Maxwell House® Coffee Drinks and Desserts Cookbook: From Lattes and Muffins to Decadent Cakes and Midnight Treats (Hardcover)

~ Maxwell House (Author), (Editor), John Uher (Photographer)

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The only thing that rivals coffee's popularity is dessert. Now, thanks to Maxwell House, America's premier coffee company, the two join forces in this ultimate collection of cakes, pastries, pies, tarts, chocolates, cookies, ice cream desserts, and coffee drinks featuring the world's most popular beverage. Maxwell House Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook shows coffee lovers how to appease their sweet toothes and satisfy their coffee cravings with more than 160 irresistible dessert and coffee drink recipes.

Too good to be limited to mornings and evenings alone, coffee can be enjoyed around the clock. The experts at Maxwell House know that coffee and the treats it inspires are perfect any time of day: Breakfast and Brunch, Coffee Break, Lunch, Afternoon Coffee Time, Dinner, After the Show, or for a Midnight Snack. Morning, noon, or night, who can resist Sour Cream Streusel Coffee Cake, Cappuccino Sticky Buns, Triple Mocha Brownies, Coffee Slushie, Coffee Flan, Coffee Chocolate Cheesecake, Nutty Coffee Bars, or Double Capped Cappuccino?

From sophisticated desserts to fun and easy brownies or shakes, each recipe in Maxwell House Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook is marked for its level of difficulty and preparation time. The book begins with an enlivening history of the bean that has come to be revered for its rich and vibrant flavor, as well as the story behind the company that is known for coffee that's "Good to the last drop!" And sidebars offer coffee house tips and inspirations and entertaining ideas that will help turn these delightful recipes into showstoppers.

Whether it's fudgy mocha treats or creamy coffee drinks you crave, Maxwell House Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook is a sublime compendium of recipes that no coffee, chocolate, or dessert lover can do without.

Now the experts at Maxwell House present a lushly photographed collection of easy recipes for the most decadent treats, from the creamiest cappuccino drinks to the fudgiest cakes. From morning to midnight, no one can resist mocha brownies, frozen "hot chocolate" coffee, and sour cream streusel coffee cake. Inspired by popular coffee house offerings, these recipes bring your favorite gourmet indulgences as well as exciting new coffee-flavored delights into your own home.

Founded in 1892, Maxwell House Coffee is a division of Kraft Foods that blends and distributes twenty-two brands and varieties of ground and instant coffees, cappuccino, and flavored instant coffees, including Maxwell House Coffees, Maxwell House Cappuccino, General Foods International Coffees, and Sanka.

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The only thing that rivals coffee's popularity is dessert. Now, thanks to Maxwell House®, America's premier coffee company, the two join forces in this ultimate collection of cakes, pastries, pies, tarts, chocolates, cookies, ice cream desserts, and coffee drinks featuring the world's most popular beverage. Maxwell House® Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook shows coffee lovers how to appease their sweet toothes and satisfy their coffee cravings with more than 160 irresistible dessert and coffee drink recipes.
        
Too good to be limited to mornings and evenings alone, coffee can be enjoyed around the clock. The experts at Maxwell House® know that coffee and the treats it inspires are perfect any time of day: Breakfast and Brunch, Coffee Break, Lunch, Afternoon Coffee Time, Dinner, After the Show, or for a Midnight Snack. Morning, noon, or night, who can resist Sour Cream Streusel Coffee Cake, Cappuccino Sticky Buns, Triple Mocha Brownies, Coffee Slushie, Coffee Flan, Coffee Chocolate Cheesecake, Nutty Coffee Bars, or Double Capped Cappuccino?
        
From sophisticated desserts to fun and easy brownies or shakes, each recipe in Maxwell House® Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook is marked for its level of difficulty and preparation time. The book begins with an enlivening history of the bean that has come to be revered for its rich and vibrant flavor, as well as the story behind the company that is known for coffee that's "Good to the last drop!®" And sidebars offer coffee house tips and inspirations and entertaining ideas that will help turn these delightful recipes into showstoppers.
        
