Without a dessert, a meal is never truly memorable. Dessert includes biscuits, cakes, cookies, custards, gelatins, ice creams, pastries, pies, puddings, and sweet soups, and tarts, etc. You'll get books that are filled with many recipes like pies, cakes, cookies, and puddings, as well as a chapter on diabetic-friendly recipes.
Here you will get some of the best dessert cookbooks in 2023.
Pop round to a friend's with tea and sympathy in the form of Chai Crackle Cookies; have fun making Paul's Rainbow-coloured Bagels with your family; snuggle up and take comfort in Sticky Pear & Cinnamon Buns or a Pandowdy Swamp Pie, or liven up a charity cake sale with Mini Lemon & Pistachio Battenbergs or Prue's stunning raspberry & Salted Caramel Eclairs.
Impressive occasion cakes and stunning bakes for gatherings are not forgotten - from a novelty frog birthday cake for a children's party, through a towering croquembouche to wow your guests at the end of dinner, to a gorgeous, but easy-to-make wedding cake that's worthy of any once-in-a-lifetime celebration. Throughout the book, judges' recipes from Paul and Prue will hone your skills, while lifelong favourites from the 2020 bakers offer insight into the journeys that brought the contestants to the Bake Off tent and the reasons why they - like you - love to bake.
Claire Saffitz is a baking hero for a new generation. In Dessert Person, fans will find Claire’s signature spin on sweet and savoury recipes like Babkallah (a babka-Challah mashup), Apple and Concord Grape Crumble Pie, Strawberry-Cornmeal Layer Cake, Crispy Mushroom Galette, and Malted Forever Brownies. She outlines the problems and solutions for each recipe like what to do if your pie dough for Sour Cherry Pie cracks (patch it with dough or a quiche flour paste!) as well as practical do’s and don’ts, skill level, prep and bake time, step-by-step photography, and foundational know-how. With her trademark warmth and superpower ability to explain anything baking related, Claire is ready to make everyone a dessert person.
100 Cookies is a go-to baking book featuring 100 recipes for cookies and bars, organized into seven chapters. Chocolatey, fruity, crispy, chewy, classic, inventive there's a foolproof recipe for the perfect treat for everyone in this best dessert cookbook.
- Introduces innovative baking techniques
- Includes an entire chapter dedicated to Kieffer's "pan banging" technique that ensures crisp edges and soft centres for the most delicious cookies. Nearly every cookie dough recipe is accompanied by a photograph.
- Dessert recipes range from the Classic Chocolate Chip made three different ways, to bars, brownies, and blondies that reflect a wide range of flavours and global inspiration.
Erin Jeanne McDowell, New York Times contributing baker extraordinaire and top food stylist, wrote the book on pie, a comprehensive handbook that distils all you'll ever need to know for making perfect pies. The Book on Pie starts with the basics, including ways to mix pie dough for extra flaky crusts, storage and freezing, recipe size conversions, and expert tips for decorating and styling, before diving into the recipes for all the different kinds of pies: fruit, custard, cream, chiffon, cold set, savoury, and mini. Find everything from classics like Apple Pie and Pumpkin Pie to more inspired recipes like Birthday-Cake Pie and Caramel Pork Pie with Chile and Scallions.
Erin also suggests recommended pie doughs and toppings with each recipe for infinitely customizable pies: Mix and match Pumpkin Spice Pie Dough and Dark Chocolate Drippy Glaze with the Pumpkin Pie, or sub in the Chive Compound-Butter Crust for the Croque Madame Pielets . . . the possibilities are endless. With helpful tips, photographic guides, and inspirations pie-deas it's almost like having Erin in the kitchen baking pies with you.
The Magnolia Bakery Handbook is the first book Magnolia Bakery has published since the business was sold by the founders in 2007. Gorgeously designed, filled with irresistible creations, it is sure to become an essential staple for home bakers. Along with almost 150 recipes, all beautifully photographed, Bobbie shares hundreds of tips, tricks, techniques, and must-have tools for successful baking.
Inside you’ll find everything you need to make the classic desserts of Magnolia Bakery at home. Chapter include:
- Invaluable Tips and Techniques for the Home Baker
- The Ingredients Used in My Kitchen and at Magnolia Bakery
- Tools of the Trade
- Cakes
- Cupcakes
- From the Cookie Jar
- Brownies and Bars
- Pies and Crisps
- Muffins
- Scones and Coffee Cakes
- Ice Box Desserts
- Banana Pudding
- Base Recipes: Buttercreams and Icings, Crumbs and Crusts, Fillings and Sauces, Adornments
- Sources
This annual best-of-the-best collection of recipes, tastings, and testings has once again been carefully selected from the hundreds of recipes developed throughout the last year by the editors of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines and from the new cookbooks The Perfect Pie, The Ultimate Burger, How to Cocktail, Bowls, Mediterranean Instant Pot, Everything Chocolate, and Easy Everyday Keto. The 2021 edition offers a wide array of everyday-to-sophisticated foolproof recipes ranging from Double-Decker Drive-Thru Burgers, Sweet Potato Crunch, and Eggplant Pecorino to Roasted Beef Chuck Roast with Horseradish-Parsley Sauce, Oven-Steamed Fish with Scallions and Ginger, and Whole Roast Ducks with Cherry Sauce This best dessert cookbook ends with a chapter of impressive desserts including Fresh Plum-Ginger Pie, Chocolate Pavlova, and Caramel-Espresso Yule Log. All of the year's top ingredient tastings and equipment testings are also included.
