This delicious new baking book from Williams-Sonoma has over 100 decadent, down-home, comfort food recipes, highlighting America’s most revered bakeries and bloggers with recipes from each. Stunning photography and a gorgeous design bring it all to life. In addition to the crave-worthy recipes, author Kim Laidlaw shares tips on becoming a better baker, offers insight on choosing the best kitchen tools, and reveals all you need to know about ingredients––ultimately showing how fun and easy baking can be.Discover just how fun it is to transform the simplest ingredients—flour, sugar, eggs, butter—into irresistible baked goods. With over 100 recipes, starring family favorites and mouthwatering creations from seasoned bakers and popular bloggers, this enticing book will become your go-to source for luscious treats. You'll find recipes for gooey s’mores, brownies, and cherry "toaster tarts" that will take you back to childhood; modern twists on classic comforts such as flaky rhubarb turnovers and heirloom tomato and goat cheese tart; and classic favorites like maple pumpkin pie and chocolate crinkle cookies. So turn on your oven, pull out your mixing bowl, and spread the joy of baking! Features more than 100 recipes, including caramel whoopie pies, sour cherry “toaster” tarts, deep dark chocolate cupcakes stuffed with marshmallow cream and glazed with ganache, gooey s’mores brownies, brown butter pound cake with fresh fig compote, flaky rhubarb turnovers, crème brulee with caramelized blood oranges, maple pumpkin pie, brown-sugar banana bread, and chocolate crinkle cookies. Featured bakeries: Baked (Brooklyn, NY) Floriole Café & Bakery (Chicago, IL) Flour Bakery + Café (Boston, MA) Huckleberry Café & Bakery (Santa Monica, CA) Pearl Bakery (Portland, OR) Salty Tart Bakery (Minneapolis, MN) Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop (Austin, TX) Tartine Bakery (San Francisco, CA) Featured blogs: Bakerella Cannelle Et Vanille La Tartine Gourmande Smitten Kitchen Table of Contents: Why Bake? Ten Tips for Becoming a Better Baker (and Enjoying It) Top Baking Tools I Cannot Live Without All About Ingredients Amazing Baking Facts You Might Not Know Breakfast Breads Cookies & Bars Cakes & Cupcakes Pies & Tarts Custards & Soufflés Basic Recipes Tips & Tricks Index Sample recipes: Bite-size Bacon and Cheese Scones Lemon-Blueberry Drizzle Bread Whoopie Pies with Salted Dulce de Leche Cherry Potpies Savory Goat Cheese Soufflés Read Less