Diner Desserts Book

Introduction	8
Chapter 1: Equipment	14
Chapter 2: Ingredients	18
Chapter 3: Recipe Techniques	24
Chapter 4: Pie Heaven	28
Basic Flaky Pie Crust	30
Classic Lattice-Top Cherry Pie	34
Apple Pie with Cheddar Cheese Crust	36
Chocolate Cream Pie	38
Coconut Dream Pie	40
Sky-High Lemon Meringue Pie	42
Incredible Chocolate—Peanut Butter Pie	44
Banana Brickle Cream Pie	46
Chocolate Chunk Pecan Pie	48
Southern Sweet Potato Spice Pie	49
Chapter 5: Under the Cake Keeper	50
Old-fashioned Jelly Roll	52
High and Mighty White Cake	54
German Chocolate Cake	56
Toasted Almond Brittle Crunch Cake	58
Carrot Cake	62
Boston Cream Pie	64
Blue RibbonCoconut Layer Cake	68
Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake	70
Lemon Layer Cake	72
Devil's Food Cake with Fluffy White Frosting	74
Maple-Walnut Cake	76
Chapter 6: Say Cheesecake	80
Classic Diner Cheesecake	82
Strawberry Shortcrust Cheesecake	84
Cherry Cheesecake	86
Blueberry-Lemon Cheesecake with a Gingersnap Crust	88
Chocolate Marble Cheesecake	90
Turtle Cheesecake	92
Chapter 7: Cobblers, Crisps, and Other Fruit Favorites	94
Apple-Raspberry Crisp with Pecan Crunch Topping	96
Ginger Peachy Cobbler	98
Cherry-Almond Oat Crumble	100
Black-and-Blue Cornmeal Cobbler	102
Strawberry Shortcake	104
Chapter 8: Proof of the Pudding	106
Rum-Raisin Rice Pudding	108
Creamy Tapioca Pudding	109
Butterscotch Pudding	110
Chocolate Malt Pudding	111
Maple Pudding with Sugared Pecans	112
Banana Caramel Pudding	114
Rich Bread-and-Butter Pudding	116
Baked Fudge Pudding	118
Chapter 9: Coffee Break—Cookies, Bars and Brownies	120
Old-time Peanut Butter Cookies	122
Mega Oatmeal, Walnut, and Chocolate Chip Cookies	124
Classic Black and White Cookies	126
Monster Fudge Nut Cookies	128
Rocky Road Bars	130
Chocolate Cheesecake Bars	132
Double-Fudge Frosted Brownies	134
Chapter 10: Dunkables—Doughnuts, Muffins, and Pastries	136
Banana-Nut Muffins	138
Jumbo Crumbly Blueberry Muffins	140
Sour Cream—Blueberry Crumb Cake	142
Glazed Almond-Cinnamon Swirls	146
Raspberry Twists	148
Diner-Style Powdered Buttermilk Doughnuts	150
Boston Cream Doughnuts	152
Chapter 11: From the Soda Fountain	156
Root Beer Float	158
Really Rich Double-Chocolate Milk Shake	159
Butterscotch Sundae	160
Hot Fudge Walnut Sundae	162
S'more Sundae	164
Triple-Threat Banana Split	166
Diner Slang	168
Suggestions for Further Reading	170
Index	171
Table of Equivalents	176