Dessert and Baking
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A Baker’s Field Guide Series
By Dede Wilson
A Baker’s Field Guide to Chocolate Chip CookiesAmerica’s favorite cookie gets the star treatment with 75 recipes that range from kid-friendly to all grown up. The fun field guide format has detailed entries for Type, Description, Field Notes, Lifespan, and…
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A Baker’s Field Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies
By Dede Wilson
Paperback , $14.95
America’s favorite cookie gets the star treatment in this mouthwatering collection of 75 recipes. Like Wilson’s other books in the series, A Baker’s Field Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies features full-color photos of every recipe, a concealed wire-o binding that allows it to lie flat when open, and helpful icons indicating which recipes are especially good for kids to make, which keep well, which are quick to make, and more!
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A Baker’s Field Guide to Christmas Cookies
By Dede Wilson
Paperback , $14.95
A fun, original new take on a classic subject, A Baker’s Field Guide to Christmas Cookies is a collection of more than 75 Christmas cookie recipes from all over the world, set up in field guide format. Organized alphabetically, every cookie is photographed in full color, followed by “field notes” on its type, habitat, description, and more.
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A Baker’s Field Guide to Cupcakes
Deliciously Decorated Crowd Pleasers for Parties and Holidays
By Dede Wilson
Paperback , $14.95
Dede Wilson brings the successful, user-friendly Baker’s Field Guide approach to cupcakes. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions, handy icons, and full-color photos accompanying every recipe, A Baker’s Field Guide to Cupcakes offers experienced and novice bakers alike dozens of simple, creative, and fabulously fun ways to celebrate any day of the year.
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Apple Pie
100 Delicious and Decidedly Different Recipes for America’s Favorite Pie
By Ken Haedrich
Paperback , $14.95
Nothing smells quite as wonderful as an apple pie in the oven, or tastes quite as good as a freshly baked, juicy apple pie. It is
America’s quintessential dessert. Apple Pie contains pies for every kind of family dinner and party. -
Biscuit Bliss
101 Foolproof Recipes for Fresh and Fluffy Biscuits in Just Minutes
By James Villas
Paperback , $16.95
In Biscuit Bliss, acclaimed author James Villas offers a multitude of recipes for the quintessential American bread: from everyday classics like Cloud Biscuits and Buttermilk Biscuits to flavored biscuits such as Southern Sweet Potato Biscuits, and from Cinnamon-Pecan Drop Biscuits to fancier fare like Blue Cheese and Walnut Biscuits or Smoked Salmon and Dill Biscuits. There’s even a chapter on “the biscuit’s cousin,” the scone, and luscious color photographs that will have everyone reaching for the butter.
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Desserts in Jars
50 Sweet Treats that Shine
Hardcover , $14.95
Some desserts in jars are baked or otherwise prepared right in the jar, while others are spooned into jars. Either way, the sparkling and pretty vessel and the appealing treat it holds make for a beautiful presentation. Olmanson’s clever and cute desserts are at once playful and well-crafted, appropriate for a kids’ birthday one weekend (Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes) and a grown-up gathering the next (Neapolitan Cakes).
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Icebox Cakes
Simply Irresistible No-Bake Desserts
Hardcover , $29.95
Paperback , $17.95“No-bake cake” may sound like an oxymoron, but it is possible to make delicious and beautiful desserts without turning on the oven; instead, use the refrigerator or freezer to finish a dessert. Chilling takes the place of baking in these surprisingly delicious recipes – you assemble a cake by layering together ingredients such as store-bought pound cake, ladyfingers, wafer cookies, snack cakes (even Twinkies), ice cream, pudding, or whipped cream, then let the flavors meld together as the cake chills and sets up in the “icebox.” No-bake cakes are notoriously easy, but you’d never know by looking at or tasting these delicious recipes.
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Icebox Desserts
100 Cool Recipes for Icebox Cakes, Pies, Parfaits, Mousses, Puddings, and More
Paperback , $17.95
Icebox Desserts is a collection of 100 fun and flavorful recipes for homemade desserts designed with ease in mind— they require no baking (some call for minimal cooking on the stovetop), and most are what the author calls “little construction projects,” involving merely mixing together or layering the ingredients. These are delightfully delicious yet downright simple recipes for every taste and every occasion.
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Icebox Pies
Scrumptious Recipes for No-Bake No-Fail Pies
Paperback , $16.95
In Icebox Pies, Lauren Chattman offers 100 easy and delicious homemade desserts that don’t require a whole lot of work. There’s no rolling of pastry dough—the crusts are made from cookie crumbs and quickly crisped in the oven; the fillings are uncooked or prepared on the stovetop; the pies set in the refrigerator or freezer for a few hours before being served. These delightfully simple yet delectable pies will inspire experienced bakers and neophytes alike.
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Mom’s Big Book of Baking
200 Simple, Foolproof Family Favorites for Birthday Parties, Bake Sales, and More
Paper-over-boards with covered spiral binding , $21.95
Mom’s Big Book of Baking has more than 200 recipes tailor-made for today’s extremely busy mom. The recipes are all tested in a real mom’s kitchen (Lauren Chattman’s) and tasted by real kids (her own). Chattman has created streamlined recipes that produce the highest quality baked goods with the least amount of fuss, striking a balance between familiar favorites and new twists. There are loads of tips on vital topics including when and how to let kids participate, how to mass produce cupcakes, how to make the most Christmas cookies in the least amount of time, and how to make a birthday cake your child will remember forever without losing your mind.
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Mom’s Big Book of Cookies
200 Family Favorites You’ll Love Making and Your Kids Will Love Eating
Paper-over-boards with covered spiral binding , $21.95
Written by a mom for moms and featuring gorgeous 4-color photography and a user-friendly lay-flat binding, Mom’s Big Book of Cookies also offers 200 quick, easy, and deliciously kid-friendly cookie recipes. The book is full of useful tips to ensure cookie-baking success and suggests ways in which kids can help in the cookie-making process. With Mom’s Big Book of Cookies, any mom is sure to find recipes for her family that will be gobbled up from lunch boxes, at baseball practices, and as wholesome after-dinner treats.
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