Harvest Baking

by Debbie Rosenberg

It's official!  The furnace has been turned on for the start of cold nights, so it's the perfect time to start baking your fall favorites. I found so many wonderful recipes that I might never come away from the oven!

 The Divvies Bakery Cookbook: no nuts, no eggs, no dairy, just delicious! by Lori Sandler 641.815 Sa56 2010 

Fresh from New York's famous allergen-free bakery "Divvies" you'll find delicious recipes free of four major food allergens: peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, and eggs. Some are even gluten-free! Divvies Famous Chocolate Cupcakes were featured on the Martha Stewart Show and CBS's Early Show featured Chocolaty, Chewy Brownies. You're sure to find something delicious.

  The Harvest Baker: 150 Sweet & Savory Recipes Celebrating the Fresh-Picked Flavors of Fruits, Herbs & Vegetables by Ken Haedrich 641.815 Haedrich 2017 

Ken Haedrich has developed recipes that will keep you running to the kitchen to try another recipe. Glorious Morning Muffins have pineapple, apple, raisins, walnuts, and carrots so they will fill you up until lunch. They also freeze well for those rushed mornings. Stuffed Spinach and Feta Cheese Scones (savory not sweet) are like a spinach pizza, and Pane Ripieno (Italian Stuffed Bread) is filled with bell pepper, eggplant, tomatoes, Italian Sausage, and cheese. Baked Stuffed Potato Bread is the perfect side to a pot of chili or soup.  

  Pillsbury Bake-Off Prize-Winning Recipes 641.815 P646ba 2009. 

100 top recipes from appetizers to sweet treats these will definitely tempt you. Three of the recipes were submitted by Wisconsin cooks! Renee Heimerl from Oakfield submitted Quick and Fruity Crescent Waffles, Laurie Benda from Madison submitted Peach Chutney Pinwheels, and Gretchen Wanek from Oshkosh submitted Ooey-gooey Turtle Bars. Each recipe features a Pillsbury product such as refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or pizza crust.

  Midwest Made: big, bold baking from the Heartland by Shauna Sever 641.815 Sever 2019  

Shauna includes what to have in your pantry and her top-10 tools for baking. Then she has tempting recipes like Coffee Caramel Monkey Bread, Swedish Flop, Houska, Classic Cider Donuts, Danish Kringle, and Ohio Shaker Lemon Pie! (I can't decide which is my favorite.)

 Gluten-Free Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg, M.D. and Zoe Francois 641.815 H444g 2014

Yes, you read that correctly. A gluten-free bread cookbook! Filled with tips and techniques, there are two flour mixtures which are adjusted to create peasant loaves, flatbreads, pizza, and pastries.  

 Cooking Light Way to Bake: the complete visual guide to healthy baking by Rachel Quinlivan 641.815 C7755 2011

No more difficult than regular baking, healthy baking requires some new recipes. Rachel Quinliven has your back from biscuits to yeast breads with many delicious recipes for healthier favorites like Peppermint Cheesecake Brownies or Apple Upside-Down Cake.

  Star Wars Galactic Baking: the official cookbook of sweet and savory treats from Tatooine, Hoth, and beyond. 641.815 Star 2021. 

Recipes are labelled to indicate "Light Speed" prep time is 30 minutes or less, "Dark-Side" particularly rich and indulgent, or "Light-Side" on the healthier side. Who could resist Tatooine Sandies or Trash Compactor Monster cookies?

  Weeknight Baking: recipes to fit our schedule by Michelle Lopez 641.815 Lopez 2019

When Michelle Lopez started her baking blog, "Hummingbird High," she was working more than 40 hours most weeks in finance as an analyst and then in tech as an engineer. Rather than use up her limited weekend time, she worked on trying to figure out where she could split up the steps within a recipe for time management and if there were substitutions that a well stocked pantry could provide. She has a terrific list of the Weeknight Baker's Tools & what one's pantry should contain along with delicious recipes like Modern Red Velvet Cake and Silkiest Pumpkin Pie.

Debbie Rosenberg is a member of Fond du Lac Public Library's reference department.