Bake Smart: Sweets and Secrets from My Oven to Yours
Harvest, 2023
Publisher Description
In this celebrated book, Samantha Seneviratne demystifies baking with chapters built around core ingredients, each moving from the basics to more inventive recipes.
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Recipes
Butter
- Core Recipe: Laminated Butter Pie Pastry
- Core Recipe: Tender Free-form Galette Dough
- Core Recipe: Rough Puff Pastry
- Browned-Butter Shortbread
- Browned-Butter Blackberry Bars
- Gooey Cranberry Crumb Cake
- Chocolate, Banana, and Oat Cookies
- Fried Blueberry Mini Pies
- Masala Chai Shortbread with Prunes and Tea Glaze
- Toasted Coconut Oat Cookies
- Chocolate Crémeux Slice
- Blackberry-Rye Cream Scones
- Buckwheat Walnut Linzer Cookies
- Guava Bars
- Plum and Rose Pie Bars with Almonds
- Membrillo and Apple Hand Pies
- Strawberry and Cream Corn Cake
- Apple Galette with Buckwheat and Honeycomb
- Raspberry-Rye-Balsamic Tart
- Canned-Apricot—Pistachio Galette
- Thin and Crisp Chocolate Chippers
Sugar
- Core Recipe: Honeycomb Candy
- Core Recipe: Bittersweet Caramel Sauce
- All-the-Chocolate Cookies
- Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Giant Choco Chunkies
- Hazelnut Croquant Cookies
- Burnt-Caramel Basque Cheesecake
- Caramel Pear Cobbler
- Lauryn’s Hot-Sugar-Crust Peach Cake
- Sweet Potato Crumb Muffins
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Honeycomb Bars
- Ginger Honey Cake
- Lemony Hibiscus Doodles
- Passion Fruit and Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
- Downy Pumpkin Bundt with Maple Cream
- Rhubarb-Lime-Ginger Slab Pie à la Melissa
- Stuffed S’more Cookies
- Caramelly Kettle Corn with Miso
Eggs
- Core Recipe: Meringue Kisses
- Core Recipe: Basic Custard
- Core Recipe: Lime Curd
- Core Recipe: Pâte à Choux
- Core Recipe: Crème Anglaise
- Vanilla Bean—Roasted Stone-Fruit Eton Mess
- Mini Pavlovas with Tahini Cream and Mango
- Chocolate and Coconut Meringue Cookies
- Caramelized Banana Crusted Cornflake Tart
- Chocolate Cherry Cream Cake
- Chocolate Brûlée Tart
- Chocolate Chestnut Loaf
- Malted Chocolate Cream Pie
- Cinnamon-and-Cardamom—Spiced Churros
- Maple Ginger Pots de Crème
- Pistachio and Chocolate Eclairs
- Saffron and Cardamom Crème Caramel
- Coconut Pandan Rice Pudding
- Coffee Crème Croissant Bread Pudding
- Coconut Lime Layer Cake
- Cream Cheese Ice Cream with Dates
- Fresh Kiwi and Vanilla Bean Cake en Croûte
- Peanut Butter and Chocolate Snack Cake
- Chocolate Mint Sandwich Cookies
Flours, Nuts & Cocoa
- Core Recipe: Any-Nut Frangipane
- Core Recipe: Nut Paste
- Banana Crumb Cake
- Chocolate-Cherry Marzipan Biscotti
- Gianduja Rugelach
- Maple Tahini Chocolate Skillet Cake
- Chocolate Ginger Scones
- Raspberry Pistachio Bostock
- Toasted Coconut and Pecan Financiers
- Almond-Apricot Wafer Sandwiches
- Frangipane Brownies
- Berry—Cottage Cheese Skillet Cake
- Pistachio-Stuffed Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Yeast
- Core Recipe: Basic Enriched Sweet Dough
- Core Recipe: Rough Laminated Yeasted Dough
- Carrot Cake Buns
- Apricot Cardamom Buns
- Chocolate Sesame Swirl Bread
- Cinnamon Swirl Potato Bread
- Ginger Brûlée Doughnuts
- Marmalade Blueberry Bread
- Roulés aux Raisins with Pistachio Cream
- Rhubarb and Cheese Kolaches
- Pretzel Cheese Buns
- Raspberry and Almond Bear Claws
- Sticky Banana Monkey Bread
- Butterscotch Brioche Suisse
- Earl Grey Cream Danish Buns
- Big, Fluffy Lemon and Orange Buns
- Yeasted Coffee Cake with Pears