Description
Create your own delicious, gorgeous, and professional-quality candies with The Sweet Book of Candy Making. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned candy maker, you will find mouthwatering recipes and expert tips to inspire you--and satisfy your sweet tooth.
Inside, you'll find:
--Candy-making essentials: all you need to know about equipment, ingredients, and techniques, including step-by-step lessons on pulling taffy, rolling truffles, filling peanut butter cups, and more
--More than 50 recipes for sugar candies, fondant, caramels, toffee, fudge, truffles, chocolates, marshmallows, and fruit and nut candies
--Troubleshooting tips for each type of candy
--How to perfect the classics you love, from English Toffee to Chocolate Fudge to Peanut Brittle
--Try your hand at something new: Pistachio Marzipan Squares, Passion Fruit Marshmallows, Mango-Macadamia Nut Caramels, Lemon Meringue Lollipops, and more
--Decorating techniques to show off your tasty results
Get started in your kitchen with The Sweet Book of Candy Making!
Author: Elizabeth Labau
Publisher: Quarry Books
Published: 09/01/2012
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781592538102
ISBN10: 159253810X
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Specific Ingredients | Chocolate
- Cooking | Courses & Dishes | Confectionery
About the Author
Elizabeth LaBau is a food writer and confectioner based in Los Angeles, California. She applies her years of experience as a professional pastry chef to bringing a modern touch to the world of old-fashioned candy making. Since 2006, she has been the Guide to Candy at About.com, an online division of the New York Times Company. At http: //candy.about.com, she provides fun, creative candy recipes and step-by-step tutorials for the home cook. When she's not playing with sugar in the kitchen, she can be found running the trails around Los Angeles with a piece of candy tucked into her pocket. Visit her online at http: //www.elizabethlabau.com, http: //www.sugarhero.com, and http: //www.runningwithsugars.com.