making pie for my husband. It’s his fave treat.
Love Sugarlicious!!
i just got a new ice cream maker, so definitely Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book or Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home!
I’d have to go with Pie it Forward. Yum!
All of these cookbooks look so wonderful! It’s hard to say which I would choose, but I think I’d go with Flour. So many wonderful recipes in that one! Thanks for showing your collection!
I would love to bake from Marshmallow Madness but I know i would fail miserably, so I would start with recipes from The Sugar Cube, I think. It looks like a fun little cookbook, and I love her little food cart. What a great idea!
Definitely “Handheld Pies” and “Sugar Baby”.
Thanks for the heads up on these books – very helpful!
sugarbaby! My daughter loves spun sugar … =]
Pioneer Woman Cooks and Sugarlicious !!!
i have to start there and then cross off the other 50 on my list :)
Home Baked Comfort is the one for me!
I have been eyeing that Handheld Pies book for quite sometime! :D
Ree’s!
Oh my! You’ve just increaded my Amazon wishlist! I just baked from Les Petits Macarons- divine little book…. All of them sound awesome, but I’d try the Sugarbaby and Marshmallow Madness first- never made cady at home before!
Ugh. Now that I’ve seen these, I’m convinced I need them all. Because they all look like something I just must have and cook/bake from. Yikes. Thanks a lot. Pick one? Sugar Baby is the one that is so different from anything else I’ve got, so that’s the one I’d pick. :)
wow, yes, I am drooling too! I would probably start with Ree Drummond’s book since I want it but don’t have it just yet. But, caramel drizzled potato chips on a chocolate cupcake??? Be still my heart!
I would start with “The Sugar Cube.” The cover looks amazing and I think there would be a great variety of sweets….a little bit of everything!
The Handheld Pies book just screamed out to me “Pick me!” So I’ll trust my instincts.
I gotta say Ree’s book The Pioneer Woman Cooks just because I’m such a fan of hers… but really I’d be excited to try any of them!!
Decisions, decisions! It’s a toss up between 2 books, but I think I would have more succes with Sugarlicious. I bet my boys would love it, too!
Well I’m a little partial to PW. I have her cookbooks and love them!
I would do the Divvies Bakery Cookbook. My youngest sister is allergic to dairy, nuts, gluten and eggs so it always a good recipe book when those things are already taken out of the recipes!
The Flour cookbook; I live in Boston and visit Flour every chance I get. I’d love to be able to make those sweet and delicious desserts at home!
It’s practically impossible to choose, but I’d have to go with Handheld Pies. I can imagine turning out dozens of pies and just giving them away to everyone I know until they’re all sic of tiny pies.
Hmmmm…..either Back in the Day or Home Baked Comfort. They all look great!
SUGARBABY!!!
absolutely sugarlicious!!!
Tartine Bread. OH MAN do I love me some bread.
It would have to be ‘The Divvies Bakery Cookbook’ for me. I run a toddler group with children with various allergies and I always have to hunt to find recipes that I can use for them (how people managed before the internet I don’t know!)
I definitely think that I would start with the ice cream, but I would probably make some sort of schedule so I could eventually make everything from each book… haha
I live in Boston and Flour bakery is so rad! All my coworkers love it, and wouldn’t it be wonderful if they loved me when I make them these treats from the book, too? Love everything you do, Bakerella!
So hard to choose! I would start with Pushup Pops and then start a stack of my own with the rest :)
I’d love to cook from the Joy the Baker cookbook, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams and Flour. :)
Do you even know how excited this makes me?! My cookbook wish list is ridiculous — my fingers are crossed for this giveaway! I would love Joy’s new book or Home Baked from your list. I own a few of the others and they are wonderful. Thanks so much!
I’d love to try them all… but I think I’d have to start with Flour! That bakery is amazing.
Sugar Baby! Cooking sugar is fun stuff!
Flour!! It’s one of the few I don’t already own.
The Sugar Cube – those photos looks so interesting, I’m dying to see the recipes inside!
These are so gorgeous! That caramel-looking drip on the stacked cake in the Sweet Auburn picture is calling to me. I think I’d start with that one.
I would go for the book Sugar Baby…….how can you go wrong with SUGAR.
I would love to look at that Ultimate Cookies by Julia Usher. Don’t know if I could ever make them, but I can dream, right!?
I 100% NEED The Cookiepedia by Stacy Adimando. Like really, I NEED it!
