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HAN D MA D E bak ing Recipes to Warm the Heart kamran siddiqi Copyright © 2014 by Kamran Siddiqi. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. ISBN 978-1-4521-3045-3 (epub, mobi) ISBN 978-1-4521-1230-5 (hc) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Siddiqi, Kamran. Hand made baking : recipes to warm the heart / by Kamran Siddiqi. pages cm Includes index. 1. Baking. 2. Baked goods. I. Title. TX763.S447 2014 641.81’5--dc23 2014005141 Design by Alice Chau Photography and styling by Kamran Siddiqi Amco utensils are a registered trademark of Focus Products Group International LLC; Breville is a registered trademark of Breville U.S.A.; Callebaut chocolate is a registered trademark of Barry Callebaut Company; Calphalon is a registered trademark of Calphalon Corp.; Chicago Metallic is a registered trademark of Chicago Metallic Corporation; Cuisinart is a registered trademark of Conair Cor- poration; DeLonghi is a registered trademark of DeLonghi S.P.A.; Endangered Species chocolate is a registered trademark of Endangered Species Choco- late LLC; GIR spatulas are a registered trademark of Product of GIR; Green & Black chocolate is a registered trademark of Green & Black Chocolate Ltd.; Guittard chocolate is a registered trademark of Guittard Chocolate Company; Häagen-Dazs is a registered trademark of HDIP Inc.; Kerrygold is a registered trademark of the Irish Dairy Board; KitchenAid is a registered trademark of Kitchen Aid Inc.; Le Creuset is a registered trademark of Le Creuset S.A.S.; Lindt chocolate is a registered trademark of Chocolade fabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG; Matfer Bourgeat spatulas are a registered trademark of Matfer Bourgeat Inc.; Microplane graters are a registered trademark of Grace Manufacturing Inc.; Nielson-Massey is a registered trademark of N ielson-Massey Inc.; Nói Síríus chocolate is a registered trademark of Nói Síríus; Nordic Ware is a r egistered trademark of Northland Aluminum P roducts Inc.; Nutella is a registered trademark of Ferrero S.P.A.; Oxo is a registered trademark of Helen of Troy Ltd.; Plugra is a registered trademark of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.; El Rey chocolate is a registered trademark of Chocolates El Rey, Inc.; Scharffen Berger chocolate is a registered trademark of Artisan Confections Company; Smjör butter is a registered trademark of MS Iceland Dairies; Valrhona chocolate is a registered trademark of Valrhona S.A. Chronicle Books LLC 680 Second Street San Francisco, California 94107 www.chroniclebooks.com To the timeless romantic sitting alone in the corner of a café, the ravenous cookbookworm, the home baker, the timid cook, and the parent covered in flour and frosting at midnight. This book is for you. —KS contents INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Maple-Pecan Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Kitchen Basics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Very Best Pumpkin Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Easy Meyer Lemon Tart . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Mille-Feuilles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 RISE AND SHINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Arabian Nights Baklava . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Clarified Butter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Blueberry Corn Muffins . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Cream Scones.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Forgetaboutit Cinnamon Rolls . . . . . . . . .25 THREE O’CLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Tangy Cream Cheese Frosting . . . . . . .28 Sparkly Sugar Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Strawberry Crumble.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Very Best Chocolate Chip Cookies . . . . . .84 Whatchamacallit Apple Crumble . . . . . . . .32 Chocolate Snickerdoodle Cookies.. . . . . . 87 Maxines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Heartbreak Chocolate Truffle Cookies.. . . . 90 Brown Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Take It and Go! Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Quick Puff Pastry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Curiously Chewy Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies . .94 Butterfly Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Peanut Butter Pinnacle Cookies . . . . . . . .96 Chocolate Puffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Samee Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Guava and Cheese Puffs . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Molasses Spice Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Dutch Baby Pancake . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Nutella Shortbread Sandwich Cookies.. . . 102 Cinnamon-Raisin Granola.. . . . . . . . . . . 48 Jammy Linzer Cookies.. . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Back of a Napkin Strawberry Jam.. . . . 107 AS EASY AS 1-2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Back of a Napkin Raspberry Jam . . . . . 107 Gingerbread People.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Foolproof Pie Dough . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Animal Crackers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Sarah’s Apple Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Graham Crackers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Blue Teeth Blueberry Pie . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Cranberry and Almond Coconut Macaroons.. 118 Chocolate Pudding Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Pistachio Polvorónes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Billowy Whipped Cream.. . . . . . . . . . 65 Everyday Brownies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 SPREAD A LITTLE BUTTER ON THAT! . 178 Fudgy Flourless Chocolate Brownies . . . . 126 New York–Style Bagels.. . . . . . . . . . . 180 Nancy Drew Blondies.. . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Easy-Peasy Brioche.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Dominican Water Bread (Pan de Agua) . . . 186 PIECE OF CAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Raisin Challah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Insanely Moist Chocolate Cupcakes . . . . . 134 Angelic Biscuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Easy Cocoa Frosting.. . . . . . . . . . . 136 Penn Station Cinnamon-Sugar Pretzels . . . 196 Chocolate Swiss Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Coffee Glaze.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Flourless Chocolate Cake.. . . . . . . . . . 140   Everyday Chocolate Cake.. . . . . . . . . . 142 Peanutty Peanut Butter Frosting . . . . . 