Those yearning to create more healthy treats will learn how to bake without the fats and hydrogenated oils found in common dessert recipes with this lavishly illustrated cookbook. Designed specifically for baking with olive oil, the recipes eliminate key ingredients—butter, hydrogenated oils, margarine, and shortening—that are staples in many traditional desserts. In addition to household favorites such as toll cookies, brownies, and apple pie, the cookbook features instructions for making more than 60 mouth-watering treats, among them chocolate chip buttermilk cake, silky cheesecake with strawberries, lemon sugar cookies, pecan coconut bars, and apple cinnamon rolls. Hints such as using egg substitutes and other ingredients to further lower cholesterol intake, substituting lactose-free options for those suffering from milk sensitivities, and a guide to the many varieties of olive oil are also included.
Olive Oil Queen Micki Sannar, is all about using healthy oils to create flavor magic. When her family faced pressing health concerns, she had no idea that her desire to bake desserts using only olive oil rather than shortening or butter would turn into a culinary innovation and global intrigue. A tiny person packed with as much flair, flavor, and fun as her recipes, her unique and surprising global creations are sure to wow the taste buds and comfort the soul, while bringing simple gourmet into the home kitchen.
Right out of the gate her book, Olive Oil Desserts: Delicious and Healthy Heart Smart Baking, was a huge success. It won multiple cooking awards and was featured on Amazon as a "mover and shaker" in the industry. Her next original cook book, Aroma & Olive Oil ( released September 2012) will be sure to please as she introduces the happy marriage of olive oil and CPTG essential oils, taking cooking to new therapeutic heights.
With more than 25 years of experience, Micki is a sought after local and national cooking celebrity, instructor, and cooking competition judge. She has whipped up her scrumptious concoctions on numerous stages including the National Dessert Convention, QVC's in house kitchen, and Utah's Home and Garden Show.
Micki is a happily married mother of 4. She enjoys boating, camping, snorkeling, wave running, writing recipes, reading (especially cookbooks), and spoiling her friends and family with late night treats. It's always a party when Micki is around.
