 
The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Old-Fashioned Recipes From New York's Sweetest Bakery
Appel and Torey are owners of the eponymous Manhattan bakery, which turns out the kind of white-cake treats that graced most tables decades ago. Retro deserts include Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake, made with Nabisco wafers, and Oatmeal, Raisin, Almond Cookies. These recipes are classics, with a few updated touches. Pecan Pie was handed down from a Texas grandmother; Magic Cookie Bars are packed with chocolate chips and coconut and sweetened with three cans of condensed milk. The unfortunately named Dump Cake is a throwback to old women's magazine recipes, consisting of cherry pie filling, canned pineapple, cake mix, pecans and butter. These super-sweet, mostly buttery items hark back to a pre-cholesterol eraAevidenced by Chocolate Chip, Peanut, Banana Loaf, which the authors describe as "healthy." A chapter on cheesecakes offers Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake and White Chocolate-Hazelnut Cheesecake. A section of baking tips includes little new information for even novice cooks (e.g., advice such as measuring accurately and watching cookies carefully to guard against burning). The same can be said of this book as a whole: these recipes are good, if ordinary. (Nov.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Another 250 Best Muffin 
Start your day with Blueberry Breakfast Gems or have a wonderfully satisfying meal on the run with a Meal in a Minute Muffin. Recipes created for the microwave like Refrigerator Micro-Bran Muffins and the Specially for Kids chapter is designed for and with children in mind. Not only can kids make these recipes themselves with a little help from Mom or Dad, but each recipe is sure to appeal. Perfect for busy households, the Mix-A-Mix chapter enables you to prepare batter in advance which can be refrigerated and then popped into the oven at a later time. Chocolate Lover's Delight and Fudgey Nut Muffins will certainly satisfy the craving for something sumptuous. Also includes recipes for buffins, cuffins and puffins (a little bit cupcake, a little bit muffin and a whole lot delicious!). |