Classic Snacks Made from Scratch: 70 Homemade Versions of Your Favorite Brand-Name Treats

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Ulysses Press, Feb 19, 2013 - Cooking - 160 pages
"Barber's book is a masterpiece of reverse engineering."--SeriousEats.com

YOUR FAVORITE TREATS . . . FROM YOUR KITCHEN

A cream-filled chocolate cupcake for dessert. Caramel popcorn while watching a movie. An ice cream sandwich on a hot summer day. What could be better than indulging in your favorite guilty pleasures? Having the fun and satisfaction of making them yourself with all-natural ingredients so they taste more delicious than the brand-name originals. This book faithfully reproduces beloved snacks and nostalgic vending machine classics, like:

-Nutter Butters(R)
-Nacho Cheese Doritos(R)
-Funyuns(R)
-Klondike(R) Bars
-Animals Crackers
-Creamsicles(R)
-Sour Patch(TM) Kids
-Cinnamon Pop Tarts(R)

Wouldn't it be nice if junk food wasn't full of junk? This book answers that dilemma by serving up recipes for delicious, preservative-free treats made with the good, old-fashioned ingredients--flour, sugar and butter. With 70 scrumptiously salty and sweet recipes, plus mouth-watering full-color photos, this

 

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Contents

CAKEY TREATS
34
CHEESY SNACKS
60
ICE CREAM TREATS
94
SWEETS
116
Caramel Corn
129
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1/2 teaspoon kosher 1/2-inch cubes airtight container baking powder baking sheet baking soda cakes canola oil cheese chilled unsalted butter chips chocolate cocoa powder cool completely Corn Nuts corn syrup cornstarch crackers cupcakes cut into 1/2-inch deep fryer Deep Frying dough egg whites electric deep fryer filling flavor food processor freezer gently granulated sugar heatproof tongs ice cream maker large egg Line 2 baking liquid Mallomars mesh strainer metal skimmer mini food processor paddle attachment paper or Silpat parchment paper pastry bag pastry or pizza pizza cutter potato powdered sugar Preheat the oven prepared baking sheet pretzels purpose flour recipe rectangle reduced-fat milk refrigerate room temperature saucepan sheets with parchment Silpat Silpat liners simmer skimmer or mesh slices spatula SPECIAL EQUIPMENT stand mixer fitted stir strawberries tablespoons teaspoon kosher salt teaspoon vanilla extract Transfer unbleached vanilla extract VANILLA ICE vegetable or canola waxed paper whole or reduced-fat wire rack zip-top

About the author (2013)

Casey Barber is a freelance food writer, recipe developer and editor of Good. Food. Stories., a growing online magazine focusing on food from a storyteller’s perspective. Her work has also appeared in Serious Eats, ReadyMade, Gourmet Live, DRAFT, Time Out New York, iVillage, and other print and online publications.

Bibliographic information

TitleClassic Snacks Made from Scratch: 70 Homemade Versions of Your Favorite Brand-Name Treats
AuthorCasey Barber
Editionillustrated
PublisherUlysses Press, 2013
ISBN1612431216, 9781612431215
Length160 pages
Subjects ›  ›  › 

Cooking / Comfort Food
Cooking / Cooking for Kids
Cooking / Courses & Dishes / General
Cooking / General
Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / American / General
  
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