BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts Hardcover – Illustrated, August 15, 2017

I bought this book after a friend baked goodies and recommended it. I've since been working out of this book for a year now. I've tried about a dozen or so recipes and it is by far the funnest and best baking book I've ever come across. T is the only cooking anything that I havw bought and sent to 4 people, and recimmended to anyone who will listen.The entry pages with insightful information about measurements, and history is very insightful and useful. She gives details, and weights, helping you to understand the history of a dish, and how to properly obtain the right ingredient amount. No more guessing! My favorite recipe so far is the oatmeal cookies. The marshmallow is tough without careful attention, but it just teaches you to fully read all the recipe before pursuing it! Image is of the oatmeal pie without the marshmallow- absolute divinity

You like delicious cookies? Buy the book. Pin the double chocolate cookie recipe - it's so fudgy and tasty! The cookie dough freezes well. This is my go-to book for dinner party dessert making. Other than the cookie recipes, I also highly recommend the cinnamon roll recipe (huge hit with the adults AND children).

I received this cookbook as a gift from my son. I love it so much that I bought another one for my second home. This purchase here was for my sister's birthday. The recipes take your traditional Breads and desserts and elevates them. They have a recipe for Oreo cookies that is so good it's unbelievable. Most of the recipes include optional flavors or add-ons so that you can use the recipe for more than one result. I highly recommend this recipe book it is amazing. It truly is one of the only recipe books I use because it is unique and everything is delicious.

I challenged myself to bake everything in this book - I’m about 75% of the way through and I have learned SO much and gained so much confidence with desserts. I’ve had some failures but a lot of amazing success. I come back to Stella’s cake recipes again and again. My copy of this book is so marked up and a bit of flour shakes out with every page :) Highly recommend!

I thought this was a cookie book because that's what's shown in the preview, and already have one I absolutely adore, so I didn’t think I needed this. Then I saw J. Kenji López-Alt’s review, and I love his book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, so I gave this a thumb through. Whoa! This is not another cookie book. It’s chock-full of all the iconic Americana treats that your inner child loves. It’s just plain fun. And she has some awfully clever hacks.The chapters are:* Classic American Desserts: 1. Cookies & Candy, 2. Cakes, 3. Pies, and 4. Doughnuts* Classic American Brands: 5. Cookies & Snacks, 6. Puddings, 7. Breakfast Treats, and 8. Candies & Candy Bars* Classic American Ice Cream: 9. Scoops & Fountain SpecialsPictured below:1) Homemade Oreos with Homemade Cream Filling – p 212&215. Haha! They are spot on, and were a lot easier to make than I expected. Nice bonus – environmentalist friends will be thrilled that there’s no palm oil in sight. Here’s the embossed rolling pin, if you want yours to be fancy looking, too. PAISLEY rolling pin. Engraved rolling pin with paisley for embossed cookies. Embossing rolling pin.2) Homemade Pop-Tarts – p 274. Yum! They’re not supposed to be blue, but my little one asked, and kids are cute, so…. These have to cool after you bake them, and the icing has to set for 12 hours after, so these need a little pre-planning. These are a little more effort-y than the Oreos, but they are beyond worth it. I’m shocked by how much fruit is actually crammed in these. Niiice. I purchased sprinkles, but she has a recipe for those, too, if you’re feeling it.3) Peanut Butter Cups – p 299. Tempering the chocolate takes a little patience waiting for the chocolate to hit the exact temps, but these were easy and the kids were thrilled.4) Red Wine Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting - p 130 & 132. *That* is an amazing cake! Outstanding flavor and not terribly sweet. There's no artificial coloring in it, just dark zinfandel and raw cocoa powder.5) Double Vanilla Ice Cream – p 334 with Cookie Dough Nuggets – p 346. I did the peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough variation. Divine. The vanilla flavor is nice and strong and the ice cream's texture is perfectly creamy.Some others I have flagged to try: Chocolate Covered S’mores – p 63 * Souffleed Cheesecake – p 80 * Buttermilk Biscuits with Strawberries and Cream – p 86 * Pineapple Cutout Cake – p 93 * Lemon Meringue Pie with Marshmallow Meringue – p 153 * Fried Cake Donettes – p 186 * Homemade Thin Mints – p 228 * Homemade Twinkies – p 244 * Homemade 3 Musketeers – p 304 * Homemade Snickers – p 308 * Homemade Cracker Jack – p 311I’ll update this as I play in the book more.

More pictures. Always with the cookbooks. More product pictures so we can see what exactly the author means. Anyhoo the Frankie’s coconut cream pie recipe is right up my alley. Tahitian vanilla pudding is surprisingly easy to mess up. Pie crust technique is great and easy.

Great baking cookbook! Well written with scientific methods and variations on the classics. Made the peanut butter cookies with peanuts ground into the flour; Best peanut butter cookies we have ever had! Can’t wait to bake more out of this book.