 | The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Buy new: $25.20 / Used from: $10.99 Classic cookbook on cakes, with recipes varying from simple to extremely complicated. Much info about wedding cakes.
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 | Jim Fobel's Old-Fashioned Baking Book: Recipes from an American Childhood by Jim Fobel
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.95 This is a cookbook that my mother gave me, and it has tried and true recipes that always turn out well. Living in the south, I can promise that the pecan pie recipe in here is the best around.
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 | Classic Home Desserts: A Treasury of Heirloom and Contemporary Recipes from Around the World by Richard Sax
Buy used from: $4.35 Beautiful cookbook with descriptions and history of each recipe. Shoo Fly Cake is fantastic! Good recipes--basic, old-fashioned, and unusual varieties.
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 | The Christmas Cookie Book by Judy Knipe
Buy used from: $1.78 I am always searching for new recipes for cookies, and this has some new ones that are delicious. I especially like the Blue Ribbon Pecan Fudgies.
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 | The Eating Well Dessert Cookbook: 150 Recipes to Bring Dessert Back into Your Life by Patsy Jamison
Buy used from: $4.94 Maybe because I love to bake desserts, I also need those with less calories and fat! This has excellent recipes that taste as good as the full-calorie ones. Used copies can be found on Amazon.
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 | The Baker's Dozen Cookbook: Become a Better Baker with 135 Foolproof Recipes and Tried-and-True Techniques by The Baker's Dozen
Buy new: $32.59 / Used from: $6.89 These recipes are from a collective of famous cooks, including Marion Cunningham, whose breakfast cookbook I love. This is an instructive and helpful book with good, solid recipes.
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 | The Simple Art of Perfect Baking by Flo Braker
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $14.94 This is an instructive cookbook on how to bake, along with beautiful recipes. Excellent section on pastry making!
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 | The Cookie Book by Holly Garrison
Buy used from: $3.00 Sadly, another out of print book, which has over 400 recipes for cookies. Amazon lists used copies.
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 | A Baker's Field Guide to Christmas Cookies by Dede Wilson
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $1.31 Each recipe has a picture, with easy to follow directions, and guides for freezing and storing the cookies.
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 | The Best from Helen Corbitt's Kitchens (Evelyn Oppenheimer Series, No. 1)
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $9.96 Helen Corbitt was the famous cook in the Dallas Neiman-Marcus Zodiac Room. This has a large variety of all kinds of recipes, but desserts are great, including hot fudge pecan balls & sugar cookies.
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 | Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts by Maida Heatter
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $8.03 300 recipes for all kinds of American and European desserts. For over 25 years my husband has baked cheesecake from this book for my birthday each year.
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 | The Wellesley Cookie Exchange Cookbook by Susan Mahnke Peery
Buy used from: $2.50 This is the BEST cookie cookbook I own, and I own many. It is down on the list because it has no picture and is out of print. Find it if you can!!
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