The 22 Best Baking Cookbooks You Can Own Right Now

Our favorite baking cookbooks run the gamut from tomes about genius desserts from pastry chefs to beautiful step by step photos for making incredible pies. Your baking bookshelf requires the classic cookbook authors like Dorie Greenspan and Rose Levy Beranbaum, as well as new takes on dessert from Violet Bakery and Dominique Ansel. Whether you're working on a layer cake for a birthday or baked goods to snack on every day, these books full of bread and dessert recipes will point you in whichever direction you need to go. So grab your baking essentials, your best pie dish and get your apron on, it's time to whip up something delicious.