BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts
By Stella Parks
W.W. Norton & Company, 2017
Publisher Description
From One-Bowl Devil’s Food Layer Cake to a flawless Cherry Pie that’s crisp even on the very bottom, BraveTart is a celebration of classic American desserts.
Whether down-home delights like Blueberry Muffins and Glossy Fudge Brownies or supermarket mainstays such as Vanilla Wafers and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream, your favorites are all here. These meticulously tested recipes bring an award-winning pastry chef’s expertise into your kitchen, along with advice on how to “mix it up” with over 200 customizable variations—in short, exactly what you’d expect from a cookbook penned by a senior editor at Serious Eats. Yet BraveTart is much more than a cookbook, as Stella Parks delves into the surprising stories of how our favorite desserts came to be, from chocolate chip cookies that predate the Tollhouse Inn to the prohibition-era origins of ice cream sodas and floats. With a foreword by _The Food Lab_’s J. Kenji López-Alt, vintage advertisements for these historical desserts, and breathtaking photography from Penny De Los Santos, BraveTart is sure to become an American classic.
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Recipes
Classic American Desserts: Cookies & Candy
- Chopped Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Triple-Oatmeal Cookies
- Snickerdoodles
- Snip Doodles
- Snickerstreusel
- Honey-Roasted Peanut Butter Cookies
- Glossy Fudge Brownies
- White Chocolate Butterscotch Blondies
- Caramelized White Chocolate
- Chocolate-Covered S’mores
- Butter Vanilla Marshmallows
- Caramel-Vanilla Peanut Brittle
- Baltimore Fudge
Classic American Desserts: Cakes
- Soufléed Cheesecake
- Buttermilk Biscuits with Strawberries and Cream
- Sliced Summer Strawberries
- Make-Ahead Whipped Cream
- Upside-Down Pineapple Cutout Cake
- Effortless Angel’s Food Cake
- Roasted Sugar
- Boston Cream Pie
- White Mountain Layer Cake
- Marshmallow Buttercream
- Classic Yellow Layer Cake
- Fudge Frosting
- One-Bowl Devil’s Food Layer Cake
- Milk Chocolate Frosting
- Red (Wine) Velvet Cake
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Brown-Butter Carrot Cake
- Twisted Carrot Roses
Classic American Desserts: Pies
- No-Stress All-Butter Pastry Crust
- Lemon Meringue Pie
- Marshmallow Meringue
- No-Cook Lemon Syrup
- Dark Chocolate Cream Pie
- Frankie’s Coconut Cream Pie
- Butternut Pumpkin Pie
- Quick Condensed Milk
- Magic Key Lime Pie
- No-Fuss Apple Pie
- Classic Cherry Pie
Classic American Desserts: Doughnuts
- Fried Cake Donettes
- Fluffy Yeast-Raised Potato Doughnuts
Classic American Brands: Cookies & Snacks
- Homemade Nilla® Wafers
- Animal Crackers
- Crispy Whole Wheat Graham Crackers
- Homemade Fig Newtons®
- Homemade Oreo® Cookies
- Homemade Vanilla Oreo® Filling
- Homemade Nutter Butter® Cookies
- Homemade Fudge Stripes™
- Homemade Pecan Sandies®
- Homemade Magic Middles®
- Homemade Danish Wedding Cookies
- Homemade Thin Mints®
- Homemade Trefoils®
- Homemade Oatmeal Creme Pies
- Vanilla Marshmallow Creme
- Homemade Wonder Bread®
- Homemade Twinkies®
- “Twinkie” Tres Leches
- Homemade Hostess®-Style Cupcakes
- Homemade Lofthouse®-Style Cookies
Classic American Brands: Puddings
- Tahitian Vanilla Pudding
- DIY Banana Pudding
- Icebox Chiffon Pie with Fresh Raspberries
- Silky Chocolate Pudding
- Whipped Chocolate Crémeux
Classic American Brands: Breakfast Treats
- Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
- Homemade Pop-Tarts®
- No-Knead English Muffins
- Five-Minute Muffins
- Top-Shelf Muffin Mix
- Homemade McDonald’s®-Style Baked Apple Turnovers
Classic American Brands: Candies & Candy Bars
- Homemade Crunch Bars
- Homemade Reese’s® Peanut Butter Cups
- Fluffy Cocoa Nougat
- Homemade 3 Musketeers® Bars
- Homemade Milky Way® Bars
- Chewy Caramel
- Homemade Snickers® Bars
- Homemade Cracker Jack®
- Homemade Rice Krispies Treats®
- Homemade Heath® Toffee Bits
- Chocolate Sprinkles
- Rainbow Sprinkles
Classic American Ice Cream: Scoops & Fountain Specials
- Double-Vanilla Ice Cream
- Make Ben & Jerry® Jealous: Vanilla Variations
- Devil’s Food Chocolate Ice Cream
- Philadelphia-Style Strawberry Ice Cream
- Cream Cheese Ice Cream
- Brown Butter Pecans
- Cookie Dough Nuggets
- Ice Cream Sodas or Floats
- Mexican Vanilla Syrup
- Authentic Hot Fudge Sundae
- Malted Butterscoth Sauce
- Homemade Hershey’s®-Style Syrup
- Homemade Magic Shell®
- Ice Cream Sandwiches
