Preface • Acknowledgments • An Introduction to Kosher Baking • Bakeware, Tools, and Equipment • Baking Ingredients • Foolproof Tips & Techniques • QUICK & ELEGANT DESSERTS (15 minutes preparation time) • Cookies, Biscotti, & Bar Cookies: Chocolate Chip Mandelbread — Chocolate Chunk Biscotti — Lemon Rosemary Biscotti Sticks — Double Chocolate Chip Cookies — Sablé Galette Cookies — Amaretto Cookies — Chewy Chocolate Velvet Cookies — Pistachio Financiers — Fudgy Brownies — Chocolate Almond Toffee Bars • Quick Cakes, Breads, & Muffins: Orange Tea Cake — Vanilla Pound Cake — Everyone’s Favorite Chocolate Cake — Chocolate Mint Cake — Pecan Coffee Cake — Apple Upside-Down Cake — Honey Cake with Pecan Swirls — Pumpkin Cake — Date Cake — Lime Poppy Seed Pound Cake — Blueberry Cake — Banana Bread — Corn Bread — Vanilla Sheet Cake — Chocolate Cupcakes — Black & Blue Muffins • Pastries, Candies, & Fruit Soups: Summer Fruit Triangles — Chocolate Chip Pastry Sticks — Apricot Pastries — Almond Puff Pastry Sticks — Apple Pastry — Cinnamon Palmiers — Vanilla Bean Crispy Treats — Mocha Brownie Fudge — Fruit Soup with Triple Sorbet Garnish — Strawberry Gazpacho • Tarts, Pies, & Cobbler: Quick Apricot Tart — Cranberry Pumpkin Frangipane Tart — Plum-Cherry Mini Tarte Tatins — Four Quick Fruit Pies — Pumpkin Pie — Far Breton — Orange Mocha Pecan Pie — Chocolate Chip Pie — Pear & Berry Cobbler • TWO-STEP DESSERTS (15–30 minutes preparation time) • Cookies, Biscotti, Bar Cookies, & Candies: Shortbread — Lemon Tea Cookies — Linzer Tarts — Sesame Cookies — Coffee Cardamom Shortbread — Chocolate Sandwich Cookies — Oatmeal Raisin Cookies — Bubba (Jam Button) Cookies — Peanut Butter Cookies — Almond Anise Biscotti — Hamentaschen — Orange Poppy Seed Hamentaschen — Chocolate Candy Hamentaschen — Lemon Bars — Pecan Bars — Raspberry Bars • Cakes, Cupcakes, & Scones: Iced Lemon Pound Cake — Upside-Down Raspberry Cake — Carrot Cake with Cinnamon Honey Cream Cheese Frosting — White Cake with Seven-Minute Frosting — Chocolate Almond Cake with Chocolate Glaze — Six-Layer Chocolate Ganache Cake — Madeleines — Fondant-Covered Mini Cakes — Twinkie Cupcakes — Red Velvet Cupcakes with Vanilla Icing — Lavender & Orange Cupcakes with Purple Frosting — Basic Scones — Scones au Chocolat • Tarts, Pies, & Plated Desserts: Apple Tart Tatin — Poppy Seed Tart — Plum Tart — Cherry Pie — Peach Pie for a Crowd — Summer Fruit Galette — Challah Beer Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce — Layered Baklava with Orange Blossom Syrup — Almond Pastry Squares — Mini Carrot Soufflés with Cinnamon Crème Anglaise • MULTIPLE-STEP DESSERTS & BREADS (more than 30 minutes preparation time) • Cookies, Bars, & Candies: Cracked-Top Chocolate Cookies — Almond Tuilles — Rugelach Three Ways — Cinnamon Horns — Brownie Pops — Cinnamon, Vanilla, & Raspberry Macaroons — Chocolate, Coconut, & Macadamia Nut Candy — Chocolate Truffles — Chocolate Pistachio Candies — Dried Fruit Truffles • Cakes, Pastries, & Dessert Breads: Black & White Layer Cake — Toasted Almond Layer Cake — Dark Chocolate Mousse Layer Cake — Sorbet Cake — Coconut Cake with Lime Filling — Classic Cheesecake — Chocolate Mousse Truffle Cake — Jelly Doughnuts — Cinnamon Buns — Chocolate Babka — Cinnamon Apricot Pull-Apart Babka — Babka Cupcakes with Crumb Topping — Mini Éclairs — Chocolate Rolls • Tarts: Lemon Tart — Key Lime Pie — Pear & Almond Tart — Pistachio & Raspberry Tart — Caramelized Nut Tart — Fruit Tart — Fresh Fruit Tart with a Chocolate Crust — Salted Chocolate Caramel Tartlets — Mini Lemon or Lime Tarts — Apple Strudel • Plated Desserts, Mousses, & Puddings: Molten Chocolate Cakes — Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cakes — Chocolate Crêpes — Chocolate, Pistachio, & Raspberry Filo Packages — Profiteroles — Éclair Puffs with Caramel Sauce — Strawberry Vanilla Verrines — Chocolate Mousse — Strawberry Mousse — Rice Pudding — Vanilla Flan — Crème Brûlée – Tiramisu • Challah: Classic Challah — Sweet Honey & Saffron Challah — Whole Wheat Challah — Harvest Challah • PASSOVER & OTHER SPECIAL DIETS • Passover Desserts: Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Biscotti — Thin Farfel Cookies — Chocolate Brownie Cookies — Marble Chocolate Matzoh — Chocolate Chiffon Cake — Mocha Matzoh Napoleon — Orange Cigarette Cookies — Strawberry Shortcake — Lemon Layer Cake — Flourless Chocolate Cake — Chocolate Mousse Meringue Layer Cake • No-Sugar-Added Desserts: Mandelbread – Chocolate Chunk Scones — Brownies — Apricot Bars — Low-Sugar Apple Pear Pie — Peach-Blueberry Galette — Low-Sugar Pear Strudel — Cinnamon Pecan Babka — Profiteroles with Compote — Low-Sugar Chocolate Mousse • Appendix: Sauces & Frostings — Resources — Metric Conversions • Index