Whether it's fudgy mocha treats or creamy coffee drinks you crave, Maxwell House® Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook is a sublime compendium of recipes that no coffee, chocolate, or dessert lover can do without.

Now the experts at Maxwell House® present a lushly photographed collection of easy recipes for the most decadent treats, from the creamiest cappuccino drinks to the fudgiest cakes. From morning to midnight, no one can resist mocha brownies, frozen "hot chocolate" coffee, and sour cream streusel coffee cake. Inspired by popular coffee house offerings, these recipes bring your favorite gourmet indulgences as well as exciting new coffee-flavored delights into your own home.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1st edition (November 9, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609605429
• ISBN-13: 978-0609605424
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,332,601 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heavier on desserts than beverages, but oh, so delicious!, May 4, 2004

By	H. Grove "owling6683" (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Maxwell House Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook: From Lattes and Muffins to Decadent Cakes and Midnight Treats (Hardcover)

The "Maxwell House Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook" starts off with some information & history on coffee and "The Maxwell House Story," followed by some information about brewing & serving coffee. The brewing & serving tricks are fairly standard. The rest of the book seems a little arbitrarily divided up. The sections are: Breakfast & Brunch; Coffee Break; Lunch; Afternoon Coffee Time; Dinner; After the Show; Midnight Snack. This means that if you want to find a certain kind of recipe, you should look in the index instead of trying to find the right chapter. After all, there are plenty of things that could work equally well for any of the above coffee times. The beginning of each chapter has a list of the recipes in it, though, which helps. The layout of the recipes is great, and most recipes are quite short and simple. Prep time and baking time are provided up front! The ingredients are set off from the instructions quite well, and the instructions are broken up into manageable chunks.

The beverages are simple, and some of them made me shrug. We already do things like add cinnamon or vanilla to our coffee, so those recipes don't add anything new to our repertoire. On the other hand, there are things like the "Shake Awake Smoothie," with double-strength coffee, banana, vanilla yogurt, sugar, and ice cubes. Simple it may be, but it's also yummy! Some recipes call for instant mixes, which may rub some people the wrong way. The hot chocolate cappuccino is just milk, chocolate, and instant cappuccino mix, for example.

The desserts include shortcakes with espresso cream, Hawaiian dessert sauce, cappuccino sticky buns, coffee cream cheese for your bagels, coffee cinnamon cream cheese brownies, banana caramel cafe pie, cafe panna cotta, caffe latte bread pudding, tiramisu cheesecake, and much more. Many of the recipes come with wonderful pictures.

This is an absolutely wonderful cookbook, and every recipe we've tried from it has come out perfectly. It is a fine source of new & unusual ways to drink coffee, as well as interesting recipes you can make with coffee.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maxwell House Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook, May 4, 2000

By A Customer

This book provides a unique flavor for coffee entrepreneurs and dessert specialists. I especially appreciate the distinct variety of sweets which abounds from specialty drinks to extravagant cakes to simple combinations of cookie and bar delights. An easy format to follow and devour.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute treasure!, October 31, 2003

By	Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Maxwell House Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook: From Lattes and Muffins to Decadent Cakes and Midnight Treats (Hardcover)

This handy little cookbook is an absolute treasure! It starts out with a fascinating history of coffee, a history of Maxwell House, and then has some brewing and serving "tips and tricks." After that come the recipes!

The recipes are organized into seven chapters: 1) Breakfast and Brunch, 2) Coffee Break, 3) Lunch, 4) Afternoon Coffee Time, 5) Dinner, 6) After the Show, and 7) Midnight snack. Each of the more than 160 recipes(!) starts out with a list of preparation and (if applicable) baking times, a complexity rating (one cup to four!), a list of ingredients, and very clear step-by-step instructions.

My wife and I have found the recipes to be great, and none of the ones that we have done have proven to be all that difficult. Heck, some of the drinks are delicious, and take very little time at all. We love this book, and highly recommend it to you!