cover image One Bowl Baking: Simple, From-Scratch Recipes for Delicious Desserts

One Bowl Baking: Simple, From-Scratch Recipes for Delicious Desserts

Yvonne Ruperti. Running Press, $22 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7624-4895-1

For bakers with tiny urban kitchens who are short on time, or simply have an aversion to a sink full of dishes, Ruperti’s title is the ideal guide. Broken down by baked good—including muffins and scones, cookies, cupcakes, and party cakes—the book walks readers through more than 100 scratch-baking recipes that require only one—yes, one—bowl, with the majority of prebaking done in less than 15 minutes. Decadent, company-worthy selections that are designed to impress (and that suggest hours of work in the kitchen) include a chocolate tart with sea salt, sour cherry almond clafouti, and individual molten lava cakes. Muffins go beyond the basic blueberry or corn with recipes such as buttermilk cake-donut muffins, and peaches and cream streusel muffins. Headnotes include mini-memoir moments, ranging from the author’s high school days and waitressing days to her experiences as a pastry chef, personalizing this delightful, well-designed and well-photographed title. Agent: Judy Linden, Stonesong. (Oct.)