Gobble up Math Grades K 3 or Baking by Flavor

Gobble up Math, Grades K-3: Fun Activities to Complete and Eat

Author: Sue Mogard

Kids have fun learning math concepts while using delicious and nutritious food. Activities incorporate the Food Guide Pyramid and cover sets, patterns, geometry, measurement, fractions, estimations, and more. A delicious way to learn about math and nutrition.

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Baking by Flavor

Author: Lisa Yockelson

A complete guide to flavor-building ideas that bring out the best in baking
Flavor is the very essence of fine baking, the source of wonderful tastes and aromas that tempt the palate and delight the senses. In Baking by Flavor, Lisa Yockelson shares flavor-boosting secrets that can make virtually any recipe burst with new vigor and freshness. This book reveals concepts and techniques for using eighteen basic ingredients-including chocolate, vanilla, apricot, and lemon-to "pyramid" flavor, layer by delicious layer. Two hundred and sixty carefully selected recipes inspire readers with ideas for animating many "old favorite" recipes that may have become more "old" than "favorite." For example, a dormant pound cake springs to life as the author scents sugar with vanilla, creams butter with vanilla bean scrapings, and beats egg yolks with a double-strength vanilla extract . . . dark chocolate brownies become richly sensuous as chopped nuts, lightly coated with cocoa powder and confectioner's sugar, are added to a creamy batter.
Clearly written, easy-to-follow instructions make the book a joy to read and use in the kitchen, while 118 photographs give visual expression to techniques and eighteen color-plated presentations.

