Bake Anything

From Erin Jeanne McDowell, award-winning food stylist, recipe developer, and New York Times bestselling author of The Book on Pie, a foundational handbook to bake with limitless creativity, flexibility, and confidence. Erin Jeanne McDowell, bestselling cookbook author, baker extraordinaire, and beloved teacher, shares in her newest book how to bake just like she does—with confidence and creativity. Learn just 11 basic recipes and unlock an infinite arsenal of baked goods. You can make Erin’s Vanilla Sugar Cookies for a simple, sweet treat. Or, you can finish it with icing or turn it into a sandwich cookie. Or, use it as the base for a Classic Fruit Tart. Or, maybe go all-out for a birthday with a stacked cookie cake. For another example, take Erin’s biscuits, the loftiest in the land. Make a classic version with buttermilk, or let Erin guide you through swapping in yogurt or even cream instead. Top any fruit cobbler. Make a sweet cinnamon cream cheese biscuit “danish,” or stuffed biscuit waffles. Or, use as the crust for a quiche or in a sheet pan shortcake! In Bake Anything, Erin shares, with her signature can-do encouragement and detailed guidance, how baking is as flexible as cooking. Each chapter focuses on a building block of baking, starting with a baking overview, essential tips for success, step-by-step photos, and QR codes to instructional how-to videos, all making for a fool-proof, comprehensive guide to mastering the basics, before diving into the adventurous, delicious recipes that make use of the building block: • Sugar Cookies (Iced Sugar Cookies, Tarts, and more) • Pudding (Parfaits, Pies, Poke Sheet Cakes...) • Biscuits (Cobblers, Shortcakes, Quiche...) • Pate a Choux (Eclairs, Cream Puff Cake...) • Creme Anglaise (Ice Cream, Caramel Mousse, S'mores Mousse Cake…) • Chocolate Cake (Fudge Glazed Chocolate Bundt, Any Day Chocolate Cake...) • Sponge Cake (Victoria Sponge Sheet Cake, Peaches and Cream Cake...