Desserts: More Than 140 of Our Most Beloved Recipes

by Food & Wine Magazine

Who doesn’t want to indulge in a giant s’mores bar layered with a crazy-crunchy graham cracker crust, fudgy chocolate filling and a dreamy mile-high meringue? Desserts brings together the best sweet dishes published by Food & Wine magazine over the past 30 years. It’s chockful of tried-and-true keepers, including Stephanie Izard’s Skillet Graham Cake with Peaches and Blueberries, Gooey Chocolate Chip Sandwich Bars, and star pastry chef Dominique Ansel’s take on marshmallows. Enjoy smart and informative cooking tips and discover recipes from such food aficionados as Ina Garten, Rick Bayless and Jacques Pepin as well as Dorie Greenspan, Tom Colicchio and Joanne Chang. Gorgeous color photographs throughout provide endless inspiration in this expertly curated collection. No matter the dessert—cakes, pastries, cookies and bars, pies and tarts, frozen treats and candies— Desserts has you covered!

Genres: Cookbooks

272 pages, Hardcover

Published September 5, 2017

Reviews

[Dan Stern · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am going to cut right to the chase with the one recipe I tried. I am not going to talk about the layout of the book and other things because what matters for me is easy tasty recipes. p.19 Vanilla bean cake (brown sugar). This was easy to make, and I made cupcakes instead of cake, and for ease I omitted making the caramel sauce. I uploaded a picture. Wow, delicious is all I can say. I was so surprised at how tasty this was, because the ingredients are basic. It's got a nice caramel color, it's soft on the inside with a bit of a crust on the top. Not to sweet. I did cook it for 30 minutes instead of 1 hour because it was cupcakes. This is going to be my quick go to recipe for when i'm having a sweet tooth moment. I've tagged a number of recipes in the book that I'm really interested in making. A few are made with almond flour, which I love because I always keep almond flour on hand because you can buy it from most retailers. There are a nice mixes of cakes and interesting cookies, that I'm very interested in trying- like brownie cookies. If this one recipe is any indication, I think the rest of the book will not disappoint.

[Dray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very pleasing book, a lot of innovative and creative desserts, none of which are beyond the reach of the casual baker. Worth reading.