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Clarkson Potter

Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence: A Baking Book

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her first cookbook, Bon Appétit and YouTube star of the show Gourmet Makes offers wisdom, problem-solving strategies, and more than 100 meticulously tested, creative, and inspiring recipes. IACP AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Bon Appétit • NPR • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution • Salon • Epicurious “There are no ‘just cooks’ out there, only bakers who haven't yet been converted. I am a dessert person, and we are all dessert people.”—Claire Saffitz Claire Saffitz is a baking hero for a new generation. In Dessert Person, fans will find Claire’s signature spin on sweet and savory recipes like Babkallah (a babka-Challah mashup), Apple and Concord Grape Crumble Pie, Strawberry-Cornmeal Layer Cake, Crispy Mushroom Galette, and Malted Forever Brownies. She outlines the problems and solutions for each recipe—like what to do if your pie dough for Sour Cherry Pie cracks (patch it with dough or a quiche flour paste!)—as well as practical do’s and don’ts, skill level, prep and bake time, step-by-step photography, and foundational know-how. With her trademark warmth and superpower ability to explain anything baking related, Claire is ready to make everyone a dessert person. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarkson Potter (October 20, 2020)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1984826964


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 61


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.53 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.3 x 1.15 x 11.23 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #1,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3 in Biscuit, Muffin & Scone Baking #17 in Comfort Food Cooking (Books) #31 in Culinary Arts & Techniques (Books)


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    • Yes, it’s a great book if you enjoy to challenge yourself a bit
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The directions are very clear and straightforward, and the ingredients are easy to find. I have very little experience in baking yet I baked a few things which I would feel comfortable to give out to family and friends. However there are times that the results are not as good as expected, and I learned that I need to follow all the steps thoroughly and the goal is still achievable. I am currently challenging myself to bake stuff that are “moderately” difficult according to the book, 3/5, with 5 being the very challenging level. Some recipes are very involved and took me many hours to work on, but the outcome is very rewarding. I still can’t make a lemon tart pie that can stay its shape after being cut, but the flavor is still great. I spent almost five hours on the babka recipe yesterday but it is literally the best bread I have had for a while. I bought a food processor and a Kitchen Aid mixer after I got this book. There are many many recipes in the book that needs these tools. There are desert that you can make without them, but they are mostly very basic (seedy breakfast muffins, pancakes, banana bread, chocolate chip cookies, etc). Don’t get me wrong, they are still great deserts, but this book can take you much further than that. If you are satisfied with those store mixes, and don’t like to get into much details, this book may not be a good choice for you. The author has a YouTube channel for this book that everyone can follow, if you are not sure about this book you can check out the video and get a feel of what you are getting into. I like Claire(the author)’s way of explaining things and not being too wordy, and I love her for being so simple yet being so articulate about every recipe. My husband’s only complaint about this book is he’s getting chubbier because he can’t stop eating the dessert I made. Lol. Update: I still love this book after 2 years. I have tried many more recipes since 2020, and there are still many more to try out. What I really love about the book is that it covers a wide variety of desserts from different regions of the world, like St. Louis butter cake, some Jewish recipes, some Italian recipes, and French recipes. I never failed any recipe I tried, because they are all tested by Claire before she put them in the book. The book holds up well after frequent use. I only wish the font could be bigger because even with my 20/20 vision sometimes I have to get really close to the book to make sure I’m reading it right. But I understand with all the instructions every recipe contains it’s hard to make the font bigger. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2021 by Liv Martin Liv Martin
    • Unique desserts with the complexity I'm looking for
I love this cookbook. It's unlike any other cookbook I've owned in that I want to make nearly everything in it. Why? Because the recipes are so unique, and because I've grown to trust Claire's tastes, which seem to be similar to my own – sweet but not too sweet, and plenty of fruit. I purchased this cookbook only a couple of months ago and have already made around a dozen recipes from it, two of them twice. The least interesting one for me was the chocolate chip cookies, but no surprises there. (I would have loved, actually, if she had given chocolate chip cookies some kind of fruity twist.) Even recipes I wasn't so sure about have turned out amazing. The halvah blondies are unique and savory and delicious. The rhubarb cake is perfectly sweet and sour. For anyone thinking of buying this book, the biggest things I'd say to look out for are that her time estimates don't seem to include mise en place (a big deal if you're measuring nearly twenty ingredients, like in the seedy blueberry muffins), and I don't always agree with her difficulty estimates either. The mango rice pudding cake, for example, calls for making both rice pudding and a caramel, and a caramel isn't easy until you know what you're doing. She rates it a 2 out of 5, whereas I'd rate it a 3. There are also a couple of typos (like the brownie recipe's water measurement, which is accurate by volume but not by weight), but it doesn't seem to be frequent. There are a few recipes in here that I never plan to touch, such as the fruit cake that takes two months. But for the most part, I'm baking from this book obsessively, and her YouTube channel contains so much helpful instruction ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2024 by Amazon Customer
    • An Amazing Reference!
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I've followed Claire Saffitz's work for years, and I'm so thrilled that I've finally picked up her cook book! This book has such amazing recipes, but the ones I use the most are her bread recipes (ironic, since this is a dessert book). Her sour cream and chive rolls are a staple to bring to dinner parties, and my absolute favorite recipe is her foccacia. The book is worth it just to have one of the easiest, most flavorful focaccia recipes that gets requested by friends and family time and time again. Do not pass on this book! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2024 by C B C B

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