Dessert For Two: Small Batch Cookies, Brownies, Pies, and Cakes

by Christina Lane

Overview

Dessert for Two takes well-loved desserts and scales them down to make only two servings! 

Who doesn't love towering three-layer cakes with mounds of fluffy buttercream? Who can resist four dozen cookies fresh from the oven? Wouldn't you love to stick your spoon into a big bowl of banana pudding? But what about the leftovers? Dessert recipes typically serve eight to ten people. Finding the willpower to resist extra slices of cake can be difficult; the battle between leftover cookies and a healthy breakfast is over before it starts. Until now. 

Dessert for Two takes well-loved desserts and scales them down to make only two servings. Cakes are baked in small pans and ramekins. Pies are baked in small pie pans or muffin cups. Cookie recipes are scaled down to make 1 dozen or fewer. Your favorite bars—brownies, blondies, and marshmallow–rice cereal treats—are baked in a loaf pan, which easily serves two when cut across the middle. 

Newly married couples and empty-nesters will be particularly enthralled with this miniature dessert guide. To everyone who lives alone: now you can have your own personal-sized cake and eat it, too.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781581572841
Publisher:	Countryman Press, The
Publication date:	02/09/2015
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	284,896
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Christina Lane is the author of the popular food blog DessertForTwo.com, well known for its small-batch recipes, and three books: Dessert for Two, Comfort and Joy, and Sweet & Simple. Her recipes and photographs have been featured by The Kitchn, Parade, Oprah.com, Martha Stewart.com, Food52, and others, and she has appeared on The Today Show and QVC. She lives in Dallas, Texas.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Equipment You Will Need 3

The Baking Gospel 7

Cookies 1 Dozen or Less! 9

Bars Brownies, Blondies, Crispy Rice Things, and More! 45

Cakes Cupcakes, Cheesecakes, and Layer Cakes 83

Southern Delights Pies, Cobblers, and Puddings 143

Candy Small Batches for a Small Sweet Tooth 197

Leftovers? 217

Acknowledgments 219

Index 221