Break out the measuring cups and bring out the mixer—these mouth-watering cookbooks are serving up delicious recipes (and more) to help bake your way to a sweeter holiday!
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Cookies, Pies, Cakes, and More:
Good Housekeeping The Best-Ever Cookie Book: 175 Tested-‘Til-Perfect Recipes for Crispy, Chewy & Ooey-gooey Treats Edited by Good Housekeeping; Foreword by Jane Francisco
A cookie for every craving: From classics like chocolate chips to decadent delights (hello, skillet cookie sundae), this collection will become your go-to baking book.
Everyone loves a cookie! Whether you go right to the chocolate or are more of a buttery shortbread fan, there’s a special cookie here just for you. The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen presents their best-ever, tested-‘til-perfect recipes so you can find your soulmate in sweetness. Plus, a chapter devoted to holiday cookies will become your favorite for celebrations all year round.
Whether you’re baking for a special occasion or just for a sweet treat, you’ll find tons of inspiration from the gorgeous photographs, clever ideas from the Test Kitchen editors (including gifting tips to pack them like a pro!), and inventive variations that all come out perfectly every single time.
Available in Hardcover and eBook Editions.
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Cookies: The New Classics: A Baking Book by Jesse Szewczyk
100 bold cookie recipes that take the gold-star standards beyond what you’ve ever known.
“Jesse is a master baker and has a sense of style and sophistication that is boldly evident in every recipe.”—Rick Martínez, James Beard Award–nominated recipe developer, host, and cookbook author
“Whether you’re craving a cookie that is chocolaty or savory, an easy recipe or one that is a bit more challenging, nothing will prepare you for the imaginative and sweet world Jesse Szewczyk creates in Cookies: The New Classics.”—Andy Baraghani, senior food editor at Bon Appétit
Available in Hardcover and eBook Editions.
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Holiday Cookies: Showstopping Recipes to Sweeten the Season [A Baking Book] by Elisabet Der Nederlanden
From Icebox Pinwheel Cookies to Red-and-White Meringue Kisses to Apple Cider Caramels, find new inspiration for the best of seasonal baking with Holiday Cookies.
This instant holiday classic is packed with 50 recipes, each gorgeously photographed and meticulously tested, along with dozens of decorating and packaging ideas. Filled with reimagined favorites like Giant Molasses Spice Cookies and Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies; confections like Peppermint Bark, Smoked Almond and Cacao Nib Brittle, and Dark Chocolate–Hazelnut Fudge; and detailed instructions for gorgeous gingerbread houses, cookie place cards, and edible ornaments, this is a cookie book like no other. Because the recipes are easy to scale up or down, Holiday Cookies is perfect for cookie exchanges, gift-giving, and just enjoying throughout the season. From a veteran baker and recipe developer, each cookie in this collection is guaranteed to be a stand-out, and destined to become your new Christmas classic.
Available in Hardcover and eBook Editions.
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A New Take on Cake: 175 Beautiful, Doable Cake Mix Recipes for Bundts, Layers, Slabs, Loaves, Cookies, and More!: A Baking Book by Anne Byrn
Turn a cake mix into a cake masterpiece! Discover 175 decadent and quick modern recipes with from-scratch flavor from the bestselling author of The Cake Mix Doctor.
Anne Byrn is known for her cake mix magic, and A New Take on Cake makes baking from a boxed mix as inspiring as it is easy—everything from vegan tortes to gluten-free cakes, doughnuts to cake pops, and whoopie pies to a wedding cake. All for snacking, celebrating, and everything in between!
With 50 modernized classics and 125 brand-new recipes, no one will believe your Ice Cream Cone Cake, Vegan Chocolate Cake with Creamy Nutella Frosting, or Blood Orange Loaf with Campari Glaze were made from boxed mixes. Whether you are following a gluten-free, sugar-free, or plant-based diet, or are just a fan of a good old-fashioned yellow layer cake with chocolate fudge icing, you’ll find your calling—and won’t have to spend all day making it.
Available November 16th in Hardcover and eBook Editions.
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Martha Stewart’s Fruit Desserts: 100+ Delicious Ways to Savor the Best of Every Season: A Baking Book by Editors of Martha Stewart Living and Martha Stewart
Gorgeous seasonal fruits abound in Martha Stewart’s collection of 100+ dependable recipes for crumbles, crisps, pies, buckles, and more.
From perfectly ripe peaches and plump, tender figs to crisp, honey-sweet apples and bright, juicy citrus, Martha Stewart’s Fruit Desserts celebrates easy-to-prepare recipes that highlight the fresh, vibrant flavors of fruit at its peak. In spring and summer, delight in warm-weather desserts such as Red-Fruit Pavlovas, Vanilla-Rhubarb Tart, and Double-Crust Peach Slab Pie. When the days grow shorter and cooler, enjoy cozy comforts including Apple Fritters, Fig and Almond Crostata, Poached Pear and Cranberry Pie, and Polenta-Grape Snacking Cake.
Whether you’re in the mood for an old-fashioned countertop classic or a modern treat with an elevated touch, these comforting, delicious desserts will gratify all year long.
Available in Hardcover and eBook Editions.
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The Perfect Pie: Your Ultimate Guide to Classic and Modern Pies, Tarts, Galettes, and More Edited by America’s Test Kitchen
Get the dough rolling and perfect your pie-making skills to bake beautiful, foolproof versions of the corner bakery classics and French patisserie favorites—plus a host of whimsical, modern pies and tarts of all kinds like sky-high meringue pies, uniquely flavored fruit pies with intricate lattice-woven tops, and lush elegant tarts.
“With their bounty of photos and information, ATK cookbooks are great for meeting readers right where they are, and while all home chefs can find a pie recipe here tailored to the skills they already have, they’re bound to pick up more along the way.”—Booklist
“With obsessively tested classic and creative recipes, America’s Test Kitchen offers everything you’ll ever need to know about making pie.”—Library Journal
Available in Hardcover and eBook Editions.
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Life is What You Bake It: Recipes, Stories, and Inspiration to Bake Your Way to the Top: A Baking Book by Vallery Lomas
The winner of The Great American Baking Show shares her story of personal growth and more than 100 delicious recipes.
“As much about a collection of recipes that makes your mouth water and tugs at your heart with food memories as it is about the chronicles and life lessons of a true comeback kid.”—Carla Hall
“Lomas is an inspiration as a baker (have you seen Almost-Ate-the-Plate Carrot Cake?), a writer (headnote readers, you’re in for some beautiful storytelling), but also as a human being, pursuing her passion for baking and continuing it against seemingly impossible setbacks. We’re luckier for it.”—Deb Perelman, author of Smitten Kitchen Every Day
Named One of the Best Cookbooks of the Year by Time Out and Taste of Home
Available in Hardcover and eBook Editions.
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My Drunk Kitchen Holidays!: How to Savor and Celebrate the Year: A Cookbook by Hannah Hart
New York Times bestselling author and Food Network star Hannah Hart bring us a humorous holiday cookbook celebrating year-round festivities with food, drink, and friends.
In a world where everyone is looking for some good news and something to celebrate, Hannah Hart is there with almost fifty ideas, arranged into twelve months of themes and recipes for how to celebrate with family and friends.
A collection of recipes, activities, and suggestions about hilarious and joyous ways to celebrate with family, friends, pets, and your entire community, My Drunk Kitchen Holidays! will commemorate holidays from Valentine’s Day to Graduation, Pride Month and International Left-Handers’ Day (really!). The book will culminate with the fall holidays that get much deserved attention: recipes for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and a celebration of Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Christmas that is festive, inclusive, and incredibly hilarious.
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Get Out the Bubbly:
Sparkling Wine for Modern Times: A Drinker’s Guide to the Freewheeling World of Bubbles by Zachary Sussman and Editors of Punch
This is the definitive guide to sparkling wine today, complete with profiles of exemplary producers, bottle recommendations, colorful infographics, and illustrated guides.
Sparkling Wine for Modern Times considers sparkling wine traditions and offerings from around the world. This approachable book explores our perpetual fascination with sparkling wine and places each regional expression within the wider wine zeitgeist—from the radical grower revolution reshaping the highly conservative area of Champagne to Prosecco’s overnight transformation into a multi-million-dollar brand to the retro appeal of natural wine’s cult-hit pétillant naturel to the next generation of “real wines” from Lambrusco, and beyond.
Fun and informative illustrated timelines, color charts, and production-method breakdowns from illustrator Nick Hensley appear throughout for quick learning. For anyone who’s ever wondered why bubbles are confined to birthdays and holidays, Sparkling Wine for Modern Times is your go-to guide to enjoying sparkling wine all year long.
Available November 23rd in Hardcover and eBook Editions.
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A Sweet Listen for the Family:
Every Cake Has a Story by Christina Tosi; Read by the Author
From Christina Tosi, the playful creator of the popular bakery Milk Bar, this is the story of a girl whose delicious dream comes to life, filling the world with color, creativity, and joy. Original recipe included!
Everything in Samesville is exactly the same, from the people and their clothes to the houses and their doors.
So one night before going to bed, Sammi tucks a recipe card under her pillow and wishes that things were not the same. And when she wakes up, that white, black, gray sameness is gone, replaced with things that are bolder and brighter and wilder than ever before!
With her newly colorful world and a new recipe book, she gathers her friends and makes the most magical cake, beautiful and different—just like Sammi and her friends.
Things will never be the same again.
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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