Maida Heatter'S Book Of Great Desserts

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Summary: Love baking? Get this cookbook!
Review: As someone who loves to bake, I've come to adore this cookbook. Ms. Heatter's easy to follow directions make it easy to achieve great results on recipes that can seem a bit daunting at first. She not only has great cake recipes, she also has recipes for glaceed strawberries (these are to die for!), ice cream sauces, cookies, brownies and much more. Anytime I want to bake something that will impress, this is the first book I pick up.

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Summary: Love baking? Get this cookbook!
Review: I have acquired quite a few cookbooks but this particular title is truly my favorite. I just bought another copy of this version for a friend of mine and she's absolutely thrilled with her new baking accomplishments! Like everyone says: "The Palm Beach Brownies are to DIE for...." Better make a double batch....they go quick!

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Summary: I LOVE this cookbook!
Review: I have acquired quite a few cookbooks but this particular title is truly my favorite. I just bought another copy of this version for a friend of mine and she's absolutely thrilled with her new baking accomplishments! Like everyone says: "The Palm Beach Brownies are to DIE for...." Better make a double batch....they go quick!

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Summary: Great to have it back!
Review: I have been baking from this book for years and years. Now that it's been reissued, I won't have to worry about keeping my old book readable. Maida Heatter is a master teacher and baker. Her recipes and advice inspire confidence, especially for the beginner. She takes you step by step in the process so that you can't make a mistake. My teenage daughter started baking from this book when she was 11 (without me) and made great treats. Start from the beginning and bake your way through it!

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Summary: Best Tasting Easiest to Follow Desert Cookbook - Ever
Review: I have bought every one of her desert cookbooks. I started in 1978 with Great Deserts, moved on to her cookie cookbook, bought the new great desert cookbook. Also have several others. If you want to have "graduate level" lessons in creating the best tasting and easy-as-pie to follow recipes, don't hesitate to get any of her books. My books are all falling apart, batter stained and very throroughly used. You can get a great reputation as a desert cook if you will follow ANY of the recipes. The books are fascinating to read as well. Maida Heattier is really the queen of deserts - anyone else claiming the crown should step aside!

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Summary: A Classic!
Review: If you only own a few cookbooks make this one of them! I bought this book years ago when I was first learning to make desserts. All sorts of crazes have come and gone since then but these desserts have never gone out of style. I have made Maida's two different chocolate mousse recipes for the same party, and let the guests pick which type they preferred, dense and deeply chocolate or lighter and creamier. Everyone had a preference! The strawberry bavarian is easy to make and a real crowd pleaser, as is the Queen of Sheba Torte. I treasure my old battered and stained copy of this book, and should buy a new copy to hold in reserve. My other absolute favorite dessert book is Classic Home Desserts by Richard Sax.

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Summary: An impressive compendium of wonderful recipes
Review: Inducted into the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Hall of Fame, Maida Heatter's Book Of Great Desserts is an impressive compendium of wonderful recipes for topping off any meal wether it be ordinary daily dining with the family, special celebratory occasions, or when the urge for something delicious when our sweet tooth beckons. From Palm Beach Chocolate Tube Cake; Buttermilk Spice Cake; New Orleans Oatmeal Cookies; and Swedish Dream Cookies; to Pineapple and Strawberries Creole; Apricot Sherbet; Ice Box Rice Pudding; and Pots de Creme au Chocolat, Maida Heatter's Book Of Great Desserts fully lives up to its title and clearly documents why Maida Heatter has won nearly every honor possible for a writer of cookbooks.

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Summary: An absolute must-have for anyone who loves desserts!
Review: Mrs. Heatter isn't your best known author when it comes to cooking, but her desserts are simply wonderful. She writes in a style that reminds me of Julia Child in her thoroughness. She will give you a tip or two about most recipes, or tell you where they come from. The fare in this book isn't what you would find in the grocery store, but rather these are the wonderful little cakes you might get from an old fashioned bakery. Her instructions are clear, concise, and will not leave you wondering if you are doing this correctly. I would highly recommend any of her books for enlarging your dessert offerings. She will have your guests wondering how you were able to make these delicious desserts.

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Summary: Don't pass this one by, if you like great desserts
Review: Mrs. Heatter isn't your best known author when it comes to cooking, but her desserts are simply wonderful. She writes in a style that reminds me of Julia Child in her thoroughness. She will give you a tip or two about most recipes, or tell you where they come from. The fare in this book isn't what you would find in the grocery store, but rather these are the wonderful little cakes you might get from an old fashioned bakery. Her instructions are clear, concise, and will not leave you wondering if you are doing this correctly. I would highly recommend any of her books for enlarging your dessert offerings. She will have your guests wondering how you were able to make these delicious desserts.

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Summary: Maida Heatter
Review: Nobody makes it easier to bake delicious goodies than Maida Heatter. I've had this book since it came out and it's dogeared from use. You can page through it and see which recipes are my favorites, because there are stains everywhere. I collect cookbooks but I always turn to Maida Heatter for dessert. She is absolutely the best, for either beginner or expert baker.