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STEAM Activities for Teens: Baking

Get inspired in the kitchen with this collection of fiction and non-fiction books about the art of making sweet treats!

Arapahoe Libraries

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  • An easy recipe book perfect for first-time bakers!
    BookEmeryville, CA : Rockridge Press, [2021] — YA 641.512 SCHOTLAND
  • A young wizard who's magic only works on bread is targeted by an assassin who has been killing off magic-users.
    BookDallas, Texas : Argyll Productions, 2020. — YA KINGFISHER
  • This rom-com full of baking puns follows a teenager entering a televised baking competition.
    BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2023. — YA JAIGIRDAR
  • Sweet Revenge

    Passive-aggressive Desserts for Your Exes & Enemies

    Kim, Heather,
    This unique recipe book teaches you how to kill your enemies with kindness with delicious and hilariously named treats.
    BookNorth Mankato, Minnesota : Switch Press, [2018] — YA 641.815 KIM
  • Find out what happens when a magical batch of brownies ends the relationships of anyone who eats them in this sugar-filled exploration of queer heartbreak.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2021. — YA CAPETTA
  • The Baking Cookbook for Teens

    75 Delicious Recipes for Sweet & Savory Treats

    Donovan, Robin,
    A wide-ranging collection of 75 easy to follow recipes!
    BookEmeryville, CA : Rockridge Press, [2018] — YA 641.71 DONOVAN
  • A young woman joins a baking competition against her parents' wishes in this romantic and inspiring story.
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2023. — YA PARRA
  • This sweet romance revolves around a magical bakery specializing in sweets that help people's dreams come true.
    BookBoston : Etch, Clarion Books, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — YA STIRLING GRAPHIC NOVEL COLL
  • Teen Baking Bootcamp

    60 Essential Recipes to Take You From Amateur to Pro

    Merril, Matthew,
    A great resource on the basics of baking from TikTok star Matthew Merril.
    BookSalem, MA. : Page Street Publishing, [2022] — YA 641.815 MERRIL
  • Two teens whose families own rival bakeries must work together to save both businesses when a new competitor comes to town.
    BookNew York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — YA LEE
  • This coming-of-age story follows a teen who dreams of becoming a baker despite her parents expectations, but whose plans are derailed when she falls for a boy.
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2023] — YA VANBRAKLE
  • Bake It

    150 Favorite Recipes From Best-loved DK Cookbooks

    A treasure trove of simple sweet and savory baking recipes!
    BookNew York, New York : DK Publishing, 2019. — YA 641.815 BAKE