I would have to go with the Hand held pie book. Not very good at making pies. Would love to learn!!!
Wow, I didn’t know there were so many great cookbooks! I’d probably start with the Handheld Pies…or maybe the Doughnut one…or maybe Milk and Cookies…or…I can’t decide either. But you should start with Ulimate Cookies. You’d be great with that!
Good god I want all of them but I’m most intrigued by Sugarbaby – those creations looks amazing!
I would LOVE to try marshmallows. I work at the Bradley University Alumni Association, and Ms. Sever is a proud BU alum. Thinking it might be a fun baking class/tutorial to have her come back to campus and show us her marshmallow magic!! Such a fun topic, and not something I would think to bake normally, which is why I think it would be fun to try.
very very hard to choose just one, but I think The Sugar Cube! love this post! :)
i’d love to buy Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home, looks like so much fun!!
Marshmallow madness looks like so much fun! That would be my first choice. Making homemade marshmallow is a fascinating idea!
There are three that I would love to delve into: Pushup Pops, Flour and Joy the Baker cookbooks. From the covers, the recipes look so appealing and I am really into baking for friends and family. I can feel the pounds on my friends and family growing and the mild cursing from the treadmills…
Yum- .home baked comfort or flour!
ultimate cookies
Handheld Pies because quite frankly, I love pie.
Wow pick one?? I would start with the Pioneer Woman’s new cookbook and go from there.
Flour by Joanne Chang, because I downloaded her recipe for homemade pop tarts ages ago and still haven’t made them either!
It would be so hard to pick just one I love to bake! Hand Held Pies and Home Baked Comfort definately pull me but then there is how to make macarons……….oh the pain of a decision!
I just ordered that Tartine cookbook from the library. I need help making bread, too! Can’t wait til I can go pick it up.
I have to admit that Marshmallow Madness caught my eye.
The cover of flour is screaming at me. I want an eclair now!
Flour is the one I would open immediately!
I’ve been living in Australia for the last 2 years, so I’d pick to cook from the Pioneer woman’s cookbook first since it looks like it would have something that tastes like “home”.
I would love to try everything in The Pioneer Woman’s newest cookbook!
They all look amazing, but I would want Marshmallow Madness. I make marshmallows for gifts around the holidays, but have yet to venture beyond the traditional vanilla – I could use some inspiration!
I want all of them…if forced to pick…um…Handheld Pies!
Milk and cookies
I would love to bake somethings from Home Baked Comforts because i love to bake comfort foods that are easy to bake, but taste great.
They all look amazing….I’d probably start with Sweet Auburn Desserts :)
I’m with you! The marshmallow book looks awesome and would love to try and make my own. Oh how fun that would be!
They all sound great! I think I’d be baking from the Milk & Cookies cookbook first though!
So hard to pick! I’d have to pick Ree’s if any =)
Home Baked Comfort and Flour look most interesting to me!
Push-up Pops looks fun!
I would choose Pioneer Woman Cooks just because I’ve tried Ree’s recipes before and they’re user friendly.
However, I’m also dying to get my hands on Pie it Forward-because I love pie and how great is that name and Milk & Cookies and The Cookiepedia because I’m always looking for new cookie recipes to make for my nine-year-old son. And, my 43-year-old husband…
That caramel and cream (and hopefully apple!) tart from The Sugar Cube stopped me in my tracks – definitely where I’d start
Handheld Pies for sure! I am a pie lover through and through and anything “mini” has me at “hello” :)
I’d love Ree’sbook or Joy the Baker’s.
I have been wanting to by Pioneer Woman’s cookbook(s!) for awhile now…. This would certainly help make my decision! Handheld pies look delicious as well….
First choice is Sugar Cube because my baking isn’t devoured at home … I have to take it on the road to be eaten. Very close second choice is Tartine Bread. Just recently I’ve dabbled in starters and yeast and bread. (Can you tell I’ve given up on diets and decided to follow my soul in the kitchen? Seriously, no one walks into a room and says, mmmm!!! Do I smell salad?!)
Cookies are a huge hit in our house so Milk & Cookies would be first. But Push-up Pops comes in close second!
I think I would pick Flour. I have been meaning to grab that one for quite some time and it looks amazing! I love having lots of beautiful dessert books!
Handheld pies!
I think the Sugar Cube looks like a good one to start with! :O)
I have a hard time choosing between “Milk and Cookies” or the “tartane bread”. My husband doesn’t eat sweets, so the latter would be nice to share, but I loves me some milk and cookies!
