Review: High Calorie Temptations
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2014
Ever wonder if you could substitute regular cocoa for Dutch process cocoa? Or do you know what the difference is between bittersweet and semi-sweet chocolate? This book is a good, quick reference that answers these and other questions home bakers might have about the many varieties of chocolates that are available in grocery stores and called for in recipes with everything explained in easy to understand terms.There are plenty of recipes for brownies, cookies, and even a braided chocolate bread included plus a couple of non-chocolate recipes. Tips are provided for baking brownies and cookies to make sure you get the best possible final product. Photographs are included for most of the recipes, but not for the braiding technique that is used for the chocolate bread, but step-by-step instructions are given for that instead.My favorite recipe from the book is the one for Double Chocolate Sandwich Cookies which is certain to send any chocolate lover into a swoon.Formatting of the book is very good and it is well-edited. There is only one noticeable blip where several paragraphs of one section are in a grayed font which makes them difficult to read on an eink Kindle. There are three embedded links to a commercial site for the purchase of ingredients, but they are unobtrusive and can easily be skipped over.Recommended for all chocolate lovers.