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20 Best Baking Books

Goal: Find the best Baking books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best baking books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

20 Best Baking Books

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1

Pastry Love

A Baker's Journal of Favorite Recipes

by Joanne Chang

2

Simple Cake

All You Need to Keep Your Friends and Family in Cake

by Odette Williams

3

Tartine

A Classic Revisited

by Elisabeth Prueitt

4

Baking at République

Masterful Techniques and Recipes

by Margarita Manzke

5

BraveTart

Iconic American Desserts

by Stella Parks

6

Mary Berry's Baking Bible

Over 250 Classic Recipes

by Mary Berry

7

Rose's Baking Basics

100 Essential Recipes, with More Than 600 Step-by-Step Photos

by Rose Levy Beranbaum

8

The Cake Bible

by Rose Levy Beranbaum

9

The Last Course

The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern

by Claudia Fleming

10

The Violet Bakery Cookbook

by Claire Ptak

Also recommended by:

Nigella Lawson

11

All About Cake

A Milk Bar Cookbook

by Christina Tosi

12

Easy Baking From Scratch

Quick Tutorials Time-Saving Tips Extraordinary Sweet and Savory Classics

by Eileen Gray

13

Gluten-Free Flavor Flours

A New Way to Bake with Non-Wheat Flours, Including Rice, Nut, Coconut, Teff, Buckwheat, and Sorghum Flours

by Alice Medrich

14

Poilâne

The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery

by Apollonia Poilâne

15

Sister Pie

The Recipes and Stories of a Big-Hearted Bakery in Detroit

by Lisa Ludwinski

16

Sweet

Desserts from London's Ottolenghi

by Yotam Ottolenghi

17

The Baking Bible

by Rose Levy Beranbaum

18

The Cookie Book

Decadent Bites for Every Occasion

by Rebecca Firth

19

The Essential New York Times Cookbook

The Recipes of Record

by Amanda Hesser

20

The Joy of Vegan Baking

More than 150 Traditional Treats and Sinful Sweets

by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

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Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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