Sarabeth's newly realeased cookbook, Sarabeth's Bakery is filled with gorgeous step-by-step photos, especially helpful for baking beginners. But for those who prefer to keep it sweet and simple, cookies and jams are as easy as can be. And since it's the final week of our whirlwind month of cookie baking,all this week we will be sharing cookie recipes from Sarabeth's Bakery including her signature Rugelach, crisp Shortbread, and Chocolate Clouds. More

Fany Gerson's My Sweet Mexico is a gorgeous journey through Mexico fueled by icy paletas, warm chocolate caliente, and plenty of pan dulce. Gerson, a New York-based pastry chef, has put together a coffee-table-worthy dessert book devoted to the vast and varied sweets of Mexico. Enter to win a copy here. More

The index of Baked Explorations reads strikingly similarly to the dessert section of Betty Crocker or Fanny Farmer from the mid-60s with recipes like griddle cakes, devil's food cake, and buttermilk pie. Enter to win a copy here! More

Continuing our cookie coverage—A Cookie a Day 2010—we'll be traveling back in time this week with recipes from The Gourmet Cookie Book. We'll journey to 1943 with a recipe for Scotch Oat Crunchies, to 1978 in New Mexico with Southwestern Bizcochitos, and embrace the decadence of the '80s with Bourbon Balls and Mocha Toffee Bars. Enter to win a copy here. More

We are embarking on a crazy whirlwind month long of holiday baking. Inspired by last year's A Cookie a Day 2009, we will feature a cookie recipe each day in December. We've stocked up on the butter and sugar, broken out the cookie sheets and stand mixers, and assembled an artillery of cookie-centric cookbooks to share with you. And now, without further ado we are happy to bring you our first installment of A Cookie A Day 2010! Alice Medrich's Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies. Enter to win a copy here. More