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From the bestselling "legend" of baking (New York Times), Maida Heatter, a modern-classic collection of her all-time best-loved, tried-and-true recipes

"Happiness is baking cookies. Happiness is giving them away. And serving them, and eating them, talking about them, reading and writing about them, thinking about them, and sharing them with you."

Maida Heatter is one of the most iconic and fondly remembered cookbook authors of all time. Her recipes, each a modern classic, are must-haves in every home baker's bag of tricks: her cookies, cakes, muffins, tarts, pies, and sweets of all kinds range from extravagantly special to the comforting and everyday. Her brown-sugary Budapest Coffee Cake, her minty Palm Beach Brownies, her sophisticated East 62nd Street Lemon Cake, and many other desserts have inspired legions of devotees.

Happiness Is Baking reproduces Maida's best-loved recipes in a fully illustrated new edition with a foreword by Dorie Greenspan. Developed for foolproof baking by experienced cooks and novices alike, these recipes bear Maida's trademark warmth, no-nonsense style, and her promise that they will work every time.

Happiness Is Baking is the perfect gift for anyone who loves baking--or who knows the happiness that comes from a delicious dessert.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Voracious; Illustrated edition (April 16, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316420573
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316420570
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.4 x 1.35 x 9.25 inches
Reviewer: EPICurean M.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Compilation of Maida Heatter's Recipes and cute illustrations
Review: So I was so excited about this book coming out from the famous Maida Haetter, a very well-known cookbook author of desserts, cookies, cakes and anything sweet. This book is a compilation of the famous and popular recipes coming from many people who thought that her recipes really work, unless you enjoy reading her books as a guide to help you through successful baking.Maida Haetter is one of those cookbook authors that gives great emphasis and technical knowledge why she uses a particular technique to make these treats a success. A recipe requires precision, updated modern techniques that still works in her recipes, have all ingredients in an organized order and read the recipe all throughout until you reach the end. Then you are ready to bake. What I really enjoy about Maida is her high attention to detail, a unique technique and the final result are so delicious. Furthermore, this book list most of the popular recipes that people often requests or bakers that have baked it and the results gives astonishing results because it creates food memories of many people who have her recipes. From reading this cookbook, she probably got it from her mother's talents of cooking. Although she went to Pratt Institute and graduated with a major in fashion design and illustration. Her recipes have been followed by numerous chefs, home cooks all over because of her technical knowledge, wisdom, and some notes that will be part of our baking repetoire when we liked the recipe.But anyway, I have tried several recipes already from her past books like the Big Sur Choco Chip Cookies, Neiman Marcus Choco Chip Cookies, Buttermilk Spice Cake, Chocolate Intrigue (this is one chocolate cake you have to try- so delicious especially when you make a dark chocolate sauce and served with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream). On this book, I am going to try her last chapter - Pies, Tarts, Brownies, Bars and More.Also I like how she writes and talks how she does it in a specific way. Sometimes her stories are so funny which is true. You're almost listening while she is baking with you while reading the book. That's how I felt while reading the book, yet I enjoyed it! Can you also believe that she is 101 years old? She is still alive and kicking.

Reviewer: Grandma
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Very Best from the Queen of Cake - and PIe - and Cookies - and Dessert!
Review: It seems like Maida Heatter has been a part of my baking life for most of my life. I'm lucky enough to still own several of her delightful baking books, some long out of print, that are old and dear friends. No worries, though. Maida, now 102, has put together a brand new collection of her most treasured, tried and tested recipes in Happiness is Baking and I'm delighted to own a copy!Many of these recipes are old friends. Key Lime Pie, the very pie that Maida once baked for presidents, is a treasure I have produced hundreds of times. Her brownies are legendary (try the Cream Cheese Brownies!) and the Fudge Cake With Fudge recipe you'll find on page 77 is the original Wellesley Fudge Cake, a cake I often made when my eldest was small. This very rich, very chocolate cake is luscious. My young husband, a chocolate lover, would take every opportunity to sit down with that cake, a fork and a gallon of milk straight from the farm to polish off the lot. (I could wish for that metabolism.) And right this very minute I've a batch of Florida Lemon Squares in the oven. (My kitchen always has lemons and oatmeal and brown sugar.) If you like lemon meringue pie, you will go mad for Florida Lemon Squares.Whether you are an experienced baker or looking for a gift for a 10 year old who wants to learn to bake, I couldn't recommend Happiness is Baking more highly. With 276 pages of Maida Heatter's very best recipes this is a book you will treasure for years. The book features a retro cover, hand painted illustrations and print big enough to read even without reading glasses.Grandma's $0.02 - 1000 Thumbs Up! The "must have" of the year!

Reviewer: William Sample
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best baking cookbook
Review: If you are looking for a cookbook that offers amazing baking recipes, teaches you better technique, and allows you to "wow" friends and family with amazing cakes, this is the one for you. Maida wrote this book with a lot of love, a lot of patience, and a ton of knowledge and wit. Reading this is an absolute joy as she walks you through her process, how she discovered and tested all of these recipes, and how she teaches some better techniques that will help you to make all of your different baked goods even better. She does say to not change any of her recipes and I'll gladly say that of the ones I've tried so far, they are all amazing! But there is something to be said for making your own mistakes in the kitchen!!Lastly, when she says to butter the inside of your pan and then sprinkle it with breadcrumbs, don't use store bought bread crumbs. Buy a pack of Kings Hawaiian rolls, split them, lay them on a baking sheet, put them in the oven on 250 for about 30-40 minutes until they have no moisture left, and put them in a food processor or blender. Use the crumbs you need for the recipe and seal up the rest in some air tight tupperware to keep in the freezer until you need them again. Trust me, this will make the most amazing crusts for your cakes.Try the Boston Cream Pie recipe first! Trust me you will love it!!!!!!!

Reviewer: Cynthia Hogle
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: No pictures!
Review: Ok recipes but no pictures. I made the tiramisu and the mascarpone cheese “broke” while whipping and recipe had no suggestion on fixing it. I had to stop and get on the computer to salvage my recipe.

Reviewer: Cliente Amazon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: L’ho regalato a mia sorella ed è stata una sorpresa bellissima . È scritto in inglese , ottimo per chi lo parla

Reviewer: Kris
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I was really pleased to receive Happiness is Baking by Maida Heatter from my family for my birthday! This hard cover book is a beautiful compilation of Heatter's greatest baking recipes. I appreciate that there are recipes to suit every occasion and, every level of home baker -- something for everyone. I loved reading through the recipe head notes because Heatter has something interesting to say about each recipe! What makes this book special is the wonderfully written forward by Dorie Greenspan, as well as the striking illustrations by Alice Oehr. Oehr's vintage-inspired style of illustration really suits this cookbook. My family is huge fans of Heatter's "The $250.00 Cookie Recipe" which I've bake quite a few times for them since getting the book. This cookbook would make a great addition to any cookbook library.

Reviewer: Pen Name
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Having read good reviews on this book I decided to order it but was slightly disappointed as the recipes are given in a mix of ounces and cup measurements and I am use to using grams so will need to convert every recipe... also I did not like cartoon type pictures of the finished cakes, I like to see a photograph of finish cakes.... it does have a recipe for making dog biscuits which will be good ti make to give to friends with dogs at Christmas time...

Reviewer: H Tamm
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Good addition to Kitchen bookshelf as a good compilation of baking recipes. I wished they had photos instead on very simple illustrations .

Reviewer: Mariachiara Franceschelli
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Un libro da avere......dolci dal gusto vintage che fanno tanto casa