by Carole Bloom
from Bite-Size Desserts
(Wiley, 2009)
Makes fourteen 1 1/2–inch round shortcakes
convert Ingredients
For the shortcakes
3/4 cup (3 1/4 ounces) all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon (1/4 ounce) firmly packed light brown sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) …

Queques de Limão e Laranga
by David Leite
Makes about 2 dozen 2-inch cakes
Queques are small cakes that can be flavored with most anything: vanilla, lemon, orange — even savory bits such as chicken, chouriço, or presunto. …

Think of this as almost a spice cake with pumpkin. It’s a super moist cake and the maple-cream cheese frosting adds just the right autumnal flavor to the cake. One of Leite’s Culinaria’s most popular recipes.

Pudim de Chá
by David Leite
Serves 8
This recipe is adapted from a dish by Maria Alexandre, a marvelous home cook in the Ironbound district of Newark, NJ, a haven for immigrants from mainland Portugal and the …

Bolo de Amêndoa
by David Leite
Serves 10 to 12, richly
Because this torte is made with no flour, it’s exceptionally moist and dense — just the way the Portuguese adore it. To decorate it, I like to …

by Donna Marie Desfor
Serves 8
Croissants are a breakfast and lunch favorite, especially when you’re entertaining a crowd. But you can also transform your buttery, airy leftovers into an inspired dessert laced with the flavor of …

by Lisa Zwirn
from Christmas Cookies: 50 Recipes to Treasure for the Holiday Season
(William Morrow, 2008)
Makes about 36 cookies
This cookie dough is conveniently made in a food processor, just as you might make pastry dough. The …

by Shirley O. Corriher
from BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking with Over 200 Magnificent Recipes
(Scribner, 2008)
Makes about 30 intricate cookies
Great Grandmother Schorr’s recipe is from Janice, my daughter-in-law, who is a wonderful cook. …

by Rick Browne
from The Best Barbecue on Earth
(Ten Speed Press, 2008)
Serves 6 to 8
This pie is cooked on a cookie sheet or several sheets of heavy-duty aluminum foil, in a large grocery store brown paper …

by Lynn Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift
from The Splendid Table’s How To Eat Supper
(Clarkson Potter, 2008)
Makes 30 cookies
The best recipes have backstories — at least, Sally’s always do. Here she gives the lineage behind these …

by Martha Hall Foose
from Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook
(Clarkson Potter, 2008)
Serves 8
The lyrics to “Darkness on the Delta” are painted on the risers of the stairs that come …