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Best Confectionary Desserts

Sally's Cookie Addiction: Irresistible Cookies, Cookie Bars, Shortbread, and More from the Creator of Sally's Baking Addiction
Featuring a mouthwatering selection of cookies , cookie bars , cookie dough dips , slice-and-bakes , no-bakes , and more, Sally's Cookie Addiction features dozens of exciting flavors, including chocolate, butterscotch, peanut butter, sugar, coconut, lemon, s’more, and oatmeal, oh my! Complete with tips on how to bake the perfect cookie and gorgeous photography , Sally's Cookie Addiction is the only cookie book you need on your shelf. No one knows sweet like Sally!
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"Our family has been very happy trying out the recipes and we have had great results so far."
"I love love the cookie book-she gives great cookies receipes-what supplys you need-make ahead tips-lots of bookmarks on cookies I want to bake."
"The pictures are just beautiful and every recipe is a tried and true recipe!"
"I especially recommend the gingerbread, buttery shortbread, shortbread bars, and the oatmeal raisin cookies."
"Sally's recipes are always a hit."
"This book has the best recipes for baking cookies!"
"Love the photos for each cookie!"
"I count down the days til the weekend when I can try another great recipe from this cookbook."
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Sally's Baking Addiction: Irresistible Cookies, Cupcakes, and Desserts for Your Sweet-Tooth Fix
Her famous Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Cookies won Nestle's Dark Chocolate contest in 2013, and now, in her first cookbook, Sally shares her baking secrets with fans everywhere. This is my “accidental” brown sugar pound cake. The vanilla and chocolate batters are made from the same brown sugar base, so it’s an easy dessert to throw together. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until combined. Pour one-third of the vanilla batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, making sure to loosely cover the cake with aluminum foil halfway through to prevent the top from getting too brown. 4 eggs 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar 1 cup (200 g) light brown sugar 1 cup (240 ml) milk 1 cup (240 ml) vegetable oil 1 tablespoon vanilla extract seeds scraped from ½ vanilla bean 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder.
Reviews
"I love this baking book."
"I gave this as a gift to my sister in law this Christmas and I may just have to order one for myself 😂 Some tasty looking sweet treats in there!!"
"Simply Love Sally and her baking recipes !!"
"Add in Sally's fun and enthusiastic attitude about all things "sprinkles" and you are sure to love this book."
"I have made many of Sally's recipes from her blog and was thrilled for the cook book."
"Everything I have made from Sally's blog has turned out amazing!!!"
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Les Petits Macarons: Colorful French Confections to Make at Home
Les Petits Macarons is your ultimate and easy guide to making delectable, bakery-quality macarons - at home! It features dozens of flavor combinations, structured around three basic shell methods-French, Swiss, and Italian-with a never-before-seen Easiest French Macaron Method (and a convenient Troubleshooting Guide) that is sure to make macaron magic possible for anyone using nothing more than a mixer, an oven, and a piping bag. "Kathryn and Anne have put together a great collection of Parisian macarons, today's top must-have sweet indulgence. With these detailed recipes and clear explanations, we can all create dazzling French macarons in every imaginable flavor.
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"This book is AMAZING!!"
"It has great explanations and tips, and lots of delicious recipes."
"Can't wait to make these."
"I was on pinterest making macarons with the recipes."
"quick shipment.i like the book, but towards the back some of the pages were a little sticky."
"My husband even just loved the basic cookie part without the filling."
"Good book with lots of options."
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Best Frozen Dessert Recipes

