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The Boozy Baker: 75 Recipes for Spirited Sweets
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The Boozy Baker is a fun collection of recipes for cakes, pies, tarts, cookies, and more, all of which contain a healthy dose of alcohol. Home bakers will recognize classic treats such as profiteroles, peach cobbler, and spiced Bundt cake, and be delighted by the ways they are reinvented with chocolate stout, almond liqueur, and even Jägermeister. Featuring more than 30 full-color photographs, the book also includes sidebars throughout with instructions for preparing funky cocktails that add a punchy compliment to many of the recipes.Whether you are a pastry perfectionist or a one-bowl beginner, a bonafide mixologist or just looking for a way to polish off a few dusty bottles, this cookbook is sure to become a favorite, its pages splattered with chocolate, sprinkled with sugar, and garnished with a twist.
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I picked up this book just before spending the 4th of July weekend at a lake house with 15 other hungry friends. For Saturday night we had the Pink Elephant Milkshakes (with homemade tequila-strawberry ice cream), and on Sunday I made the Doughnut Bread Pudding with Rum – both desserts were major hits with the crowd.
Some of the things I really like about this book:
- Although baking can be an exacting science in many ways, the recipes still give you plenty of room to play with flavors and experiment. For example, the Bread Pudding recipe originally called for Whiskey, but someone drank all the whiskey already and dark rum made a great substitute. I also played with the flavors of the milkshakes adding a bit of pineapple as well.
- The primary use of the alcohol in the recipes is to highlight and accent the flavors, rather than make a dessert that will get you drunk. I tried making a sober version of the Pink Elephant milkshakes for one friend who doesn’t drink, and his comment was that his strawberry milkshake tasted like “it was missing something” – whereas you could definitely taste the tequila in the original version, but it wasn’t overpowering and provided a nice zing to the dessert. Similarly, the rum in the bread pudding was noticeably welcome and complemented the other flavors. Many people went back for seconds or helped finish it off the next morning.
I can’t recommend this book highly enough. Will make a great gift for any baking enthusiasts, or an equally great source of recipes when you need tasty new dessert ideas.
Didn't Meet My Expectations
When it comes to alcohol, I am a complete and utter lightweight, which is in part why I bought this book. I read all the glowing reviews about The Boozy Baker and thought, “Yay! A bit of alcohol with none of the bad side effects,” which for me mean a headache and the Asian glow. I made the Old Fashioned Snickerdoodles and the bourbon was nearly undetectable. As a snickerdoodle, it was nice, but definitely not the best I’ve had. I also made the Limoncello/Poppyseed Cookies and doubled the amount of Limoncello in the glaze because the amount indicated in the recipe (2tbs) was not enough to make it drizzle. Only then could I taste a bit of the alcohol. The cookie itself was not lemony enough for my taste.
I really expected my tastebuds to be immersed in rich flavors and instead, everything fell a little flat. I will try the recipes again but am considering doubling the alcohol.
Baking with Booze rocks!
The Boozy Baker is a beautifully put together cookbook. The design and food photography are top notch, as are the written anecdotes. Flipping through, I see loads of recipes I can’t wait to try. The many recipes in here are nicely balanced between the fruity, chocolaty, cheesy, coffee, and nutty, etc…and include brownies, cookies, cakes, drinks, pies, tarts, and others. Yup, there’s a lot of amazing-looking stuff in here, you need to see these pics.
My favorite recipe I’ve made so far is for the “Black and White Russian Cookies.” I also love the drink recipes I’ve tried, especially the Dirty Girl Scout (yes, just like a Thin Mint…and there is a cookie recipe to go with it, which I hope to make soon). There are also a few recipes that involve beer, which I am a big fan of (I home brew), so I hope to try those out soon using some of my own beers.
Honestly, I don’t do much baking, but I do enjoy boozing & eating desserts, so far all the recipes I’ve made from the Boozy Baker have been spot on (if I keep this up I may actually end up knowing what I’m doing around the oven). I usually stick to grilling and more typical cooking and figured this would be a good way to try something new. This book is definitely a winner, I’m looking forward to trying more recipes from it.