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2013 James Beard Award Nominee for Baking and Dessert Category

Want to fry up the cinnamon-sugar and mascarpone doughnuts Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis called the “Best Thing I Ever Ate?” Are you pining for the peanut butter sandwich cookie recipe that director, screenwriter, and novelist Nora Ephron described as her all-time favorite cookie? Do you long to dazzle friends with the triple coconut cream pie that New York food writer and Serious Eats founder Ed Levine called “one of the best pies in the country”? Or do you just want to get your hands on the crazy-rich, streusel-topped monkey bread with caramel dipping sauce that has people lining up outside the Dahlia Bakery door? Now, those sweet dreams can come true, thanks to The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook. Seattle’s most popular chef and restaurant owner Tom Douglas shares his secrets for 135 scrumptious treats like:

• English Muffin Love
• The Dahlia Doughnut
• Good Morning (Morning Pastries)
• Jump Start Your Day (More breakfast recipes, and how to use Dahlia Bakery or other rustic breads for toast and stratas)
• A Cookie in Each Hand
• Heavenly Pies (Pies, rustic pies, and crisps)
• Tarts That Tempt (Pastry tarts and the apple dumpling)
• Let Them Eat Cake (Cakes and cupcakes)
• Creamy Goodness (Pudding, pastry cream, and eclairs)
• Scooped (Ice creams and ice cream sandwiches)
• Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese
• A Bowl Full of Jelly (Jams and Jelly)
• In the Dog House (3 Quick Pet Treats)

Here, you will find recipes for breakfasts, pastries, tarts, pies, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, puddings, ice creams, soup, sandwiches, and jams that are rigorously chef-tested and guaranteed to work in the home kitchen. In addition to these unique bakery treats, Tom offers both sweet and savory variations on his beloved classics, such as Eggs Benedict with Scallion Hollandaise and Ham and Breakfast Sandwich with Heirloom Tomato, Egg, and Herbed Chevre--both using Dahlia Bakery’s famous English Muffins. Filled with informative sidebars, technique tips, difficulty ratings, and equipment advice--and illustrated with tempting photos and stories that capture the flavors of Seattle--The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook is sure to please fans of all levels of culinary experience and tastes.