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home
Frustrated by icy and crumbly homemade ice cream, Bauer invested in a $50 ice cream maker and proceeded to test and retest recipes until she devised a formula to make creamy, sturdy, lickable ice cream at home. The book appeared on Good Morning America and NPR’s The Splendid Table , and in USA Today , The Wall Street Journal , The Washington Post , Food & Wine , Better Homes & Gardens , Elle Decor , and more.
Reviews
"p. 10. Following “Cook” under bottom two photos, third sentence changed from “Turn off the heat and add the cornstarch slurry to the ice cream base in the pan” to “Turn off the heat and whisk in the cornstarch slurry.” Sentence added: “Return to a boil to slightly thicken.”. *** AND Jeni answers this question: “Am I supposed to stir the milk mixture during the 4-minute boil, or am I to leave it to boil without stirring?”. ANSWER: Keep agitating/stirring the mixture while you incorporate. Pour the mixture into a 1-gallon Ziploc freezer bag and submerge the sealed bag in the ice bath.”). p. 156. Ingredients list: “¼ cup heavy cream” changed to “1¼ cups heavy cream”. p. 158. Ingredients list: “¼ cup heavy cream” changed to “1¼ cups heavy cream”. p. 197. Vanilla Bean Marshmallows, ingredients list: “½ cup cold water” changed to “1 cup cold water”; first step: “¼ cup of the water” changed to “½ cup of the water”; step two: “¼ cup water” changed to “½ cup water”. p. 200. Caramelized White Chocolate Bombe Shell, ingredients list: “1/3 cup refined coconut oil” changed to“½ cup refined coconut oil”. p. 201. Praline Sauce, ingredients list: “1 cup heavy cream” to be changed to “2 cups heavy cream”."
"I was excited to learn of a technique for making egg free ice cream with a super smooth texture that will stay smooth even after freezer storage for days. These custard based ice creams do stay nice and smooth in the freezer for a long time, but I was interested in learning about Jeni's egg free technique, for when I have no eggs or for when I'll be serving it to someone who cannot eat eggs. All the recipes use an interesting strategy for binding the water, which helps prevent ice crystals from forming (ice crystals give ice cream a gritty texture). Flavor and texture are good (I mean how can you go wrong with cream and sugar), but I have to say that there is not a single flavor using Jeni's technique that I prefer over the same flavor made with a custard base, or over uncooked ice cream. And I do like cheese cake, but do not want all of my ice cream flavors to taste like cheese cake. Reduced cream cheese - tasted less like cheese cake, but then the unpleasant cooked flavor of the milk/cream is more prominent. So I came to the conclusion that the most important role of the cream cheese was to mask the cooked flavor, not to give the ice cream "body", and these recipes really do need the cream cheese to make the final product taste good. I tried Philadelphia, and it doesn't mix in as well into the ice cream base: the final product has annoying little tiny lumps of cream cheese throughout it.). And maybe Jeni's ice cream, with its corn syrup and pasty cornstarch base, approximates supermarket brands better than other home made ice creams do, which I wouldn't know, since I haven't had supermarket ice cream in many years."
"I felt like they added that in recipe book so that it did not get the taste exact, but it actually ruins the ice cream."
"Recipes for toppings, sundaes, general ice cream knowledge, and sources for hard to find ingredients."
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Best Dessert Baking

Sweetness: Southern Recipes to Celebrate the Warmth, the Love, and the Blessings of a Full Life
Or ending dinner on the high note of a Chocolate Chess Pie, because you always need a little something sweet to finish it off, whether a meal or a day. In Sweetness , Christy Jordan shares 197 recipes for sweet things to eat and drink—recipes that are deeply delicious, rich with tradition, often reaching through generations, and designed with today’s hectic schedules in mind. “Like a warm hug from Grandma, the recipes in Sweetness will bring comfort and joy, making it the perfect addition to any baker’s bookshelf.” — Booklist.
Reviews
"This is one of if not the best recipe books on southern sweets that I "have ever" read. They take me back to when I was a little girl growing up in Kentucky in my grandmother kitchen. Meme, was the one that taught me all about good southern country cookin. Christy, thank you for reminding me of my grandmothers kitchen and the love that put into her baking and the love that she showed to me every day that she was here with us."
"It is a beautifully written memoir of what it means to sit around the table with family and friends, enjoying those recipes that have been handed down and shared from generation to generation."
"I'm looking forward to trying each of the recipes and reminiscing about days gone by while I share all the delicious goodies and memories with family and friends."
"Love, love, love Christy's new cookbook Sweetness."
"It will make a wonderful Christmas present for friends and family."
"Reading his work by Christy Jordan put me right back in my Grandma's kitchen, at the big red table, waiting for the magic to unfold and wrap me up in that comfy blanket of love."
"I like reading her books, but I haven't made any of the recipes."
"I had checked this book out of the library and tried several of the recipes all of which came out fantastic!"
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Best Chocolate Baking

