Fearless Baking: Over 100 Recipes That Anyone Can Make Book

Contents

INTRODUCTION

BAKING LANGUAGE FROM "A" TO ZEST

INGREDIENTS TO HAVE ON HAND IN YOUR PANTRY

BASIC BAKING UTENSILS — WHAT YOU NEED AND WHAT IS NICE TO HAVE

MEASURE, MIX, AND BAKE! EXPLAINING BAKING TECHNIQUES

FREQUENTLY ASKED BAKING QUESTIONS ANSWERED

JUST STIR AND BAKE

Perfectly Easy Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Blondies * Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate Brownies * Banana Butterscotch Blondie Sundae * Any-Season Fruit Crumble * Toasted Hazelnut Peach Crisp * Apple Crumble Bars * Deep-Dish Apple Strudel Pie * Big-Top Corn Muffins * Maple Muffins with Carrots, Pineapple, and Pecans * Big, Easy Popovers * Green Tomato and Cornmeal Pecan Crisp * Baked Blintz * Layered Cheddar, Vegetable, and Cashew Nut Pie * Zucchini Bread Pudding

No-Roll Crusts with Simple Fillings

Lemon Chess Bars * Three-Layer Walnut Bars * Lemon Icebox Pie * Orange Cream Cheese Pie with Shiny Strawberries * Glazed Fresh Raspberry Pie * Vanilla Cheesecake * Strawberry Vanilla Cheesecake * Cherry Custard Tart with Pouring Crust * Ham and Swiss Potato Pie * Savory Lemon, Sage, Parsley, and Thyme Cheesecake

Mixing a Smooth Dough

Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookies * Buttery Brown Sugar and Oatmeal Shortbread * My Best Butter Buttons * Double Walnut Meltaways * Maple Butter Pecan Wafers * Chocolate Hazelnut Snowballs * Lemon Cream Cookie Sandwiches * Soft and Crunchy Golden Raisin and Apricot Oatmeal Bars * Open-Face Summer Peach Tart * All-American Peach Cobbler * Flying Cloud Biscuits * Orange Spice Scones * Butter Shortbread Cutouts

Mixing a Smooth Batter

Fifty-Fifty Crumb Buns *Peanut Butter Crumb Cake * Cranberry-Walnut Butterscotch Bars * Blueberry Crumb Cake * Sticky-Top Gingerbread with Brown Sugar Toffee Sauce * Deep South Pound Cake * French Pear and Almond Cake * Crushed Pineapple Upside-Down Cake * Pear and Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake * Black-and-White Cheesecake Cake

Putting the Frosting with the Cake

Carrot Cake Coconut Snowballs * Whoopie Pies * Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake * Cranberry Eggnog Cake with Bourbon Butter Frosting * Lemon-Glazed Lemon Pound Cake * Pumpkin Cake with Brown Sugar Icing * Rolling Pin Glazed Almond Cake * Hummingbird Cake * Chocolate-Covered Banana-Chocolate Chip Cake * Ebinger's Orange-Glazed Layer Cake with Orange Butter Filling

Rolled Crusts for Pies and Tarts

Fearless Piecrust * Butter Cookie Tart Crust * Sticky Walnut Pie * Pecan-Chocolate Chip Pie * Pear and Cranberry Cream Crunch-Top Pie * Bountiful Apricot, Cranberry, and Walnut Pie * Farmhouse Apple Pie * A Well-Filled Two-Crust Apple Pie * A Pair of Apple Dumplings Baked in Cinnamon Sauce * Especially Crumbly Rhubarb Tart * Apple and Hazelnut Macaroon Tart * Shimmering Fresh Berry Tart * Chile, Cheese, and Chorizo Quiche * Roasted Tomato, Basil, and Parmesan Pie * Deep-Dish Wild Mushroom Pie

Whipping Eggs for Cakes and Meringues

Cinnamon Pecan Swirl Coffee Cake * Lemon Ripple Crunch Cake * Italian Cream Cake * The Groom's Lemon Cake * Almond Angel Cake * Chocolate Chiffon Cake * Almond Crunch and Chocolate Confetti Chiffon Cake * Coffee Lover's Layer Cake * Tiramisù Ice Cream Loaf * Coconut, Fig, and Pecan Cake with Fluffy White Frosting * Orange Meringue Ice Cream Cake * Mom's Lemon Meringue Pie

Baking with Chocolate

Double Fudge Brownies * Half-Baked Brownie Ice Cream Pie * Chocolate Chip Cookie and Fudge Brownie Pie * Chocolate Chip Fudge Cake * Hot Chocolate Cake * Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches * Chocolate Cake and Ice Cream Roll * Reverse Chocolate Marble Cake * Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Fudge Frosting * Go for the Chocolate Cake * Chocolate Pound Cake with Chocolate Marshmallow Frosting * Chocolate Bride's Cake

Whipping Cream for Cakes, Pies, and Pastries

Deep-Dish Strawberry Whipped Cream Cake * Deep-Dish Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake * New England Maple Pumpkin Pie * Strawberry Shortcake * Chocolate Icebox Pie * Deluxe Coconut Cream Pie * Orange-and-White Chocolate Truffle Cake * Raspberries and Cream Macaroon Tart * Aunt Elaine's Mocha Whipped Cream Shadow Cake * Chocolate Whipped Cream Truffle Cake * Pecan Meringues Stacked with Whipped Cream and Strawberry Sauce * Zuccotto — Italian Chocolate and Vanilla Cream Cake

Melting Sugar for Caramel and Praline

Cranberry Caramel Buckle * Fantasy Bars * Caramel Milky Way Ice Cream Pie * Caramel Pecan Cookie Sandwich Hearts * Two-for-One Hazelnut Lace Cookie Sandwiches or Stacks * Pumpkin Pecan Praline Cheesecake * Double-Decker Raspberry and Almond Praline Cheesecake * Pear and Almond Cake with Caramel Frosting * Banoffee Pie * Caramel Cream Pie * Blaze of Glory Chocolate Cake

EPILOGUE

MAIL-ORDER SOURCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX