Sinfully easy delicious desserts: [quicker smarter recipes]

**Homemade desserts just got quicker, easier, and smarter**Alice Medrich rewrites the dessert menu for cooks in search of totally doable desserts without hours of prep. In __Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts__, you'll find the quickest lemon tart, a lattice-free linzer (mixed entirely in the food processor), one-bowl French chocolate torte (yes, the real thing, but easier to make), imaginative ways with ice cream, chic puddings and mousses to swoon over, and gooey pies with no-fault press-in crusts. Even soufflés for beginners. And you won't need a rolling pin, a pastry brush, or the skills of a professional baker. As always, Alice's recipes are foolproof and well tested, and her tips for success will make all cooks—even those nervous about baking—confident in the kitchen. Plus there are more than 100 ideas for spur-of-the-moment desserts that don't even involve baking, including fantastic ideas for ways to dress up a bar of chocolate, a pint of strawberries, a handful of dried fruit, fresh cheese, gingerbread, amaretti, and more. And of course all those spot-on combinations for which Alice Medrich is so well known, such as Grilled Pineapple with Coffee Ice Cream, Lemon-Scented Peach Crisp, Salted-Caramel Banana Bread Pudding, and Coconut Pecan Torte.

Homemade desserts just got quicker, easier, and smarter

Alice Medrich rewrites the dessert menu for cooks in search of totally doable desserts without hours of prep. In Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts, you'll find the quickest lemon tart, a lattice-free linzer (mixed entirely in the food processor), one-bowl French chocolate torte (yes, the real thing, but easier to make), imaginative ways with ice cream, chic puddings and mousses to swoon over, and gooey pies with no-fault press-in crusts. Even soufflés for beginners. And you won't need a rolling pin, a pastry brush, or the skills of a professional baker.
As always, Alice's recipes are foolproof and well tested, and her tips for success will make all cooks—even those nervous about baking—confident in the kitchen.
Plus there are more than 100 ideas for spur-of-the-moment desserts that don't even involve baking, including fantastic ideas for ways to dress up a bar of chocolate, a pint of strawberries, a handful of dried fruit, fresh cheese, gingerbread, amaretti, and more. And of course all those spot-on combinations for which Alice Medrich is so well known, such as Grilled Pineapple with Coffee Ice Cream, Lemon-Scented Peach Crisp, Salted-Caramel Banana Bread Pudding, and Coconut Pecan Torte.

The renowned chocolatier shares her tips and recipes for quick, smart and irresistible desserts—without hours of prep.Known for her innovative chocolate creations, Alice Medrich now rewrites the dessert menu for cooks in search of totally doable desserts. In Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts, you'll find the quickest lemon tart, a lattice-free linzer, a one-bowl French chocolate torte, mousses to swoon over, and gooey pies with no-fault press-in crusts. There are even soufflés for beginners. And best of all, you won't need a rolling pin, a pastry brush, or the skills of a professional baker. Alice also shares more than 100 ideas for spur-of-the-moment desserts that don't involve baking, including imaginative ways to dress up a bar of chocolate, a pint of strawberries, a handful of dried fruit, fresh cheese, gingerbread, or amaretti. She even includes those spot-on combinations she’s famous for, such as Grilled Pineapple with Coffee Ice Cream, Lemon-Scented Peach Crisp, Salted-Caramel Banana Bread Pudding, and Coconut Pecan Torte. Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Introduction 9 The Dessert Maker's Basic Pantry 10 7 Things Great to Have 12 Magic Ingredients 14 Starting With Ice Cream 16 Starting With Fruit 48 Pudding Pleasure 88 Quick Pies, Tarts, and Meringues 136 Lickety-Split Cakes 170 Sweet Bites 236 Ingredients 271 Equipment 275 Resources 278 Acknowledgments 280 Index 281 Conversion Charts 289 Blank Page 1 Presents easy-to-prepare dessert recipes for pies, puddings, tarts, cakes, and cookies, with discussions on ingredients, equipment, and food preparation.;The dessert maker's basic pastry -- 7 great things to have -- Magic ingredients -- Starting with ice cream -- Starting with fruit -- Pudding pleasure -- Quick pies, tarts, and meringues -- Lickety-split cakes -- Sweet bites. The simplest, smartest, most flavourful, fail-proof, and pain-free dessert recipes ever. Among the 100 recipes, this title includes Ice Creams without and Ice Cream Maker, Layer Cakes for the Reluctant, The Best One-Bowl Chocolate Cake, and Press-In Pies.