Publishers Weekly

This excellent roundup of all kinds of delicious deserts is organized by flavor (chocolate, banana, cinnamon, rum, etc.) rather than type of baked good. Yockelson lays out her flavor theory: "Flavor-layering is accomplished by using a combination of compatible ingredients in one recipe." She also talks specifically about methods for enhancing the flavors of various batters and doughs, and provides several charts illustrating flavor compatibility and flavoring agents. Additional chapters on equipment, key ingredients (with instructions for making Clarified Butter, Coconut Streusel and other components) and techniques are invaluable to the serious baker. After all that preparation, Yockelson thankfully writes solid, inventive recipes that clearly illustrate her theory. In the almond chapter, Fallen Chocolate Almond Cake contains almond liqueur, almond extract and almond flour; the lemon chapter offers Lemon-Lime Cake with Glazed Citrus Threads pumped up with juice and zest, and in the chapter on coffee and mocha, Espresso and Bittersweet Chocolate Chunk Torte has espresso powder, bittersweet chocolate and unsweetened chocolate. Even chapters on butter and vanilla, two flavors that are rarely considered as such, boast such strong selections as Grandma Lilly's Butter Pound Cake, Buttercrunch Flats with toffee, Vanilla Crumb Buns and Vanilla Cream Waffles. Many of the 260 recipes offer variations, which means one could spend many happy days testing Yockelson's theory. (Mar.) Forecast: Joining the recent spate of "big" baking and desert books, this certainly deserves a spot on the dedicated baker's shelf. Yockelson, author of 10 books and frequent contributor to many cooking magazines, has a gimmick, but it's one with substance that should work to push sales. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Yockelson is the author of a dozen or so other cookbooks (Layer Cakes and Sheet Cakes, A Country Baking Treasury), but this impressive work is far more ambitious than any of her previous efforts. A dedicated baker and an obvious perfectionist, she developed more than 250 recipes designed to highlight specific flavors, from almond to coffee and mocha to vanilla. She refers to the process that resulted in her intensely flavorful, irresistible desserts as "flavor layering," and most of the recipes use her chosen ingredient in more than one form or in more than one of the several components involved. Almond Pull-Aparts, for example, are made with a buttery dough that contains almond extract as well as almond flour, a creamy almond filling in addition to an almond paste and an almond crumb topping. Many of the recipes also offer options for adding "an extra surge of flavor" (e.g., adding dried blueberries to Blueberry Coffee Cake) or "an aromatic topknot of flavor" (such as using her "intensified vanilla"). The painstakingly detailed recipe instructions include both what she calls "observations," reassuring tips for success, and sidebars providing her "Best Baking Advice." The chapters devoted to buttercrunch or to caramel and butterscotch (not to mention the ones on peanut butter, chocolate, and coconut) would be reason enough to buy the book, but Yockelson's unusual approach, knowledge, and passion make this more than just a collection of delectable recipes. Essential for all collections. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	xiv
	Acknowledgments	xv
	Introduction	xviii
Part I	The Art of Baking by Flavor
1	The Way to Bake by Flavor	3
2	An Inventory of Baking Equipment	29
3	Creating a Baking Pantry	51
4	Craft and Technique	77
Part II	The Flavors
5	Almond	104
	Almond Pull-Aparts	106
	Almond Rusks	109
	Pumpkin-Almond Keeping Cake	112
	Almond Butter Cake	114
	Fallen Chocolate Almond Cake	115
	A Big Almond, Cornmeal, and Dried Cherry Sharing Cookie	117
	Buttery Glazed Almond Ring	118
	Butter Almond Pancakes	120
