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The Kosher Baker: Over 160 Dairy-free Recipes from Traditional to Trendy (HBI Series on Jewish Women) [Hardcover]

Paula Shoyer
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August 17, 2010 HBI Series on Jewish Women
Producing flavorful and appealing kosher desserts has been a challenge in Jewish households throughout the ages. Without access to butter, cream, milk, cheese, yogurt, or other dairy products, creating a tasty and memorable dessert for family and friends requires more than simple substitutions and compromises. Now pastry chef and teacher Paula Shoyer provides the inspiration and innovation to turn the age-old challenges of parve baking into delectable delights in her one-of-a-kind kosher cookbook.

The Kosher Baker is your indispensable kitchen companion to a wide range of dairy-free desserts, from family favorites and time-honored holiday classics to stylish and delicious surprises of Shoyer's own careful creation. It even includes desserts not usually found on a kosher table, such as creamy key lime pie, luscious flan, and rich tiramisu. You'll find everything from cookies, biscotti, breads and muffins to pastries, tarts, fancy cakes, and mousses. Shoyer guides you through more than 160 mouth-watering recipes and expands every non-dairy baker's repertoire with simple, clear instructions and a friendly yet authoritative voice.

The Kosher Baker is organized as a tutorial into three primary sections--Quick and Elegant Desserts, Two Step Desserts, and Multiple Step Desserts--allowing the busy home baker to choose a dessert based on both taste and time constraints. The first section presents the fundamentals of simple kosher baking in the form of everyday treats like Amaretto Cookies, Orange Tea Cake, and Apple Pastry. The next two sections teach increasingly more challenging desserts, from a Challah Beer Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce to Chocolate Babka. A special fourth section includes chapters on baking Challah, Passover desserts, and no-sugar-added desserts.

The Kosher Baker has something for everyone in the Jewish household for any occasion or holiday. It spills over with detailed information, including tips on storage, freezing, and thawing; tools; must-have ingredients; and tips and techniques. Anyone baking for those with special dietary needs such as food allergies or diabetic concerns will also find recipes to love in this comprehensive collection. It even includes recipes for nut- and gluten-free desserts, and vegan desserts.

No Jewish home should be without this essential cookbook!

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Pastry expert and baking instructor Shoyer proves that readers don't need to deprive themselves of sweets just to keep kosher in this outstanding collection for all seasons and faiths. Bakers with access to parve (kosher) versions of cream, cream cheese, and other key ingredients (tips and name brands are provided) will find a litany of recipes for Passover, Seder, and other special occasions. Yes, there are Babkas, Rugelach, Hamentaschen, and Challah, but there is also a rich Chocolate Mousse Truffle Cake, easy and impressive Cinnamon Palmiers, classic French Macarons, a Pistachio and Raspberry Tart and the ingenious Scones au Chocolate, virtually all of which are within the reach of most bakers and budgets. Grouped by effort, from quick desserts requiring only one-bowl (Amaretto Cookies, for instance) to more advanced dishes like Coconut Cake with Lime Filling, Shoyer gives bakers plenty of options for all tastes with copious instructions and photos throughout. Simple but crucial tips like keeping a few sticks of margarine in the freezer so it'll behave more like cold butter when it's time to make pie or tart dough ensure dishes turn out the way they were intended, making this a can't-miss collection of classics. Photos.

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"Amaretto cookies, challah beer bread pudding with caramel sauce, and chocolate babka are among the delectable desserts featured in this beautifully illustrated cookbook. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. Both novice and experienced cooks will enjoy having this book in the kitchen."--Jewish Book World

"The Kosher Baker offers a wonderful range of recipes that will delight both new and experienced bakers. The book contains over 160 recipes, all of which are pareve (dairy-free), making them good options to serve after any kind of meal. . . . This book is a wonderful addition for the cookbook shelf for all community, public and synagogue libraries."--American Jewish Libraries

"It's a terrific cookbook and the cinnamon bun recipe was a winner, and not too difficult to make."--A Kitchen in Brooklyn

"Delectably delicious desserts (all pareve!) Plus: It's enhanced with gorgeous photos and a pleasing design."--Chicago Jewish Star

