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Published in celebration of Magnolia Bakery's twenty-fifth anniversary, this beautifully photographed handbook offers nearly 150 scrumptious recipes and tips, tools, and techniques accompanied by 250 photographs and illustrations—the perfect gift for home bakers and destined to be their go-to, favorite resource.

When it opened its doors in 1996, Magnolia Bakery quickly became a landmark and destination in New York City. Fans lined up around the block to get a taste of the shop’s freshly-baked cupcakes, cakes, banana pudding, cheesecakes and much more. Today, Magnolia Bakery can be found in shops in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Dubai, Manila, and Bangalore. 

Bobbie Lloyd, Magnolia Bakery’s Chief Baking Officer, has played a critical role in maintaining the company’s reputation for handmade baked goods, and its authenticity and excellence throughout its growth. Bobbie has worked to update its classic treats, introduced new temptations, and carefully expanded the business both online and in new locations across New York and the world.

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. Chapters include: 

Invaluable Tips and Techniques for the Home BakerThe Ingredients Used in My Kitchen and at Magnolia BakeryTools of the TradeCakes CupcakesFrom the Cookie JarBrownies and BarsPies and CrispsMuffinsScones and Coffee CakesIce Box DessertsBanana PuddingBase Recipes: Buttercreams and Icings, Crumbs and Crusts, Fillings and Sauces, AdornmentsSources

Whether you have a craving for Magnolia Bakery’s popular banana pudding, classic icebox cake, or their rich double fudge brownie, The Magnolia Bakery Handbook shows you how to make it and bake it right.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper; Illustrated edition (October 27, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062887211
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062887214
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.9 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 1.25 x 10.25 inches
Reviewer: Carol Austin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Lots of good baking ideas
Review: I will be trying several of these recipes for my family to sample. I love seeing all of great images of the dishes.

Reviewer: Aneshia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Recipe Book
Review: I like the banana pudding recipe, it’s so good. I haven’t tried other recipes yet out the book.

Reviewer: Melody
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Been to the Magnolia Bakery
Review: I love adding this to my extensive cookbook collection. Not only does it have recipes but shows step by step pictures. I have been to the Magnolia Bakery and so enjoyed their creations. Looking forward to try my hand at some of these recipes.

Reviewer: Breanna G.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Gift
Review: Bought as a gift for my mom. She loved it, has great visuals, and instructions to follow

Reviewer: Sara
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful book and makes a great gift!
Review: A nice sturdy book with great recipes.

Reviewer: book addict
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Well done, but...
Review: Firstly, the book is big, well made, a beautiful picture on the cover that is actually textured with smooth nearly flat outlines of the decorations on the cake. The pages are not cheap and the font is acceptably sized in my opinion. Not to mention the fact that there are pictures for everything.My issue is the quality of said pictures. You remember tv in the 90's? That tv picture quality was about 480 to our now 1080p or 4k high definition. After 480 we got 720 picture quality in tv's and computers. Okay, still with me? This book has a few 480 but more 720 quality pictures. The picture of the chocolate cake with caramel drizzle is so color saturated the cake looks black, and not in a good deep dark chocolate way. The picture of the chocolate cupcakes are also very dark and dull. The paper here seems to have a semi-sheen on it which is nice, but I think gloss pages would have been nicer. I'm just surprised that the picture quality isn't hd. But like I said most of the pictures are more 720 quality and I appreciate that.

Reviewer: Anne Rogers
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great collection of recipes!
Review: Love the variety of recipes. There are sections on cakes, cupcakes, cookies, brownies & bars, pies & crisps, muffins & coffee cakes, scones, icebox desserts, and banana pudding. Plus there is information on tips and techniques and base recipes like chocolate wafer crumb crust, apple filling, cinnamon crumb topping and more!Easy to follow recipes with pictures. Highly recommend it for home bakers.

Reviewer: Alea b
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful
Review: This is a gorgeous book and the recipes I've tried so far for the brownies and blondies are superb

Reviewer: Fernando
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I had high expectations about the recipes of this book. I’ve never tried the chocolate chunk caramel sea salt cookies in their bakery, and I really doubt this is the real recipe. I can say I am an experienced baker and there are thousand other cookies better than this one.

Reviewer: alberto
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: la calidad del libro, recetas, consejos y trucos.

Reviewer: Miri
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Normalerweise kaufe ich keine Kochbücher aber in dem Fall habe ich eine Ausnahme gemacht da ich alle Rezepte bzw möglichst viele der Magnolia Bakery gesammelt auf einen Blick haben wollte. Die Amerikanischen Messangaben stören mich nicht, kann man leicht über Google umrechnen. Das einzig Negative ist das Tortenkapitel - da werden Seitenweise mit der selben Torte unterschiedliche Buttercremesorten/Icing aufgelistet - fand ich unnötig - diese hätten man in einem eigenen Kapitel machen können. So haben wir die Schokotorte 10x mit unterschiedlicher "Aussendeko" 🙄 lieber wären mir 10 unterschiedliche Tortenrezepte gewesen. Der Rest ist tadellos, ganz tolle Rezepte für Cheatdays - wobei ich versuche tw die Zutaten auszutauschen als vegan oder Keto - ist aber nur ein Experiment - ich backe die Rezepte auch 1:1 und sind ein Traum.

Reviewer: sheryl anthony
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Love the book.. so far every recipe is super delicious and easy to follow!!

Reviewer: pitpat55
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great photos to go with the recipes