Pillsbury: Best Desserts [Hardcover]

Pillsbury Company (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pillsbury | Publication Date: September 22, 1998

When most people hear the name Pillsbury,  they immediately think of luscious, irresistible desserts. For more than 125 years, the Pillsbury Company has been providing Americans with the best foods, and now they proudly present their extensive collection of exceptional dessert recipes. Pillsbury: Best Desserts has a dish for every sweet tooth, from Golden Pecan Pie to Apple Raspberry Cobbler to Pumpkin Cheesekcake with Praline Sauce to Banana Brownie Split Sundae.

The Pillsbury cookbooks are classics because they provide more than just great recipes--they are valuable sources of cooking and baking information. The first chapter of Pillsbury: Best Desserts, Desserts Basics, provides a thorough introduction to making perfect desserts, including general information about common equipment and ingredients, as well as more specific information, such as how to test a cheesecake for doneness and how to distinguish a cobbler from a crisp or a crumble. The remaining chapters cover the range of possible desserts to satisfy any craving--Cakes and Frostings; Pies and Tarts; Crisps, Cobblers and Other Baked Desserts; Cheesecakes; Mousses, Puddings, Trifles and Other Refrigerated Desserts; Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts; Bake-Off® Desserts; Cookies, Bars and Brownies; and (to top it all off) Sauces--all accompanied by 110 mouth-watering full-color photographs.  
        
With Pillsbury behind the recipes, home cooks can expect delicious, successful desserts for every occasion. Pillsbury: Best Desserts  is a must-have on any cookbook fan's shelves.

350 top dessert recipes  for anyone who's ever wanted to have the last course first!

Dessert Basics, Cakes and Frostings, Pies and Tarts, Baked Desserts, Cheesecakes, Refrigerated Desserts,   Frozen Desserts, Bake-Off® Desserts Cookies, Bars and Brownies, Sauces

Editorial Reviews

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When most people hear the name Pillsbury,  they immediately think of luscious, irresistible desserts. For more than 125 years, the Pillsbury Company has been providing Americans with the best foods, and now they proudly present their extensive collection of exceptional dessert recipes. Pillsbury: Best Desserts has a dish for every sweet tooth, from Golden Pecan Pie to Apple Raspberry Cobbler to Pumpkin Cheesekcake with Praline Sauce to Banana Brownie Split Sundae.

The Pillsbury cookbooks are classics because they provide more than just great recipes--they are valuable sources of cooking and baking information. The first chapter of Pillsbury: Best Desserts, Desserts Basics, provides a thorough introduction to making perfect desserts, including general information about common equipment and ingredients, as well as more specific information, such as how to test a cheesecake for doneness and how to distinguish a cobbler from a crisp or a crumble. The remaining chapters cover the range of possible desserts to satisfy any craving--Cakes and Frostings; Pies and Tarts; Crisps, Cobblers and Other Baked Desserts; Cheesecakes; Mousses, Puddings, Trifles and Other Refrigerated Desserts; Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts; Bake-Off® Desserts; Cookies, Bars and Brownies; and (to top it all off) Sauces--all accompanied by 110 mouth-watering full-color photographs.  
        
With Pillsbury behind the recipes, home cooks can expect delicious, successful desserts for every occasion. Pillsbury: Best Desserts  is a must-have on any cookbook fan's shelves.

350 top dessert recipes  for anyone who's ever wanted to have the last course first!

Dessert Basics, Cakes and Frostings, Pies and Tarts, Baked Desserts, Cheesecakes, Refrigerated Desserts,   Frozen Desserts, Bake-Off® Desserts Cookies, Bars and Brownies, Sauces

About the Author

Pillsbury Publications  is the publisher of Pillsbury Classic® Cookbooks and Fast and Healthy® Magazine and the author of the forthcoming Pillsbury: The Best of Classic® Cookbooks (Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 1998), Pillsbury: Fast and Healthy® Cookbook, Pillsbury: Best Cookies Cookbook, Pillsbury: Best Chicken Cookbook, Pillsbury: Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook, The Pillsbury Complete Book of Baking and Healthy Baking cookbooks.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1st edition (September 22, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609602853
• ISBN-13: 978-0609602850
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #381,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply wonderful!, July 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Pillsbury: Best Desserts (Hardcover)

I have always had a fondness towards baked goods but it wasn't until I received this cookbook as a gift that I began to bake and loved doing it!
Not a single recipe has failed me and I have always received wonderful compliments on everything I've made using this cookbook.

My favorites are the cheesecakes: I never knew so many variations of creamcheese cakes existed!
And the pies! My favorites: French Cranberry-Apple Pie and Lemon Meringue and...and!=*)

This is a book with tried and true recipes and having the standard kitchen in mind.

The table of contents are:

1) DESSERT BASICS pg.1-
2) CAKES AND FROSTINGS PG.9-
3) PIES AND TARTS pg.63-
4) BAKED DESSERTS pg.109-
5) CHEESECAKES pg.157-
6) REFRIDGERATED DESSERTS pg.185-
7) FROZEN DESERTS pg.225-
8) BAKE-OFF DESSERTS pg.263-
9) COOKIES, BARS AND BROWNIES pg.289-
10) DESSERTS SAUCES pg.325-
11) INDEX pg.332-345

If you want a dessert book that is tried and true and will be sure to please, pick this book up. Expect no left-overs. ;-)

This book will surely be one that will follow me the rest of my living days!
~Enjoy!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful collection, April 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pillsbury: Best Desserts (Hardcover)

This is a great cookbook with lots of creative ideas for desserts. There are a lot of pictures so you can browse quickly and easily for a dessert that will please the crowd. It also gives nutrition and dietary exchange information for those who need to keep track.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YUM YUM YUM!!!, November 3, 2002

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J. Ricks (Logan, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pillsbury: Best Desserts (Hardcover)

If you like food that is fit for a King, then this is the Book for you! Nothing compares with the rich, creamy, chocolate cheese cake. And the chewy chocolate chip cookies would even make the cookie monster decide to visit! All the ingedients are common and inexpensive - but the results are fancy. If you ever want to impress your folks - this is the Book for you!