The Scone Queen Bakes: 100 Recipes for Scones, Muffins, Cookies, and Cakes from the Founder of The Hungry Gnome: A Cookbook
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · A collection of one hundred easy and delicious recipes for scones, muffins, cookies, and more—including the top secret recipe for the famous scones that earned her the title the “Scone Queen”— from baker extraordinaire and founder of The Hungry Gnome, Danielle Sepsy “Danielle understands better than most the extraordinary things that can happen with just the right combination of flour, sugar, and butter. Her mastery of baking is a thing of beauty, and tasting her magical creations has proven to be one of the great pleasures I’ve experienced in the last few years. It’s incredibly exciting that so many will get to learn from her through this book.” —Will Guidara, Restaurateur and Author of Unreasonable Hospitality
When Danielle Sepsy started baking scones for friends, she had no idea that one day she would have her own successful whole-sale and online bakery, The Hungry Gnome—or that her scones would be sold in hundreds of coffee shops all over the tristate area and celebrated on a hit television show.
Here, in her long-awaited first cookbook, The Scone Queen Bakes, Sepsy gives us over 100 delightful recipes for scones, muffins, cookies, bars, breads, snacking cakes and other sweet treats, such as:
*Twelve different kinds of Sepsy’s famous scones (a scone for every month of the year!), including Funfetti Scones and THE Chocolate Chip Scone (the one that started it all)
*Muffins, such as Blueberry Crumb, Double Chocolate, Pumpkin Spice, Raspberry Ricotta and more
*Cookies! Soft & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, One Toff Cookies, Vegan Cookie Butter Chip Cookies, Strawberries & Cream Cookies, Italian Rainbow Cookies, and more
*Three kinds of brownies, Lemon Icebox Bars, S’Mores Blondies, and more
*Chocolate Date Tahini Buns, Cinnamon Raisin Bread, and French Toast Monkey Bread
*Breads and Cakes such as Banana Nutella Snacking Cake, Cookie Butter Swirled Pumpkin Bread, and a Spumoni Loaf, to name just a few
“I didn’t even think I liked scones until I ate one of Danielle’s, warm from the oven and studded with molten chocolate chips. Her pastries surprised me over and over again, from the fluffy cinnamon rolls to the perfect pucker of her lemon muffins. Thanks to her cookbook, now I can re-create all her goodies in my own kitchen (when I’m not ordering a big batch from her shop, The Hungry Gnome).” —Sohla El-Waylly, author of Start Here Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon-style product pages and library/bookstore listings describe this cookbook as a collection of 100 easy sweet recipes, with emphasis on scones, muffins, cookies, bars, breads, and snacking cakes. Goodreads reviewers generally react positively, with one reader praising the pictures and saying the scone recipe produced amazing results; the review count is still small, so sentiment is based on limited feedback.
On Reddit, users discussing the book sound enthusiastic and recipe-focused, with one commenter saying the chocolate chip scones were absolutely amazing and that they had baked them multiple times after buying the book. Another Reddit discussion asks whether anyone has baked from it, suggesting the book is still being actively discovered and tested by home bakers.
Other web mentions from food and bookstore sites echo the same takeaway: the book appears visually appealing, approachable for home bakers, and strongest where it stays close to the author’s signature scone and pastry style. There were also YouTube search results for Danielle Sepsy and The Scone Queen Bakes, including videos that appear to be reviews, interviews, or features about the cookbook.
- Goodreads reviewers: attractive photos, easy recipes, strong scone results.
- Reddit users: chocolate chip scones are a standout and worth repeated bakes.
- Food/blog and bookstore mentions: a polished, approachable cookbook centered on the author’s signature baked goods.
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Specifications
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Publication date | March 24, 2026 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 272 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0593801644 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0593801642 |
| Item Weight | 2.45 pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.24 x 1.04 x 10.31 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #4,724 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Pastry Baking (Books) #9 in Biscuit, Muffin & Scone Baking #92 in Culinary Arts & Techniques (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (161) |
