Baker S Field Guide To Holiday Candy

Presents a collection of illustrated recipes for creating holiday candy, providing suggestions for confections for every holiday, from Valentine's Day through Christmas.

Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles, Spiced Pumpkin Pecan Fudge, Salt Water Taffy, Italian Nougat . . . there's something for everyone to love in this sweetest addition to the popular Baker's Field Guide series. Author Dede Wilson has gathered seventy-five recipes from around the world in this collection of festive and fun homemade treats to be enjoyed year round. As in the previous books, each delicacy is photographed in full color, and there's a clear description of how the candy should turn out and how each can be stored (she even notes which ones will survive best in the mail). A Baker's Field Guide to Holiday Candy & Confections is arranged chronologically by holiday (including some holidays that you may never have heard of, such as National Licorice Day), to help bakers choose what to make for which occasion. But these sweets should not be saved only for holiday celebrations. Recipes include both classic candies and new twists on old favorites. Parents can make treats from their past (such as Sugarplums and Ribbon Candy) with their kids, as well as more ''adult'' morsels (like Chocolate Walnut Rum Balls) for themselves. Each recipe is broken down into simple, easy-to-follow steps, and the tone is cheerful and encouraging, allowing cooks of all levels to succeed. The creative can try Good Luck Marzipan Pig and Rainbow Chocolate Fish, the romantic can enjoy Champagne and Cherry Heart Lollipops, and everyone will agree that the Star-Shaped Marshmallows taste far better than anything bought in a bag at the grocery store! Armed with this book and a few simple ingredients, bakers everywhere can create unexpected, inspired delights for any occasion.

Celebrate the holidays (or any day!) with these fabulous recipes from around the world for festive homemade treats. Give your Valentine a special sweet, like Chocolate Hazelnut Italian Kisses, or scare up some frightfully delicious delights for Halloween, such as Spider Webs and Easy Marbled Candy Corn Bark. Featuring full-color photos for each recipe, the fun field guide format provides quick reference to each candy and confection ¿species,¿ including its Habitat (country of origin), Field Notes (helpful information), and Lifespan (how long it will keep). You¿ll find classic candies, new twists on old favorites, and utterly original creations.

Celebrate the holidays (or any day!) with this “well-illustrated, carefully written compilation of candy recipes that aims straight for sweet-tooth heaven” (Baltimore Sun). Give your Valentine a special sweet, like Chocolate Hazelnut Italian Kisses, or scare up some frightfully delicious delights for Halloween, such as Spider Webs and Easy Marbled Candy Corn Bark. Featuring full-color photographs for each recipe, this cookbook’s fun field-guide format provides quick reference to each type of candy and confection “species” —including its Habitat (country of origin), Field Notes (helpful information), and Lifespan (how long it will keep). You’ll find classic candies, new twists on old favorites, and utterly original creations in this newest, sweetest offering in the Baker’s Field Guide Series from PBS cooking-show host Dede Wilson. “Organized by major and minor holidays (with a scattered ringer like National Licorice Day), each recipe is well positioned for the novice or experienced baker.” —Booklist

At last, a field guide to making and identifying virtually every candy imaginable, from peanut-butter cups to mint meltaways! Field Guide to Candy is the definitive guide to candies from around the world, with more than 100 recipes and variations on such tried-and-true classics as caramel apples, rocky road, and lollipops as well as traditional international favorites like Turkish delight, truffles, and French pralines. This delectable guide introduces readers to the best techniques for creating chocolates; sugary sweets; creamy, sticky, chewy candies; nutty treats; and fun and simple classics. Every candy is photographed in glorious full color, with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare, make, and store your creations. Entries include fascinating historical background, helpful baking notes, and serving suggestions for each delicious variety. Whether you’re a candy-making novice or veteran pastry chef, mouth-watering homemade confections are minutes away with Field Guide to Candy!

Who wants cupcakes? Long a staple dessert of birthdays and holidays, cupcakes are more popular than ever kids of all ages. In A Baker's Field Guide to Cupcakes, you'll find 15 master recipes for cake batters and frostings and 60 easy-to-follow recipes for creatively decorated cupcakes for holidays, special occasions, or anytime you need a treat! Adults will enjoy ringing in the New Year with "Champagne” Cupcakes or presenting someone special with a plateful of Heartfelt Cupcakes. On Mother's Day, kids can help bake Mom a batch of Breakfast-in-Bed Cupcakes, and they'll be delighted to dig into Dirt and Worms Cupcakes at a birthday party. With a color photograph of every recipe, A Baker's Field Guide to Cupcakes gives you everything you need to make scrumptious, fun, and irresistible cupcakes at any time of the year!

Full of an extraordinary selection of cookie recipes, this field guide to 75 recipes from around the world makes holiday baking easy.

For those of us who remember biting into a warm doughnut, fresh from the stovetop, or for the younger generation who might be experiencing that decadent confectionary for the first time, few can resist the allure of this nostalgic pastry that has become a staple in American baking. A Baker's Field Guide to Doughnuts is the newest addition to the best-selling series from baking expert, Dede Wilson. In this whimsical collection, Wilson convinces us that homemade is the only way to enjoy the best-quality doughnuts, and moreover, doughnuts are no more difficult to make than a birthday cake or a batch of cookies. Where home bakers had once been daunted by the challenges of frying, flipping, and frosting, Wilson breaks down each doughnut with step-by-step instructions that are simple enough to guide anyone through creating doughnuts that look as beautiful as the photographs throughout the book. In over 60 different recipes, she includes all the essentials like cider doughnuts, old-fashioned buttermilk doughnuts, and French crullers, but adds a healthy dose of creativity as well. In the first part of the book she provides "The Master Recipes," a variety of basic doughnuts, frostings, fillings, and glazes. The second part contains "The Field Guide," where she puts together the master recipes in decadent combinations like chocolate caramel-bourbon-pecan doughnuts, crème brulée doughnuts, and German chocolate cake doughnuts. Innumerable in their variations and just plain irresistible, doughnuts are a baking delight won't go out of style. Wilson both celebrates and reinvigorates the doughnut-baking tradition in this guide, essential to any baker's cookbook collection.