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Ready, Set, BAKE!

get ready for holiday baking

It's getting colder and Thanksgiving is this week. For many of us that means it's baking season! We have many cookbooks, but here are a few that focus on baking to inspire some sweet and savory treats! Find a recipe to be your new family favorite, or bring something to impress your coworkers.

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How to bake everything : simple recipes for best baking by Mark Bittman 

A simple, all-encompassing baking reference collects more than 2,000 recipes for a wide variety of classic, trendy and international options and variations, sharing illustrated how-to instructions as well as advice for adapting recipes for vegan and other customizable needs. 

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Butter Baked Goods : nostalgic recipes from a little neighborhood bakery by Rosie Daykin 

A treasury of more than 100 recipes for homemade treats and childhood favorites as prepared by Vancouver's Butter Baked Goods uses readily available ingredients and includes the recipe for the bakery's famous gourmet marshmallow.

Back in the Day Bakery, made with love : more than 100 recipes and make-it-yourself projects to create and share by Cheryl Day 

The authors of the best-selling Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook share more than 100 new recipes for some of their Georgia bakery's most-requested treats, including Star Brownies, Cakette Party Cake and Chive Parmigiano-Reggiano Popovers.

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The messy baker : more than 75 delicious recipes from a real kitchen by Charmian Christie 

The author of the food blog TheMessyBaker.com celebrates real-world baking in all its inconsistencies and sloppiness and brings the fun back into cooking through easy and tasty recipes, including Raspberry-rhubarb Galette and Brie and Walnut Whiskey Tarts. Original.

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Gluten-free baking : delectable from-scratch sweet and savory treats by Robert M Landolphi 

Collects gluten-free recipes for a range of baked goods, including pancakes, cookies, and muffins, with tips on converting traditional recipes into gluten-free versions and replacing cow's milk ingredients with lactose-free options.

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American cake : from colonial gingerbread to classic layer, the stories and recipes behind more than 125 of our best-loved cakes from past to present by Anne Byrn 

The author of Cake Mix Doctor describes the rich history of American cake recipes, from colonial times to the present and includes recipes for cakes including Angel Food, Red Velvet, Pineapple Upside-Down, Burnt Leather and Cold Oven Pound Cake.

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Art of the pie : a practical guide to homemade crusts, fillings and life by Kate McDermott 

An award-winning, self-taught home baker who hosts instructional Pie Camps around the country provides detailed recipes and instructions for making, rolling and baking perfect pie crusts and fillings every time, including Blackberry, Peach and Rhubarb.

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Two in one desserts : cookie pies, cupcake shakes, and more clever concoctions by Hayley Parker 

The blogger behind The Domestic Rebel presents recipes for delectable delights that combine two or more classic desserts, such as Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars, Cupcake Pie, Donut Bread Pudding and Red Velvet Shakes.

flying apron's glute-free and vegan baking book Flying Apron's gluten-free & vegan baking book by Jennifer Katzinger 

Collects more than 80 favorite recipes by Seattle's Flying Apron Bakery that provide for the dietary needs of people with celiac disease and other gluten-free requirements, in a volume that includes such options as Cardamom Spice Cake, Polenta Cannelli and Ginger Wheel Cookies. 

 

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Desserts LaBelle : soulful sweets to sing about by Patti LaBelle 

The Grammy Award-winning singer, award-winning author of LaBelle Cuisine and host of Patti LaBelle's Place shares favorite dessert recipes and kitchen memories from her culinary life, offering an additional chapter containing diabetic-friendly options. 75,000 first printing.

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Tartine all day: modern recipes for the home cook by Elisabeth M. Prueitt

In Tartine All Day,Tartine's first all-purpose (non-baking) cookbook, Prueitt shares 125 master recipes and 75 variations plus 25 DIY from-scratch techniques from her incredible repertoire of breakfasts, soups, salads, packable lunches, suppers, holiday staples, breads, and desserts, all guaranteed to transform daily home cooking. 

 

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The harvest baker : 150 sweet & savory recipes celebrating the fresh-picked flavors of fruits, herbs & vegetables by Ken Haedrich 

A collection of sweet and savory recipes that incorporate a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs into all types of baking features such options as muffins, scones, flatbreads, calzones, cookies, cakes, and pies.

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The great British bake off : how to turn everyday bakes into showstoppers by Linda Collister 

Covering a range of bakes from large and small cakes, biscuits and cookies, sweet and savoury pastry, puddings, breads and patisserie, this book shows you how to bake beautiful, enticing recipes to wow at every occasion.

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The cardamom trail : Chetna bakes with flavours of the East by Chetna Makan 

Presents recipes featuring Indian spices, describing the flavor, uses, and author's personal experience with each spice, including saffron, star anise, coriander, and tamarind.

 

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