Brave Tart written by Stella Parks is a celebration of classic American desserts. You'll find all your favorites desserts here. As Stella is always so friendly on Twitter and willing to help troubleshoot any issues you will get answers all of your questions about these desserts.
You'll be able to make the following items
- Oreos
- White Mountain Layer Cake
- Cinnamon rolls
- Apple pie
- Pineapple upside-down cake
- Chocolate chip cookies
- Double vanilla ice cream
- Cherry pie
- Chocolate pudding
- Lemon meringue pie
- Coconut cream pie
- Caramel sauce
- Rice crispies, muffins, etc.
8. The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook: 100 Delicious Heritage Recipes from the Farm and Garden
- Fruitcake
- Creamsicle angel food cake
- Red currant jelly cake
- Toasted coconut rice
- Pudding with mango sauce
- Double chocolate pudding
- Banana pudding with home-made vanilla wafers
- Butterscotch pudding with scotch;
- Chocolate rocky road potstickers
- Rocky road ice cream add-ins
- Chocolate-espresso soup
- Honey ice cream
- Peanut butter ice cream
- Pistachio-chip.
- Caramel Cake
- Caramel frosting
- Caramel sauce
- Straight up caramels
- Frozen desserts like puddings, and candies
- Skillet graham cake with peaches and blueberries
- Gooey chocolate chip
- Sandwich bars
- Star pastry
- Cakes, pastries, cookies, and bars
- Pies and tarts, frozen treats, etc.
This dessert cookbook includes very easy to follow and budget-friendly recipes with 90 quick and easy recipes. You will be able to make a dessert using practical ingredients, clear step-by-step instructions, and quick prep and clean up. All the recipes are very simple and perfect.
Some of the recipes are
- Pudding
- Fudge
- Chocolate-dipped fresh fruit
- Gelatin-based desserts
- Chocolate truffles
- Ice cream desserts
- Cakes, pies, cookies, and brownies
- Brown sugar and butter
- Scotch blondies
- Chewy ginger cookies
- Raspberry pie squares
- No-bake lemon cheesecake
- Classic red velvet cupcakes
- 10-minute peanut butter
- Easy homemade caramels.
Food52 Genius Desserts include many different and interesting recipes. Here the recipes have been chosen and tested for their genius qualities like 3 ingredients basic peanut butter cookie recipe is genius on its own. But if we added some more ingredients it will be more tested.
This book provides you
- Genius baking tools
- Roadmap to all of the genius tips
- Cookies & candy
- The brownie-chocolate chip family
- Best cocoa brownies from Alice Medrich
- Blondies from America's test kitchen
- Secretly vegan chocolate chip cookies from Agatha Kulaga Erin Patinkin
- Chocolate chip cookie brittle from Shauna Sever
- Gloriously chewy
- Coconut custard macaroons from Danielle Kartes
- Nonfat gingersnaps from David Lebovitz
- Peanut butter candies from Julia Moskin & city bakery
- The world's easiest cookies from Elizabeth Barbone
- Candy for non-candy makers.
If you are looking for the best dessert cookbooks then this is the right book for you. Here the writer includes many easy to make and well-explained recipes. All recipes are very unique to cheer up your family and friends.
It includes good cake, cookies or other brilliant desserts. Without these items, we can't imagine a great family lunch, holidays and family gathering.
It includes a traditional southern Italian dessert, like fruit, nuts, and citrus. All desserts are very unique and there includes a photo for every recipe with a good amount of history regarding ingredients.
Some traditional Italian desserts are
- Candied citrus peel
- Orange olive oil cake
- Pasta Frolla
- Pastry cream
- Lemon cookies
- Pear ricotta cake
- The pistachio mousse cake.
Wendy Sweetser includes 500 desserts in this book. Without a dessert, a meal is never truly memorable. This book contains many exclusive dessert recipes for you.
This book includes
- All the techniques you need to produce the desserts of your dreams
- The recipe chapters
- Everything from the most decadent creations to the more everyday delights of cookies and brownies.
- Items like a creamy cheesecake, a rich chocolate mousse swirled with cream
- The nuts
- The bowl of ice cream.
Desserts LaBelle filled with many recipes like pies, cakes, cookies, and puddings, as well as a chapter on diabetic-friendly recipes. Here you'll find the personal stories from Patti LaBelle's career and life.
This book includes the following
- Patti's kitchen
- Fancy Cakes
- Make it quick-bread, muffins, and more
- The cookie jar
- Love me tender pies, cobblers, and more
- Dish-it-up puddings and custards
- Breakfast time
- New attitude desserts
- Baking, Patti-style: tips, tricks, and techniques.
This book includes more than 200 recipes and variations from artisan chocolates to French macarons to complex masterpieces like bacon ice cream with Crisp French Toast and Maple Sauce. The most helpful part is a list of online resources at the end of the book where unique ingredients or tools can be purchased.
The Elements of Dessert includes
- The basic elements
- Pre-desserts
- Plated desserts
- Dessert buffets
- Passed around desserts
- Cakes (entremets)
- Petits fours (mignardises).
