Sweet and Tart

November 15, 2015

With these zesty citrus desserts and snacks, Snyder (One Pan, Two Plates) offers bakers a wealth of traditional and contemporary recipes for cookies, pastries, breads, curds, and more. Novices will have no trouble executing such treats as grapefruit custard pie and lemon scones with blackberries, but they'll need experience cooking custards and sugar syrups to undertake the more challenging heavenly lemon squares and mile-high lemon meringue pie. Gourmets will appreciate Snyder's use of complementary flavorings, which can be boozy (limoncello, campari), herbaceous (basil, rose geranium), fruity (figs, roasted pears), or spicy (ginger, cinnamon). VERDICT Snyder's fresh take on this topic will satisfy sweet-toothed citrus lovers and fans of Lori Longbotham's Luscious Lemon Desserts.

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