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100 cute, fun, and easy recipes for the newest dessert darling-éclairs-plus cream puffs, profiteroles, gougères, and more Move over, macarons; catch you later, cupcakes: Éclairs are the new pastry du jour. Delicious and adorable-and fun to make at home-these tiny treats are the perfect vehicles for all your favorite flavors (sweet and savory). Here, pastry chef Jenny McCoy shares incredible recipes for éclairs and all their relatives: cream puffs,...

Nothing beats chocolate chip cookies still warm from the oven, freshly baked shortcake, or a perfect apple pie cooling on the windowsill. 250 Treasured Country Desserts is packed with tried-and-true recipes for the homey treats you've loved all your life, with practical tips on how to make gingery ginger snaps, clean-cut brownies, dreamily frosted layer cakes, and much more. You'll turn to this reliable guide again and again for sweet, satisfying...

As a follow-up to Layered, Tessa Huff returns with Icing on the Cake to dive deeper into dessert decoration and the presentation of layer cakes and other showstopping treats. Providing the confidence home bakers need to get creative, Icing on the Cake guides readers from cake pan to presentation to dessert plate. Organized by style, each dessert showcases a different decorative element, artistic pastry technique, or presentation idea. With hundreds...

Putting the more in s'mores! While contemplating a traditional s'more, mad genius Dan Whalen, the recipe creator behind Tots!, asked a tasty question: What would happen if you kept the essential s'mores architecture-three layers of gooey, melty, and crunchy-but changed it up? The result? More than 50 playful, irresistible recipes that completely challenge the definition of a s'more. Riffs range from classic-Salted Caramel S'mores, Nutella S'mores,...

Love to bake, but wind up finishing every crumb yourself? Learn to downsize your recipes, and make them more realistic for your lifestyle-- and your waistline.

"An inviting, down-to-earth, full-color baking book filled with 130 recipes for irresistible must-bake favorites, from cakes to cookies to brownies to muffins to breads, from the New York Times bestselling star of Food Network's hit series Ace of Cakes and owner of Charm City Cakes and Duff's Cake Mix,"--Amazon.com.

Who says the winter months have to be bleak and barren? Author Tammy Donroe sees this season as an opportunity to stay inside, fire up the oven, and produce decadent desserts from the bounty of wholesome winter ingredients. Wintersweet encourages readers to make use of fresh, local ingredients for warming seasonal desserts. While summer farmers markets are always overflowing with ripe produce, theres plenty to be had from November to March: squashes...

This edition features 10 delectable new recipes! When you eat raw, even your dessert can provide you with essential antioxidants, vitamins, phytonutrients, and minerals. With Susan Powers's Rawmazing Desserts, you can indulge your sweet tooth because all of her desserts are whipped up using all-natural ingredients that can improve your health and satisfy cravings. The book includes an abundance of recipes for dishes you wouldn't expect to be raw,...

The award-winning author of Mediterranean Street Food introduces readers to the sweet side of Middle Eastern cuisine with these seventy classic desserts. The seductive flavors of the Middle East have won over food lovers around the world, but the sweets of the region have remained largely unknown to Western palates-until now. Sweet Middle East, by doyenne of Middle Eastern cooking Anissa Helou, presents seventy classic desserts fragrant with spices,...