I would have a hard time as well, but i have choosen 3
1. Push-up Pops
2. The back in the Day Bakery Cookbook
3. Sweet Auburn Desserts
Can’t wait to see what you choose and post.
:-)
Pie it forward – partly because I love pie, and partly because it’s a fun name :)
I have to say that Sugar Baby and Push Up Pops both jumped out at me. My sons 5th birthday is this month, so I’ve been struggling with the cake for a bunch of 4 and 5 year olds, and it seems like push up pops would be so much easier and a lot less messy for those little hands! However, the pictures of the rock candy took me back to my childhood in an instant! I can just taste it and think both of my kiddos would love to make it.
Whew! That is quite a pile o’ books! I think I’d try Joy the Baker. She’s adorable and her goodies look de-lish!
push up pops or ice cream!
Milk & Cookies! I am craving cookies right now!
I would have to say “Pie It Forward” — love the name AND I love pies!
i’d choose handheld pies, for sure! sugarlicious is second because i love the blog, but i have the same weakness for pies. mini pies are the best.
I think I’d start with the Ultimate Cookie or The Sugar Cube. I’m so excited that you posted all these – I can add them to my amazon wishlist for Christmas! :)
Joy the Baker…love her :)
Les petits macarons
Handheld Pies! I love pies and cobblers. Always looking for new ways to make them small goodness! Happiness in a hand, pass it along. Next would be Sweet Auburn Desserts. LOVE stack cakes!
Oh, my. They all sound so good. I think The Ice Cream book is calling to me. :)
I would say “Pie it Forward”, because I am determined to learn how to make amazing pies this summer! I can make good ones, but I want them to be the best people have ever had!
“Milk & Cookies” hands down. Used to live in NY and was obsessed w/ the lil shop in the West Village. Also, cookies are my absolute fave fave naughty food :)
Tartine Bread!!! I love baking bread and that looks delicious!!!
The pioneer woman or milk and cookies – although I am sure you can’t go wrong with any of those!
For sure the Sugar Baby cookbook. It would be my excuse to eat it all just to try it out
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier by Ree Drummond
Wow! and I thought I had a bunch of cookbook :O) The cookbook Flour by Joanne Chang with Christie Matheson
looks awesome!
I’d like to try: Home Baked Comfort by Kim Laidlaw
Oh my…. Where to start?! I’m absolutely in love with Joy and Ree’s blogs so those cookbooks are already on my list but handheld pies?! I know a couple of guys in my life that would be all-too-willing taste-testers! and Sugarbaby-divine!
The Milk and Cookies Cookbook -I’m always looking for new and innovative cookie recipes!
I instantly gravitated towards Handheld Pies, I mean, HOW CUTE! I have often made tiny pies for farmers markets and bake sales so this one would be just right for me! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win such a great prize!
All of these look amazing. But I would have to choose your cake pop book :)
Wow, there are a lot of amazing books to choose from there! I think I would have to go with the Les Petits Macarons to bake from first. I have never made macarons, but have been dying to try them! :)
Milk & Cookies! I’d make them all…and eat them all :)
How diabolical to have to decide!! At this moment I will choost the Ultimate Cookies, by Julia Usher, but wait—–
Sugar baby! I’d love to make homemade cotton candy!
Handheld pies looks good to me. Who doesn’t love pie?
OOOHHHH….. such a hard decision… but I think Hand Held Pies is calling to me! I’ve always wanted to eat a whole pie!!! (:
Oooh, Its a tough choice but it would either be Push Up Pops or Handhelp Pies!
Ooh. I would want every one of those! But if I had to choose one to start with then I would choose……..oh I don’t know… They all look sooo good!!…..I would have to say either the back in the day bakery cookbook or the humphry slocombe ice cream book…. But I love to bake so I think I would get pretty good use out of all of those..
Home Baked Comfort as well as Milk & Cookies are my first choices.
My mind has been on macarons lately so of course Les Petits Macarons stood out to me.
Home Baked Comfort looks awesome, but I’m going to have to go with Pioneer Woman, I’ve made so many recipes from her first book that I can’t wait to go out and buy the next one.. that coffee cream cake is first on the list!!
flour is calling my name! i have been to the bakery and boston and would love to take on recreating some of their delicious treats.
Pie it Forward – love that idea!