	Bittersweet Almond Chunk Brownies	121
	Almond Shortbread	122
	Sweet Almond and Chocolate Chip Drop Biscuits	124
	Delicate Almond Madeleines	125
	Almond and Dried Cherry Tart	126
	Almond Tart Dough	128
	Almond and Bittersweet Chocolate Nugget Cookies	131
6	Apricot	132
	Apricot Oatmeal Breakfast Scones	134
	Glazed Apricot, Almond, and Chocolate Torte	136
	Apricot Sandwich Cookies	137
	Apricot Babka	140
	Brown Sugar Apricot Bars	143
	Apricot Thumbprint Cookies	144
	Apricot Schnecken	146
	Luxurious Apricot Spread	149
	Apricot and Hazelnut Tart	150
7	Banana	152
	Sweet Banana and Chocolate Chip Scones	154
	Texas Size Banana Muffins	156
	Spiced Banana Breakfast Loaf	158
	Feathery Banana Pancakes	159
	Banana and Dried Cranberry Tea Cake	160
	Banana, Walnut, and Chocolate Chip Waffles	162
	Cocoa Banana Loaf	163
	Banana Layer Cake	164
8	Blueberry	166
	Tender, Cakelike Blueberry Muffins	168
	Sweet Blueberry Breakfast Biscuits	170
	Blueberry Loaf	172
	Blueberry-Banana Tea Loaf	174
	Blueberry Cornmeal Waffles	175
	Blueberry Coffee Cake	176
	Blueberry Tea Cake	178
	Baby Blueberry Corn Muffins	180
	Blueberries and Cream Breakfast Cake	181
	Sweet Milk Blueberry Eancakes	182
	Sour Cream Blueberry Muffins	184
9	Butter	186
	Butter Crescents	188
	Butter Layer Cake	189
	Cream Cake Filling	191
	Grandma Lilly's Butter Pound Cake	192
	Butter Biscuits	194
	Butter Spritz Cookies	195
	Butter Cookie Cut-Outs	197
	Buttermilk Butter Pound Cake	198
	Butter Shortbread	200
	Golden Butter Cake	202
10	Buttercrunch	204
	Buttercrunch Melt-a-Ways	206
	Buttercrunch Flats	207
	Kitchen Sink Buttercrunch Bars	209
	Buttercrunch Butter Buns	210
	Buttercrunch Almond Tea Cake	212
	Chewy Buttercrunch Squares	214
	Brown Sugar Buttercrunch Coffee Cake with Caramel Buttercrunch Topping	216
	Buttercrunch Tea Biscuits	218
	Texas-Size Buttercrunch-Pecan-Chip Muffins	220
	Almond Fudge Buttercrunch Brownies	222
11	Caramel and Butterscotch	224
	Caramel and Butterscotch Chip Pound Cake	226
	Caramel Basting Sauce	228
	Caramel Custard Sauce	229
	Turtle Squares	230
	Caramel Nut Topping	232
	Caramel Upside-Down Apple Tart	233
	Caramel, Nougat, and Walnut Candy Bar Cake	235
	Buttery Caramel Sauce	237
	Caramel-Walnut Sticky Rolls	238
	Creamy Caramel Sticky Coat	240
	Caramel Chip Cake	242
	Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies	244
	Chocolate-covered Caramel and Peanut Candy Bar Brownies	246
	Butterscotch Sour Cream Coffee Cake	248
	Butterscotch Pecan Bars	250
12	Chocolate	252
	Chocolate Chip Butter Cake	254
	Double Chocolate Madeleines	256
	Truffled Chocolate-Walnut Brownies	258
	Sour Cream Fudge Cake	260
	Fudge Cake Frosting	262
	Mud Cake	263
	Mud Cake Frosting	265
	Cocoa-Chocolate Chip Pillows	266
	Cocoa-Sour Cream-Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake	268
	Memories-of-Childhood Chocolate Cake	270
	Chocolate Cream Frosting	272
	Chocolate, Coconut, and Chocolate Chip Bar Cookies	273
	Bittersweet Chocolate Stollen	274
	Double Chocolate Scones	277
	Chocolate Coconut Cream Batter Pie	278
	Simply Intense Chocolate Brownies	280
	Essence of Chocolate Squares	282
	Heirloom Chocolate Cake	284
	Buttery Chocolate Frosting	285
	Big Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Muffins	286
	Bittersweet Chocolate Brownies with Pecans	288
13	Cinnamon	290
	Lavish Cinnamon Brunch Cake	292
	Cinnamon Chip Cinnamon Cake	294
	Cinnamon Sticky Buns	296
	Cinnamon Raisin Pancakes	299
	Cinnamon Chip Scones with Cinnamon-Pecan Streusel	300
	Ultra-Cinnamon Pound Cake with Macadamia-Spice Ribbon	302
	Cinnamon Butter Rosebuds	304
	Cinnamon-Walnut Muffins with Spiced Sugar-Butter Dunk	306
	Cinnamon Sour Cream Coffee Cake	308
	Cinnamon Apple Cake	310
	Cinnamon Ripple Rolls	312
	Creamy Cinnamon Roll Icing	314
	Cinnamon Nut Crunch Shortbread	315
	Cinnamon Walnut Baklava	316
14	Coconut	320
	Tropical Carrot and Coconut Cake	322
	Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting	321
	Coconut-Chocolate Chip Cookies	325
