Taste of Home Bake Shop Favorites

Book excerpt: Taste of Home Bakeshop Favorites contains 383 delicious recipes for cakes, pies, breads, pastries, cookies, as well as seasonal baking ideas and great beverage recipes. Taste of Home presents a delicious blend of traditional baking recipes and contemporary classics, in this new book, Taste of Home Bakeshop Favorites. There are 383 delicious fool- proof recipes for pastries, coffee cakes, breads, show-stopping desserts and all the delectable goodies you would find in a bakery. Two chapters unique to this book are Celebrate the Seasons and Cafe Beverages. Celebrate the Seasons highlights the best of each season. Spring includes recipes for Lemon Meringue Pie, Hot Cross Buns and Petits Fours. Summer will have items that remind you of summer, like Root Beer Float Cake, Spumoni Cookies, and Cola Cake. Fall includes pies you would serve for Thanksgiving. And, Winter, includes recipes on traditional Christmas goodies as well as a few recipes for Valentines Day. Cafe Beverages--will have hot and cold flavored coffees, teas and chocolate drinks and a few fun accompaniments like flavored creamers, homemade stir sticks, and more! There will also be a chapter called Just Chocolate, which will include recipes for decadent chocolate goodies, such as chocolate dipped brownies, chocolate chocolate chip cookies and cakes with chocolate ganache. As usual, each recipe has been tasted and reviewed in the Taste of Home test kitchen, plus there are practical, proven tips, storage charts, and at-a-glance prep and cook times--so you'll enjoy perfect results every time, no matter what your skill level is. CHAPTERS Cookies, Brownies & Bars Cakes & Cupcakes Cheesecakes Pies & Tarts Pastries Coffee Cakes & Sweet Rolls Muffins & Scones Daily Breads Celebrate the Seasons Cafe Beverages Just Chocolate Recipes Italian Spumoni Cookies Macaroon Bars Chocolate Hazelnut Torte Lemon Dream Cheesecake Mini Apple Tarts Classic Long Johns Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls Sunflower Seed & Honey Wheat Bread Pecan Kringle Sticks Chocolate Chai Frappes