The Sweeter Side of Amy's Bread Cakes, Cookies, Bars, Pastries and More from New York City's Favorite Bakery

by Scherber, Amy; Dupree, Toy Kim; Herring, Aimee

• ISBN13: 9780470170748
• ISBN10: 0470170743
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-20
• Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN (A)

Summary

If you're a fan of famed Manhattan bakery Amy's Bread, you will love The Sweeter Side of Amy's Bread, a beautiful cookbook that will show you how to re-create 71 of the bakery's favorite sweet treats. Bake Amy's signature scones, muffins, cookies, bars, biscotti, layer cakes, and other treats in the comfort of your own home! With recipes for tasty breakfast fare like Cherry Cream Scones and Pecan Sticky Buns to delectable sweets like Double Chocolate Chip Cookies and Amy's famous "Pink Cake," this book has illustrated color photos to help you along.

Author Biography

Amy Scherber launched Amy's Bread in 1992 from a small storefront in New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. Today her bakery operates out of three popular Manhattan locations, including outposts at the Chelsea Market and in Greenwich Village. In addition to her retail cafés, Amy also supplies bread wholesale to more than 300 customers, including many notable New York restaurants and food stores. Amy and her bakery have been widely praised in the media, and she has appeared on Emeril Live, Baker's Dozen, and other television cooking shows. Visit the Amy's Bread Web site at www.amysbread.com.

Toy Kim Dupree was one of five original employees at Amy's Bread. Today she is theExecutive Pastry Chef at Amy's Hell's Kitchen location, where she oversees the production of Amy's cookies, cakes, and other sweet treats. Toy also collaborated with Amy on an earlier cookbook, Amy's Bread.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Scones, Soda Bread, and Biscuits

Muffins and Quickbread

Yeasted Breakfast Breads

Quiche

Cookies

Bars

Biscotti

Old Fashioned Layer Cakes

Frostings

Special Seasonal Desserts

Sandwiches

Starters for Breads

Breads

Ingredients and Equipment

Index

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