Chocolate-Covered Katie: Over 80 Delicious Recipes That Are Secretly Good for You
When Katie's sugar habit went too far in college and left her lacking energy, she knew something needed to change. Now, in her first cookbook, Katie shares over 80 never-before-seen recipes, such as Chocolate Obsession Cake, Peanut Butter Pudding Pops, and Ultimate Unbaked Brownies, that use only real ingredients, without any unnecessary fats, sugars, or empty calories. Delicious desserts filled with whole grain flours, healthy fats, and sinful flavors to satiate your cravings! "She had me at the Secretly Healthy Brownies... when it comes to creating guiltless desserts, no one's quite as good as Katie. "― Lori Lange, creator of RecipeGirl.com and author of The Recipe Girl Cookbook.
Reviews
"When I first became vegan two years ago next month, Chocolate Covered Katie was one of the first blogs that I discovered, and her recipes (and those from Angela Liddon's blog and now cookbook, The Oh She Glows Cookbook: Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside Out) completely transformed the way I cooked and ate. Over these last two years, I've turned many (non-vegetarian) friends onto Katie's blog and healthy treats by re-posting her recipes on Facebook, and all of my friends who have tasted or tried her recipes have told me how amazing they are. Since Amazon doesn't yet have the "Look Inside" feature available, I wanted to give a breakdown of the chapters, along with a little "taste" of some of the recipes in each one so you get an idea of the mouth-watering delicacies in store for you: * The Chocolate-Covered Kitchen -- provides a rundown of what you might want to keep on-hand in your pantry, and some general tips for the recipes. * Cookies, Brownies, and Bars -- contains recipes for things like Sinless Peanut Butter Cookies, Chocolate-Covered Thin Mintz (the featured recipe on the cover), Chocolate Raspberry Crumble Bars. * Dessert for Breakfast -- recipes include Chocolate Brownie Waffles, Pumpkin Breakfast Pudding (which I've made from her blog; it's easy and delish! ), Elvis PB Pancakes, Chocoholic Glazed Donuts, and Midnight Chocolate Crunch Granola. * Ice Cream, Milkshakes, and Smoothies --contains about five different ice cream/sorbet recipes, along with things like PB Pudding Pops and a Chocolate Mudslide Smoothie. * Pies, Cakes, and Cupcakes -- includes the Chocolate Obsession Cake, Cashew Cream Mini-Tarts, and lots of cupcakes. * Puddings, Dips, Frostings, & More -- this chapter contains some of her wonderful dips, including the number one recipe from her blog, the Cookie Dough Dip, along with things like Healthy Notella and two different pie crust recipes. There is also a Stevia Conversation Chart and a Metric Conversion Chart in the back, along with a comprehensive Index. None of Katie's recipes (on her blog or in this book) take very long to make at all, so it's easy to whip together something yummy and healthy for dessert. She also includes a few favorite recipes (such as her Cookie Dough Dip I mentioned above -- which is one of the most amazing recipes ever -- and you'd never know that there are chickpeas in it!)."
"My husband loves her recipes and he hates any kind of “healthy desserts” (shhh He doesn’t always know what he’s eating is healthy)."
"The chocolate infinity pie recipe is worth the purchase of the book."
"Easy to understand, great explanations, wonderful recipes!"
"I love this book, especially on the recipe for the thin mints!"
"Love this cookbook!"
"I really like chocolate covered Katie recipes, bought one Cook book for my daughter and one for myself."
"Huge fan of Katie's website and work."
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Best Cake Baking

Sally's Baking Addiction: Irresistible Cupcakes, Cookies, and Desserts for Your Sweet Tooth Fix
Her famous Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Cookies won Nestle’s Dark Chocolate contest in 2013, and now, in her first cookbook, Sally shares her baking secrets with fans everywhere. This is my “accidental” brown sugar pound cake. The vanilla and chocolate batters are made from the same brown sugar base, so it’s an easy dessert to throw together. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until combined. Pour one-third of the vanilla batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, making sure to loosely cover the cake with aluminum foil halfway through to prevent the top from getting too brown. 4 eggs 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar 1 cup (200 g) light brown sugar 1 cup (240 ml) milk 1 cup (240 ml) vegetable oil 1 tablespoon vanilla extract seeds scraped from ½ vanilla bean 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder. Obsessed with peanut butter, yoga, and apple pie, Sally left a career in finance to dedicate herself full-time to the millions of fans that follow her increasingly popular blog and her books, Sally's Baking Addiction and Sally's Candy Addiction .
Reviews
"I love this baking book."
"I gave this as a gift to my sister in law this Christmas and I may just have to order one for myself 😂 Some tasty looking sweet treats in there!!"
"Simply Love Sally and her baking recipes !!"
"Add in Sally's fun and enthusiastic attitude about all things "sprinkles" and you are sure to love this book."
"I have made many of Sally's recipes from her blog and was thrilled for the cook book."
"Everything I have made from Sally's blog has turned out amazing!!!"
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Best Teen & Young Adult Cookbooks

Teens Cook: How to Cook What You Want to Eat
Cooking for teens, like finding the perfect gift for teen boys and girls, is almost impossible. MEGAN CARLE and JILL CARLE are both graduate students at Arizona State University.
Reviews
"She was so excited because it said ‘Teens’ in the title and that makes her feel so grown up."
"Christmas gift for granddaughter, age 11."
"Easy to follow directions and healthy recipes."
"Item is exactly as described."
"good cookbook, but arrived wit a waterstains and was dirty."
"Bought for teenage Grandson who likes to cook."
"I would not buy this book for a teenager unless they have expressed an interest in learning to make more complicated recipes then simple teenage favorites."
"Not very healthy, recipes unimaginative and really quite bland."
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