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The kitchen is the heart of the home. It's a place to experiment, following new recipes and making bold creations, and it's a place of comfort, where family favourites and classic bakes emerge from the oven time after time. The joy of The Great British Bake Off is exactly this combination of old and new, classic and contemporary - and it's the inspiration for KITCHEN CLASSICS. In these pages, you'll find 80 mouth-watering recipes for Signature Bakes...

"Since 2016, Amanda Bankert has been the surreptitious purveyor of vegan treats in the world's most butter-obsessed city: Paris. It started with donuts; Bankert, an American expat, brought the first artisanal versions of the stateside delicacy to France with her bakery, Boneshaker, in the 2nd arrondissement. Boneshaker then expanded from donuts, to brownies, to French desserts like macarons and profiteroles--all made without dairy or eggs--and the...

"Groundbreaking recipes for real desserts-sweetened entirely by fruit and other natural, unexpectedly sweet ingredients-from a pastry cook who's worked at acclaimed restaurants in New York and France"--

"Bring your kitchen to life with the smell of tantalizing ingredients like cardamom, rose, orange blossom, and pistachios. In this exciting cookbook, Lamees AttarBashi highlights the recipes she grew up on, as well as her own spins on the classics. With everything from kunafa and baklawa to halwa and manakeesh, each recipe will open new doors for your baking, or remind you of home. You'll be instantly transported to an Arabian bakery with treats such...

"Pulp will change your mind about fruit. It's not just for eating out of hand, baking into a pie, or preserving into a jam or jelly. Roasted fruit can enhance a pork chop or add tartness and fleshy heft to grains. Apricots can be tucked into the most delicious grilled cheese, their brilliant flavor and hue the irresistible stars of the sandwich. Infinitely delicious, endlessly adaptable fruit can center a meal. Here are 95 approachable, healthful...

No girl or boy scout has had marshmallows like these! Marshmallows takes the classic favorite to a mouthwatering new level. Featuring over 100 recipes for making your own marshmallows and treats to go with them, the book presents creations ranging from the family favorite S'Mores to the uniquely delicious Blood Orange and Rosemary and Zinfandel Fluff. There's even a recipe for a champagne marshmallow wedding cake! Marshmallows also supplies readers...

Move over Betty Crocker, 101 Things to Do With a Cake Mix will amaze your friends and leave them Jell-O green with envy! From Snickers Surprise Cookies to Christmas Rainbow Poke Cake, it's the best thing to happen in the kitchen since your last romantic rendezvous! So what are you waiting for? Grab a cake mix, whip up some goodies, and throw some flour on your face so it looks like you spent days in the kitchen.

What could possibly top the New York Times best-selling cookbook 101 Things to Do With a Cake Mix by Stephanie Ashcraft? Why, more delicious cake mix recipes of course! In 101 More Things to Do with a Cake Mix! Stephanie Ashcraft has done it again, serving up more lovin' for every busy dessert-lover's oven. 101 More Things to Do with A Cake Mix includes simple and delicious recipes-all using cake mix as a main ingredient.

Many restaurants offer a single serving of dessert for $5 or more, but recipes from 100 Desserts for $5 or Less will serve the entire family! These incredibly tasty and made-from-scratch cookies, bars, cakes, pies, candies, and frozen desserts are ideal for every occasion or every day. Plus, calorie counts per serving and tips on how to navigate the grocery aisles, make healthier choices, and pinch those pennies a little tighter to help people weather...

Pie or pastry, fruity or frozen, homey or haute cuisine-160 recipes for sweet treats from the legendary James Beard Award–winning chef! Essential Pepin Desserts showcases more than 150 of Jacques Pépin's top dessert recipes from his lifetime in food. The five chapters (Fruit Desserts; Puddings, Sweet Soufflés, and Crepes; Cakes, Cookies, and Candies; Tarts, Pies, and Pastries; and Frozen Desserts) display his many cooking styles, from homey French...