144 RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Yellow Birthday Cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Water Ganache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Classic Chocolate Ganache . . . . . . . 148 Easy Vanilla Buttercream . . . . . . . . . 148 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Caribbean Princess Cake.. . . . . . . . . . 149 White Meringue Frosting . . . . . . . . . 152 Dulce de Leche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Tres Leches (Three Milks) Cake . . . . . . . 153 Lemon–Poppy Seed Drizzle Cake . . . . . . 156 Carrot Cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Apple Harvest Loaf Cake . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Banana Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Brooklyn Crumb Cake.. . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Ever-So-Classy Pavlova.. . . . . . . . . . . 172 Strawberry New York Cheesecake.. . . . . 174 introduction Most of us seek congruity, peace, and harmony breads of all kinds, and pastries and cakes made in our lives, whether we do it through standing by sweet Russian babushkas and Italian nonnas. shoulder to shoulder in a small kitchen sharing I am the only baker on either side of my huge laughs with our loved ones, writing in complete family; I started baking at the age of five and my and utter silence, watching reruns of our favorite love for this form of comfort cooking blossomed television shows, or opening the curtains on a from then on. During my formative years, my par- summer morning to discover a picturesque day ents drifted apart and later divorced; my mother, waiting outside the window. sister, and I picked up from the only place we Peace, for me, is the feeling of waking up early on knew as home, New York City, and moved to the a Saturday morning, ready to take on the day with suburbs of New Jersey. The entire act of leaving full energy. It’s the background sound of people one’s home is a shock; if you’ve experienced snoring. It’s the feeling of standing barefoot on leaving home before, you know how much of an the cold gray-and-blue Jackson Pollock–esque anxiety-inducing experience it can be. Getting linoleum floor of a kitchen, wearing oversize used to the sounds of New Jersey and the mix of basketb all shorts and a blue pin-striped shirt emotions running through my mind during that that could easily accommodate two. It’s the feel- time of my life left me sleepless at night, so I’d ing of a cool autumn breeze capering through find myself baking in the kitchen while listening the kitchen like a Punjabi bhangra dancer. Peace to Norah Jones. Baking, since then, has always is the reassuring feeling of my arm wrapped been my method of seeking solace and therapy. around a large mixing bowl filled with chocolate Both sides of my family come from very different cake batter. cultures. My father hails from Pakistan, while his Baking is my peace. It’s what I do on nights when family hails from India and other countries. My I can’t sleep. Music is set to play in the back- mother was born in New York City’s Chinatown ground, the oven is turned on, and I open to a to a Spanish father and a mother from the Domin- page in my baking journal and begin the beauti- ican Republic. Because of my very diverse back- g ful dance of late-night baking. ground, I’ve been encouraged throughout my life n i k to eat and experience different cuisines—many of a I am a twenty-two-year-old baker and cook brought b which are related to my cultures, and some that e up on good food in New York City, which brims d aren’t. Because of this, a great number of rela- a with restaurants and bakeries on nearly every m tives who introduced me to these many cuisines street corner. Growing up, visits to bakeries were d influenced the recipes in this book. Neither side n a constant; I was raised on good bagels, unbe- a of my family expected me to be writing about food h lievably flaky and buttery croissants, artisanal 8 in a book; even I didn’t expect it. Before I entered make space for bowls and spoons. It’s about the college, I planned to become a forensic anthro- coldness of flour and butter on your fingertips, pologist. Then, two weeks before freshman ori- the graininess of salt crystals as you pinch them entation, I decided to pursue writing. Specifically, into a bowl of avalanched flour. Baking is about I wanted a career that involved writing about my the sweet smells of cinnamon and sugar mingling biggest passion: food. to bring nostalgic memories of a lax, carefree childhood of apple pies and snickerdoodles. It’s This was something I had never before thought about the taste of sensuous melted dark choc- about doing, and when I announced my choice, my olate left in a casually scraped bowl. Baking is, family thought I’d gone mad. Suddenly I couldn ’t most important, about sharing love and happi- see myself being a scientist, isolated in a lab, ness in the form of treats that reflect your chang- working to solve the arcane. Instead I saw myself ing moods throughout the day—at breakfast time, writing and sharing good food with others, just at three o’clock, and during midnight walks into as I did on my blog, The Sophisticated Gourmet, the kitchen. So roll up your sleeves, blare your putting myself out there to show everyone that favorite music, and preheat your oven. It’s time to rolling up your sleeves and giving any recipe a get your hands into things—to make something good try shouldn’t be feared, but embraced. If I deliciously hand made! hadn’t been befriended by an amazing community of food lovers when I started The Sophisticated Gourmet during the end of my sophomore year of high school, I’d never have made the decision to dream big. Many of my ambitions of sharing good food and teaching others to embrace old and new tastes are rooted in my blog. This book is my biggest attempt yet at doing just that on a larger level. It’s an attempt to convert fear-filled nonbakers to experts in this ultimate form of comfort-food cooking. It’s also an attempt to help you build your confidence in the kitchen, i n with your love for family, friends, and sharing at t r the center of all your work. o d u Baking, to me, is about the clattering of cake ct i pans as you slide them around the countertop to on 9 kitchen basics You don’t need a professional kitchen with expensive machinery and baking pans, or even a pantry full of posh exotic ingredients, to make any of the recipes in this book. You need only a few basics, which I point out here—and even some of these, to be honest, you can do without. g n i k a b e d a m d n a h 10

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Kamran Siddiqi, the talented young blogger behind the Sophisticated Gourmet, delivers simple yet sophisticated recipes in his first book—a collection of more than 75 of his favorite homemade baked sweets. Designed to entice young bakers with his infectious passion for baking (and sugar in all its
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