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 348 pages
  • Publisher: Brandeis (August 17, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1584658355
  • ISBN-13: 978-1584658351
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.3 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #363,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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4.5 out of 5 stars
The book is very well organized and the recipes are very clearly written. faige  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
A great addition to my cookbook shelf! Steve in MA  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
Saving them for special cooks who will appreciate the gift. Creative Cook  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious dairy-free desserts! August 19, 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was waiting for this book to be released ever since I heard about it, and I was not disappointed. I'm not the most accomplished baker out there, but I was able to follow along and bake some desserts that tasted so good that no one (especially myself!) believed that I actually made them.

The book is organized into sections by the amount of prep time needed for each recipe, which is especially helpful if you need to make a dessert on short notice and want to try something new. The steps are well described and are pretty easy to follow, and the accompanying stories and descriptions of each item are fun to read.

My favorite recipes so far are "Bubba (Jam Button) Cookies", "Scones au Chocolat", "Almond Tuilles", and "Everyone's Favorite Chocolate Cake."

The pictures of the desserts are truly mouthwatering, and the black/white photos detailing the more difficult steps make the book that much easier to understand.

Finally, I am in debt to the author for giving the best description I've seen of how to caramelize sugar for Crème Brulee. I never had gotten it right before (although, like her children, I'm always happy for the excuse to play with a blowtorch in the kitchen).

A great addition to my cookbook shelf!
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Kosher Baker September 13, 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a terrific book with delicious yummy desserts. The book has three sections so a baker can select level of difficulty. The photographs are beautiful and many of the recipes are divine. I absolutely recommend this book to any kosher or dairy free baker. Get baking
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A TERRIFIC BOOK!!! November 28, 2010
By faige
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love to bake, and this is a great addition to my cookbook shelf! The book is very well organized and the recipes are very clearly written. I especially appreciate the b/w photos showing how to do tricky procedures and the instructions for storing and freezing each cake. Plus, the stuff is delicious! Even if you are not a kosher baker, buy this book--you won't regret it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars The Kosher Baker
I have been a "kosher baker" for almost 30 years and thought there was nothing new under the sun. How wrong I was! Read more
Published 1 month ago by debbie
4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant and enjoyable
This book is for all those people that are clueless on what to prepare for dessert on a kosher meat dinner. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Elena
4.0 out of 5 stars Just remember "kosher" is not a synonym for "healthy"
This book is very good for pareve dessert ideas from quick and simple to very fancy. I turn to it on a fairly regular basis. Read more
Published 4 months ago by WA mom
5.0 out of 5 stars A Thoughtful, Helpful Guide to delicious eating
I bought two of these as gifts after I discovered how helpful it is to have receipes without milk in them. Saving them for special cooks who will appreciate the gift.
Published 13 months ago by Creative Cook
5.0 out of 5 stars My go to book for Shabbos and holiday desserts!
Until this book I considered myself more of a cook than a baker. New to kosher lifestyle, cooking was hard enough of an adjustment... Read more
Published 14 months ago by L Parr
2.0 out of 5 stars expected better
I was disappointed to find that the recipes in this book rely on too many ersatz substitutions for real dairy. Read more
Published 16 months ago by DeeCee
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Parve recipes
I am a baker, and need parve recipes. Although many of these baking recipes require alot of time, which a working mom just doesn't have. But I do like the recipes.
Published 17 months ago by Stephanie F. Weitzman
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it. Many happy Fridays of baking-cooking-preparing Shabbot to...
This book is super informative for us non dairy bakers. The recipes are easy enough to understand and do not have a bunch of tedious steps. Read more
Published 21 months ago by cheftanya
4.0 out of 5 stars handy book
I was very excited when I heard about the book and haven't been disappointed. All the recipes are dairy free and are very easy to follow. Read more
Published 22 months ago by cara
5.0 out of 5 stars great recipes inside
I bought this cookie book because I always find it a challenge to make good parve desserts. I made the almond tuilles and they were incredibly good and then I made the orange... Read more
Published on March 12, 2011 by np
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