If you’ve ever turned to Barbara Bakes for a dependable recipe, you know the magic that Barbara Schieving has brought to home baking. For 40 years, Barbara has inspired bakers everywhere with her approachable, delicious recipes—from decadent desserts to fluffy dinner rolls and everything in between.
Now, she’s sharing her most-loved recipes in one beautiful new cookbook:
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Barbara Bakes Favorite Recipes: A Cookbook Four Decades in the Making
This isn’t just another baking book—it’s the heart and soul of a lifelong baker. Barbara Bakes Favorite Recipes brings together all of Barbara’s best go-to classics—tested, perfected, and shared in her clear, easy-to-follow style.
Each recipe shows Barbara’s belief that baking should be fun, easy enough for anyone to try, and something to share with others. Whether you’re a beginner looking for reliable results or a seasoned baker searching for new ideas, this collection delivers.
What’s Inside: The BEST Recipes
Inside Barbara Bakes Favorite Recipes You’ll find a delicious mix of recipes: appetizers, cookies, cakes, desserts, main dishes, and side dishes, including:
Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake: The most popular recipe on Barbara Bakes. This tender, moist lemon coffee cake is loaded with blueberries, crowned with a crunchy, sweet crumb topping, and drizzled with a tart lemon glaze.
Easy German Chocolate Cake Recipe: A simple, yummy, and easy-to-make cake—just FIVE ingredients, but the results are spectacular!
Key Lime Pound Cake: Featured on the cookbook cover, this recipe is a delightful twist on the classic pound cake, with a must-try tangy key lime glaze.
Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie: This is Barbara’s go-to chocolate chip cookie. Brown sugar and a higher oven temperature is the secret to these thick, soft, and chewy chocolate chip cookies.
And so much more…
The Extras Every Cook Needs to Succeed
Yes, you need the best recipes, and then you need that little bit of extra wisdom to help you hit that special meal (or the everyday one!) out of the ballpark.
Barbara Bakes Favorite Recipes also includes
- Baking Tips: At the front of the cookbook, there’s a special section that’s packed with handy essentials—just little things all cooks should know, like the right way to measure ingredients and simple tricks that make baking easier (and way more fun).
- Handy Notes: Straight from the cook, these tidbits of info on each recipe will seriously help any home cook reach the next level—simple things that will make each recipe extra yum.
- The Fun Stuff: And, of course, the book is interspersed with Barbara’s journey of cooking for her family, friends, and the BarbaraBakes.com community. You’ll read this cookbook like a novel, and then want to make every recipe included!
A Milestone Worth Celebrating
Barbara’s influence stretches far beyond her blog. Over the past four decades, she’s helped countless home bakers build confidence in the kitchen, one recipe at a time.
With Barbara Bakes Favorite Recipes, she invites us all to celebrate the connections and memories baking creates. This book is a heartfelt thank-you to her readers, and a delicious invitation to keep baking together for years to come.
If your kitchen has ever smelled like cinnamon rolls on a Sunday morning, or if you’ve ever smiled at a perfectly baked cookie, this book belongs on your counter!
Barbara Bakes Favorite Recipes is more than a cookbook; it’s a tribute to the joy of baking, the power of sharing, and the legacy of one woman who’s been doing both for 40 wonderful years.
Quick Note
As of June 2022, Melissa Griffiths has been the one adding new recipes to Barbara Bakes. Melissa and Barbara have been blogging friends for over a decade, and when Barbara was ready to retire and spend more time with her family, Melissa graciously took over the site. Now it’s Barbara Bakes—and Melissa too!
Barbara is thrilled to see the site thrive under Melissa’s creativity and care.
Please note: Melissa, the current owner of BarbaraBakes.com, is not involved with this book. Melissa approves of Barbara’s cookbook, but she is not part of the book’s content, shipping, fulfillment, or customer support.
Where to Buy Barbara Bakes Favorite Recipes Cookbook
Barbara created this book as a keepsake for herself, her family, and friends. She is also making it available to Barbara Bakes readers. All the recipes in this book are recipes she has created, curated, and shared on Barbara Bakes.
Barbara self-published this cookbook so she could have complete control of the content. Barbara Bakes Favorite Recipes is only available on the Blurb website.
Again, Barbara is personally handling everything related to the book, including production, shipping, and customer service.
If you have any questions, run into any issues, or just want to say hello, feel free to reach out to Barbara directly at BarbaraBakesCookbook@gmail.com.
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