Chewy Caramel Blondies excerpted from Sure Thing Desserts: Truly Perfect Versions of Everyday Classics by Matt Lewis. Photographs © 2025 Dana Gallagher.
Lifetime baker and cookbook author Matt Lewis opened his Brooklyn bakery BAKED in 2005 to instant rave reviews, and his baked goods have been featured on Oprah, the Food Network, and TODAY. After he sold the business a few years ago, he found himself back in his kitchen baking for friends and for his Instagram @Brooklynbaker.
Sure Thing Desserts is a collection of the sweets he makes over and over and has spent a lifetime perfecting. The book begins with what Lewis considers essential recipes for any baker, including Everyday Chocolate Chip Cookies, the Classic Brownie, the Yellow Picnic Party Cake, a Scottish Lemon Drizzle Loaf, and a Posh Chocolate Cake, along with the tips and secrets to help ensure success.
The book also includes chapters on bars, cookies, cakes, and pie. This is the must-have book for all everyday and anytime bakers.
Sure Thing Desserts: Truly Perfect Versions of Everyday Classics by
Chewy Caramel Blondies
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