Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented

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Overview

Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito’s 2008 Baked was published to national critical acclaim and raved about across the blogosphere. Since then, their profile has gotten even bigger, with continued praise from Oprah and Martha Stewart; product availability in every Whole Foods across the U.S.; and a new bakery in Charleston, South Carolina, with even more traffic than their original Brooklyn location.

Now, in Baked Explorations, the authors give their signature “Baked” twists to famous desserts from across the country. Here is their take on our most treasured desserts: Banana Cream Pie, Black & White Cookies, Mississippi Mud Pie, and more—from the overworked to the underappreciated. Readers will love this collection of 75 recipes from breakfast treats to late-night confections and everything in between.

Praise for Baked Explorations:

"They might look like another pair of fresh-faced Brooklynites (retro tie and mustache? check), but Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, the owners of the Baked sweet shops in Brooklyn and Charleston, are media-savvy butter fiends . . . Those whoopie pies? Four sticks of buttery fun. Oh to be young, decadent and baked in Brooklyn."
-The New York Times

"Lewis and Poliafito take on more underappreciated desserts, giving beloved treats like black-and-white cookies and whoopie pies a modern makeover."
-New York Daily News

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In 2008, Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito partnered on Baked: New Frontiers in Baking (9781584797210). The book's ambitious subtitle wasn't just a ruse; the co-founders of Brooklyn's Baked are intent on creating brand-new confections in this tradition-heavy cooking specialty. Their Baked Explorations carries their project further, putting [xxxx tasty new] new tasty spins and twists on old dessert standards. Their seventy-five recipes add an unexpected freshness to grandma favorites like Black & White Cookies, Mississippi Mud Pie, and Banana Cream Pie.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781584798507
Publisher: Abrams, Harry N., Inc.
Publication date: 10/1/2010
Pages: 208
Sales rank: 57,584
Product dimensions: 9.10 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito left their day jobs in advertising five years ago to open their bakery, Baked, in Brooklyn, NY, to immediate praise from fans across the country. The authors have been featured on Oprah, the Today show, the Food Network, and Martha Stewart. Their first book, Baked, was an IACP award nominee. Lewis and Poliafito live in New York City.

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Veggiechiliqueen

Posted October 13, 2010

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Baked to the future

In their second cookbook "Baked: Explorations," Matt and Renato focus on comfort foods rather than innovation; there's a much more retro feel in the photography and recipe selection, one that pays tribute to grandma's kitchen and heirloom recipes in general. That's not to say that you won't find any surprising combinations in here; there's always the chocolate salt-'n'-pepper sandwich cookies, tomato soup cupcakes with mascarpone frosting, or rosemary apricot squares. Breakfast features monkey bubble bread, farm stand buttermilk doughnuts, baked cheese grits, and the sinfully decadent double-chocolate loaf with peanut butter cream cheese spread (imagine biting into a Reese's for breakfast, and you've got the general idea, although this is gussied up with Valhrona cocoa powder and Ghirardelli bittersweet chips). I found that the included amount of sugar for the peanut butter cream cheese spread was a tad too much for me (1/3 cup for 5 oz. cream cheese), so you may want to start with ¼ cup of sugar and sweeten to taste.

Baked: Explorations is like a culinary time capsule: the PB&J bars taste like grade school lunches, the no-bake peanut butter cookies bring back memories of time spent "cooking" with Mom in the kitchen, while the orange Creamsicle tart will take you back to childhood summers spent drinking orange soda (pop, Coke) on the front steps. Classic shortbread cookies, thumbprint cookies, and grasshopper bars (my grandmother used to make a very similar confection) conjure up memories of "high tea" with grandma and her neighborhood friends.

Regional desserts, especially those rescued from the musty depths of community cookbooks, are featured prominently, including offerings from the Northeast (Maine's Joe Froggers, NYC's black and white cookie), buckeyes and heartland turtle bars from the Midwest, and strawberry Jell-o salad (even before I became a vegetarian, gelatin and I were on dubious footing). Southern cuisine gets a definite nod, with honey corn muffins, buttermilk pie, cowboy cookies, pudding bars, lady praline chiffon cake, and burnt sugar bundt cake with caramel rum frosting. To appease the various factions of mud pie purists, there are two different versions of Mississippi Mud Pie; the first is a chocolate-drenched, bourbon-laced coffee ice cream tart, while the second, Muddy Mississippi Cake, is a flourless chocolate cake "inside a cookie crust topped with a layer of silky chocolate pudding and whipped cream."

As with their previous cookbook, "Baked: Explorations" is beautifully laid out on high-quality paper, and the eye-catching photography by Tina Rupp really pops. Reading each recipe's introduction is part of the fun; ingredients and instructions are clearly laid out and broken into manageable steps, while Baked notes and variations are also featured. You'll find a handy metric conversion chart and list of sources at the back, while helpful hints on ingredients, preparation, and storage can be found throughout. This is one cookbook that more than lives up to the high expectations of its predecessor, and will make the perfect gift for any foodie on your list.

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Anonymous

Posted December 26, 2011

Great take on old favorites

The recipes are great...especially the cowboy cookies i have recieved numerous compliments on them!
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ansheehan

Posted December 6, 2011

Must Have!

I am a baker. I am also a cookbook lover. I read them like novels. This cookbook reads like a classic. So many great recipes! This book has elevated my baking to a whole new level. Some of the recipes are time consuming, but well written and precise. The end result is well worth the time. Also, they share stories on how each recipe originated, then their take on it. Love it! If you love to bake, and love cookbooks, please make this book one of your own!
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CA_Long

Posted September 14, 2011

Great Recipes!

I highly recommend this cookbook for the lone reason that it includes the recipe for the Sweet and Salty Brownie!!! However, it contains many other fabulous treats and is well written and easy to follow if you have basic baking experience. Some other coveted recipe's include: Strawberry Jell-O salad, Red Velvet Whoopie Pies, Heartland Turtle Bars, Monkey Bubble Bread, and Mississippi Mud Pie.
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