Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Introduction xiii
A Few Words of Wisdom Before You Start Baking… xvii
Basic Baking Tools and Equipment xviii
Measuring and Weighing xix
Preparing Pans and Baking Sheets xxii
Ingredients xxii
Basic Tips and Techniques for Baking xxv
Pies and Parts
Apple Pie with Walnut-Cinnamon Crumble Topping 6
Apple Strudel 9
Apple Tarte Tatin 11
Banana-Coconut Cream Pie 13
Mini Tartlets with Blueberries and Mascarpone 16
White Chocolate and Blueberry Tartlets 19
Caramelized French Onion Tarte Tatin 21
Chocolate Mousse Tart 23
Heirloom Tomato Tart 26
Key Lime Pie 28
Lemon Meringue Pie 30
Raspberry and Dark Chocolate Tartlets 32
Chicken Potpie 34
Scones, Muffins, and Biscuits
Blueberry and Almond Scones 41
Savory Bacon, Cheddar, and Chive Scones 44
Mexican Muffins 46
Oatmeal Muffins 48
Southern-Style Biscuits 50
Breads and Pizzas
Banana Tea Bread 58
Sweet Buttermilk Cornbread 60
Dinner Rolls 62
English Muffins 64
Grandma Griffin's Cinnamon Rolls 66
Irish Soda Bread 69
Poppy Seed Sugar Plum Rolls 71
Croissants 73
Soft Pretzels 77
Sourdough Bread 79
Basic Sourdough Starter 82
Zucchini and Walnut Quick Bread 84
Focaccia with Fresh Thyme 86
Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza 90
New York-Style Pizza 92
Stromboli 94
Cookies, Bars, Biscotti, and Brownies
Brian's Famous Cakey Chocolate Chip Cookies 101
Mini Pavlovas with White Chocolate-Coated Popcorn 103
Chocolate-Cherry Biscotti 105
Chocolate-Espresso Macarons 108
Chocolate Macarons 111
Hazelnut Macarons 113
Double Chocolate Brownies 115
Gingersnaps 117
Old-Fashioned Raisin Cookies 119
Orange Oatmeal Chews 121
Spritz Cookies 123
Pumpkin Bars 125
Salted Peanut Cookies 127
Cakes
Berry Trifle Cake 134
Blueberry Buckle 137
Blueberry Meringue Cloud Cake 139
Carrot Cake with Maple-Mascarpone Frosting 141
Cheesecake with Caramel-Apple Topping 144
Cheesecake with Lemon Curd Topping 148
Chocolate Layer Cake with Chocolate Butrercream Frosting 152
Classic Yellow Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting 155
Classic White Cake 158
Lemon Layer Cake with Lemon Buttercream Frosting 161
Orange-Almond Dacquoise 164
Pound Cake 168
Strawberry Shortcakes 170
Peanut-Vanilia Chiffon Roll with Peanut Praline and Gold-Dusted Peanuts 172
Petit Four Flag Cake 177
Pastry and Pie Dough
Puff Pastry 185
Napoleons with Chocolate Mousse 187
Classic Pie Dough 189
Pie Dough with Lemon Zest 190
Apple Cider-Spiked Pie Dough 191
Pie Dough with Chives 192
Tart Dough 193
Gougères 194
Soufflés and Custarrds
Sky-High Cheese and Chive Soufflés 201
Chocolate-Raspberry Pots de Crème 203
Chocolate-Rasp berry Soufflés 205
Mile-High Quiche 207
Pumpkin Custard 209
Sunday Brunch Strata 211
Index 213