Bake Smart: Sweets and Secrets from My Oven to Yours

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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