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I have been passionately collecting cookbooks for around 25 years now and every week, I seem to be adding a new cookbook to my collection. Well today, I want to introduce you to the cookbook called “150 Best Donut Recipes” by author George Geary and published by Robert Rose.
The ISBN: 978-0-7788-0411-6 with the suggested US Cover Price of $24.95.
Book Synopsis: Topped with a chocolate glaze or simply rolled in cinnamon, fresh homemade donuts are impossible to resist. Whatever your preference, the fluffy yeast style or the denser cake variety, donuts are fun and surprisingly easy to make at home. You know your’re using quality ingredients when you make your own donuts, and the freshness certainly can’t be beat!
This collection of delicious recipes features a wide variety of choices. You’ll find recipes for raised donuts (made with yeast), cake-based donuts, baked donuts, holiday donuts and one-bite donuts, and dozens of recipes for toppings, glazes and fillings. Everything you need to know to make gourmet donuts at home can be found in these pages.
Some of the recipes included in the cookbook:
* Fresh Vanilla Bean Donuts
* Chocolate Cake Donuts
* Blueberry Donuts
* Green Tea Donuts
* Christmas Swirl Donuts
* Thanksgiving Maple Donuts
* Red Valentine Heart Donuts
* Mini Pumpkin Donuts
* Elvis Memphis Donuts
My Thoughts: This is a wonderful soft-cover cookbook containing 150 donut recipes, donut-making tips and some beautiful foodie photography. Not every recipe has a photo but the ones that are in the book make your mouth water for sure!
I decided to make the Mini Pumpkin Donuts since it’s the fall season and I was in the mood for something pumpkin flavored. This donut recipe was really easy to prepare and instead of frying/deep frying them, you bake them in a muffin tin in the oven. The total prep time was less than 15 minutes and baking time was about 12 minutes in length. Once they were done, the family dug in and chowed down. Oh my gosh, these mini pumpkin donuts were sooooo good! Matter of fact, I am going to make them again for my family come Thanksgiving morning. Yeah!
I love this cookbook because it offers such a nice variety of donut recipes, something for everyone and something for every baking skill level. I like that the ingredients are common ones that can be found in just about every basic grocery store.
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I love to bake and if I had the time…I would create and bake something every day! Seriously, I am pretty passionate about baking and I prefer to bake from scratch. Today, I have a great new cookbook to introduce you to called: Tate’s Bake Shop “Baking for Friends” by author Kathleen King. The book is distributed by Ingram Book Company.
This hardcover cookbook contains 208 pages and is jam packed with yummy recipes, baking tips and fun techniques. ISBN: 978-0-578-10258-0 with the suggested cover price of $24.95. This new cookbook/book will be available for purchase starting on September 25th, 2012.
Synopsis: Debuting over 120 recipes and 70 full-color photographs, Baking for Friends is the ideal go-to cookbook for beginning bakers and professionals alike. Featuring mouthwatering recipes perfect for both special occasions and everyday baking, chapters range from muffins, Scones & Shortcakes to Pies, Tarts & Crisps, from Tea Loaves & Quick Breads, to Party Cakes & Cupcakes, to – of course – Cookies! Friends will come together over Kathleen’s gourmet creations like Maple, Bacon & Date Scones, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies and Guinness Brownies, as well as old favorites like Snickerdoodles and Super-Moist Chocolate Cake. Baking for Friends offers delectable, taste-tested recipes for readers with dietary restrictions, including gluten-free, low-fat, vegan and nut-free.
Author Bio: Kathleen King is the owner & founder of the famous & accredited Tate’s Bake Shop, based in Southampton, NY. At age 11, she began selling small batches of her chocolate chip cookies to neighbors off of a fold-out card table on North Sea Farms on Long Island. Her award-winning cookies are now sold at over 5,000 gourmet retailers throughout the United States and on her robust e-bakery.
My Thoughts: Wow, where do I begin on this one! This is one beautiful and comprehensive cookbook that solely focuses on baking up some delicious treats! The book has a beautiful introduction and then a chapter with tips on baking Kathleen’s recipes. Then the following chapters: (1) Muffins, Scones & Shortcakes, (2) Tea Loaves & Quick Breads, (3) Pies, Tarts & Crisps, (4) Cookies, (5) Party Cakes & Cupcakes, (6) Health & Lifestyle Baked Goods, (7) Icings, Frosting’s & Sauces.
We are getting ready to move into our new house within the next 3 weeks so most of my baking supplies and kitchen items have already been packed up. Now that I have this cookbook in my hands, I can’t wait to get moves & unpacked so I can try out some of the mouth-watering recipes like: Coconut Custard Pie, Pumpkin Pie Scones, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cranberry Sauce Crumb Bars and many more!
The foodie photography in this cookbook are absolutely beautiful, mouth drooling! Seriously, these foodie photos are just gorgeous! I love how each recipe is laid out nicely with a list of ingredients with measurements and the directions for making the recipe. The directions are very easy-to-understand and I didn’t see any off-the-wall ingredients. Everything called for in these recipes is readily available out in the marketplace.
Here is a fabulous tip from the book: To keep frosting off the serving platter, slip 3 or 4 strips of waxed paper under the bottom cake layer. After frosting, slide out the strips. You will only have to do a very light touch-up, if any.
I love this cookbook and I think you would love it too! It is perfect for the beginner baker and the more experienced professional. Wonderful gift to yourself or give it as a gift…this cookbook is a real winner!
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