	Layered Coconut and Pecan Bars	326
	Coconut Cream Coffee Cake Buns	328
	Coconut Pastry Cream	331
	Coconut Washboards	332
	In-Love-with-Coconut Chocolate Cake	334
	Coconut Frosting	336
	Coconut and Chocolate Chip Picnic Cake	337
	Coconut Jumbles	338
	Soft Coconut Oatmeal Cookies with Dried Fruit	340
	Coconut and Oatmeal Shortbread	342
	Coconut and Almond Fudge Squares	343
	Toasted Coconut and Macadamia Nut Scones	345
	Jumbo Coconut Cupcakes	346
	Double Chocolate and Coconut Brownies	348
	Coconut Tea Cake	349
	Double Coconut Chocolate Chip-Brown Sugar Squares	351
15	Coffee and Mocha	352
	Espresso and Bittersweet Chocolate Chunk Torte	354
	Mocha Bars	355
	Iced Mocha Sweet Rolls	357
	Coffee Liqueur Icing	359
	Mocha Rusks	360
	Mocha Truffle Cookies	362
	Espresso Chocolate Chip Shortbread	364
	Mocha Chip Pound Cake	366
	Coffee and Milk Chocolate Chip Cake	368
	Mocha Pecan Waffles	370
	Iced Coffee Chocolate Layer Cake	371
	Coffee Cream Filling	372
	Mega Mocha Pecan Chip Muffins	374
16	Ginger	376
	Pumpkin Ginger Cake	378
	Chocolate-Ginger Souffle Cake	380
	Spicy Gingerbread Cookies	381
	Royal Icing Made with Meringue Powder	384
	Crystallized Ginger Gingerbread	385
	Sour Cream Ginger Keeping Cake	386
	Ginger and Macadamia Nut Shortbread	388
	Ginger Butter Balls	389
	Spicy Molasses Gingerbread	391
	Ginger Cracks	392
	Ginger Scones	393
	Gingerbread Waffles	395
	Ginger Molasses Sweet Potato Pie	396
	Ginger Brownies	397
	Gingery Pumpkin Muffins with Ginger-Sugar Sprinkle	398
17	Lemon	400
	Ultra-Lemon Cake	402
	Lemon "Soaking" Glaze	404
	Lemon "Pouring" Topping	405
	Baby Lemon Muffins	405
	Lemon Ricotta Pancakes	407
	Lemon Tea Loaf	408
	Lemon-Lime Cake with Glazed Citrus Threads	410
	Lemon Pound Cake	412
	Lemon Layer Cake	413
	Lemon Custard Filling	415
	Lemon Frosting	416
	Lemon-Poppyseed Cake	417
	Lemon-Walnut Bread	419
	Suzanne's Lemon Tart	421
	Butter Cookie Tart Dough	423
	Lemon Roll	426
	Silky Lemon Cream	428
	Lemon Crepes with Silky Lemon Cream	430
18	Peanut and Peanut Butter	432
	Cocoa-Double Peanut Scones	434
	Retro Peanut Butter Cookies	436
	Tish's Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cloud Pie	437
	Peanut Madness Chunks	440
	Rich and Chewy Peanut Butter Squares	441
	Double Peanut Bars	443
	Peanut Butter Chip Coffee Cake	444
	Chocolate, Peanut, and Peanut Butter Candy Fudge Cake	446
	Baby Peanut Butter Cakes	447
	Layered Chocolate and Peanut Caramel Squares	449
19	Rum	450
	Butter Rum Cake	452
	Rum Custard Sauce	454
	Rum Buns	455
	Rum Icing	457
	Iced Rum-Raisin Tea Biscuits	458
	Pecan, Rum, and Brown Sugar Keeping Cake	460
	Rum Pound Cake	462
	Feathery Rum Pancakes	464
	Creamy Brown Sugar and Cream Rum Sauce	466
	Rum and Milk Chocolate Waffles	467
20	Spice	468
	Sweet Oatmeal-Raisin Spice Buns	470
	Spiced Apple Waffles	473
	Sugar and Spice Breakfast Cake	474
	Spice Ripple Keeping Cake	476
	Spiced and Glazed Chocolate Chip Cake	478
	Chocolate Glaze	479
	Spice Cake	480
	Spice Cake Frosting	482
	Spice Scones	482
	Spiced Pumpkin and Chocolate Chip Tea Loaf	484
21	Sweet Cheese	486
	Cream Cheese Pound Cake	488
	Sweet Cheese Buns	489
	Cream Cheese-Swirled Brownies	492
	Vanilla and Caramel Nougat Cheesecake Torte	494
	Cream Cheese Schnecken	495
	Cappuccino Cream Cheese Fudge Cake	498
	Cream Cheese and Almond Tea Ring	499
	Marbled Coconut, Chocolate, and Cream Cheese Cake	502
	Chocolate and Cream Cheese-Chocolate Chip Muffins	504
22	Vanilla	506
	Vanilla Bean Cream Cake	508
	Glazed Vanilla Pound Cake	510
	Vanilla Crumb Buns	512
	Vanilla Cream Waffles	515
	Vanilla Crepes with Soft Vanilla "Spooning" Cream	516
	Vanilla Pecan Pie	518
	Vanilla Pie Crust	520
	Vanilla Crescents	522
	Vanilla Layer Cake	524
	Vanilla Sugar Cookies	526
	Vanilla Bean Shortbread	527
	Vanilla Madeleines	528
	Vanilla Whipped Cream	530
	Vanilla Custard Sauce	531
23	About Freezing Baked Goods	532
	Selected Sources for Equipment and Supplies	543
	Bibliography	547
	Index	551