A Baker's Field Guide To Holiday Candy & Confections: Sweet Treats All Year Long

by Wilson, Dede

• ISBN13: 9781558323094
• ISBN10: 1558323090
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-30
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

Wilson has collected 75 recipes from around the world in this collection of festive and fun homemade treats to be enjoyed year round. A Baker's Field Guide to Holiday Candy & Confections is arranged chronologically by holiday to help bakers choose what to make for which occasion.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(1)
How to Use This Book	8	(14)
New Year's
Star-Shaped Marshmallows	22	(2)
Honey Walnut Candies (Gozinaki)	24	(2)
Good Luck Marzipan Pig	26	(2)
Chestnuts in Yam Paste (Kuri Kinton)	28	(2)
Valentine's Day
Giant Chocolate Kiss	30	(2)
Chocolate-Covered Cherries	32	(2)
Chocolate Hazelnut Italian Kisses	34	(2)
Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles	36	(2)
Liqueur-Enhanced Chocolate Truffles	38	(2)
Milk Chocolate Truffles	40	(2)
Gilded White Chocolate Truffles	42	(2)
Cinnamon Fireball Candies	44	(2)
Champagne and Cherry Heart Lollipops	46	(2)
Golden Heart Passion Pops	48	(2)
Purim
Marzipan-Stuffed Fruit and Nuts	50	(2)
Poppy Seed Candy (Monlach)	52	(2)
Sweet Wine Chocolate Apricot Balls	54	(2)
Vernal Equinox
Mint Jelly Leaves	56	(2)
Maple Sugar Leaves	58	(2)
April Fool's Day
Rainbow Chocolate Fish	60	(2)
Kitty Crunchies	62	(2)
Easter
Easter Peepers	64	(2)
Solid Chocolate Bunnies	66	(2)
Easter Cream Eggs	68	(2)
Easter Egg with a Surprise	70	(2)
Easy Easter Nests with "Eggs"	72	(2)
Panoramic Sugar Egg	74	(4)
Passover
Matzoh Brown Sugar Buttercrunch	78	(2)
National Licorice Day
Licorice Toffee	80	(2)
Summer Solstice
Crystallized Flowers	82	(2)
St. John's Day
Pumpkin Candy (Docinhos de Ababóra)	84	(2)
Fourth of July
Classic Creamy Fudge	86	(2)
Pecan Penuche	88	(2)
Easiest Fudge in the World	90	(2)
Saltwater Taffy	92	(2)
Molasses Taffy	94	(2)
Sugar Sparklers	96	(2)
Autumnal Equinox
Mendiants	98	(2)
Simchat Torah
Fruit and Nut–Stuffed Dates	100	(2)
Halloween
Peanut Butter Cups	102	(2)
Easy Marbled Candy Corn Bark	104	(2)
Spider Webs	106	(2)
Give 'Em the Eyeball Candies	108	(2)
Day of the Dead
Sugar Skulls	110	(2)
Thanksgiving
Harvest Fruit 'n' Nut Bark	112	(2)
Spiced Pumpkin Pecan Fudge	114	(2)
Chocolate Leaves	116	(2)
Diwali
Coconut Cashew Burfi	118	(2)
St. Nicholas's Day
Sugar Candies (Borstplaat)	120	(2)
Hanukkah
Candy Dreidels	122	(2)
Winter Solstice
Peppermint Patties	124	(2)
Christmas
Candy Canes	126	(2)
Ribbon Candy	128	(2)
Double Chocolate Peppermint Bark	130	(2)
Chocolate Walnut Rum Balls	132	(2)
Sugarplums	134	(2)
Christmas Divinity	136	(2)
Angel Food Candy	138	(2)
"Barley" Sugar Toys	140	(2)
New Orleans–Style Pralines	142	(2)
White Christmas	144	(2)
Glazed Chestnuts	146	(2)
Apricot Candies (Mebos)	148	(2)
Turkish Delight (Lokum)	150	(2)
Caramelized Milk Candies (Tejas)	152	(2)
Coconut Candies (Beijinho de Coco)	154	(2)
Egg Yolk Nougat (Turron de Yema)	156	(2)
Italian Nougat (Torrone)	158	(2)
Panforte di Siena	160	(2)
Chocolate-Covered Caramelized Almonds	162	(2)
Burnt Almonds (Brente Mandler)	164	(2)
Weddings
Pastel Butter Mints	166	(2)
Cream Cheese Rosettes	168	(2)
Sesame Honey Candies (Melekouni)	170	(2)
Resources	172	(2)
Measurement Equivalents	174	(1)
Index	175