A collection of 100 plus unfussy oh so good sweet and savory recipes from the best selling author and founder of Milk Bar Newbies and seasoned pros ages 10 and 100 sweet tooths and savory Christina Tosi s Bake Club is open to everyone Covering all the categories of the baking universe from English Muffins to Glazed Pumpkin Pie Bars Gummy Bears to Cr me Brul e these are recipes designed to empower home bakers to have fun in the kitchen and to dispel all baking I don t have enough time I don t have the right ingredients I don t have a standing mixer and I m a terrible baker That means no fancy ingredients or equipment are required and modifications are very much allowed Disarmingly doable yet show stoppingly impressive the 100 plus recipes that make up Bake Club are classic Tosi creations simple inviting and eminently bakeable Bake Club 101 Must Have Moves for Your Kitchen A CookbookChristina Tosi of Milk Bar fame and the reason I own whole milk powder and freeze dried strawberries is at it again with her latest cookbook Bake Club Tosi has had an organized online bake club since 2020 when she used Instagram Live to teach viewers how to cook She d post the ingredients you would need the day before and then everyone logged on to bake together She d answer questions along the way guiding followers through the process It was great for families Tosi knows how to talk to kids and how to make baking approachable for everyone. It s no surprise then that her Bake Club cookbook replicates that formula While Tosi promises you won t need to buy unique ingredients some of the recipes call for the milk powder mentioned above A worthy purchase in my book but it s also something my local grocery stores do not carry I had it on hand from making other recipes by Tosi Is milk powder essential As Tosi would say Do You She provides substitutes for many ingredients throughout the book so you can use what you have on hand Some of her recipes have Do You pop outs with ways to modify. The start of the book runs you through how to make various things you may or may not have in your pantry fridge like caramel sauce graham crackers sprinkles and These are the ingredients that will come up in later recipes You can still buy them no worries but Tosi walks readers through how to make these base items if you don t have them on hand I love this section for me the book is worth buying for this alone For Ted Lasso fans this cookbook includes the recipe for THE biscuits those delectable shortbread cookies Ted so lovingly bakes and brings to share with his boss Milk Bar baked this recipe ahead of the Season 2 premier to promote the show and again I am absolutely in love with it Tosi runs the gamut with recipes for essentials like brownies cookies pancakes english muffins bagels brioche tortillas bundt cakes sheet cakes potato chips gummy bears cheesecake cr me br l e and You ll also have a ton of fun baking unique things like Sprite cake Bugle bars PB ss bars and If you re starting a cookbook collection this is one of your new foundational books Review of a digital Advanced Reader Copy ARC The text of an advance edition may differ slightly from the final market version that is distributed for sale Received via NetGalley 9780593802403 Tosi has created a flexible yet fun baking cookbook that gives home bakers simple yet enjoyable recipes She also enables bakers to switch up the recipes easily while still maintaining the quality of the baked goods I feel like I would use this cookbook frequently in my baking if it were in my collection I have reviewed an advance reading copy via NetGalley for the purposes of this review 9780593802403