Desserts LaBelle: Soulful Sweets to Sing About

by Patti LaBelle

Overview

Superstar singer, bestselling cookbook author, and cooking show host Patti LaBelle shares her favorite dessert recipes and kitchen memories.

Her New York Times bestseller LaBelle Cuisine: Recipes to Sing About, which sold more than 300,000 copies, established her as a cooking star. Today, Patti's baking skills have the country buzzing. In Fall 2015, a fan's YouTube review of her sweet potato pie became a viral sensation, with over 20 million views. In just one weekend, her pies were completely sold out at Wal-Mart stores across the country.

Now, for the first time, fans of Patti's pie can make their own, as well as other amazing sweets! Filled with her favorite recipes for pies, cakes, cookies, and puddings, as well as a chapter on diabetic-friendly recipes, moving personal stories from her career and life, this is the most personal cookbook LaBelle has written. Every fan of soul and sweets will want to own it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455543403
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	04/25/2017
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	317,850
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 7.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Patti LaBelle is one of the most successful and beloved entertainers of our time. She has earned two Grammy Awards, three Emmy nominations, and is the only celebrity whose star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was paid for entirely by fans. She continues to tour to sold-out concert halls across the world, and will appear on the 2016 season of the hit show The Voice. Patti is also an award-winning author of five books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers. She is the host of Patti LaBelle's Place on the Cooking Channel, and the creator of Patti's Sweet Potato Pie. She lives in Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Sweet Talk from Patti viii

1 Patti's Kitchen 1

2 Fancy Cakes 15

3 Make It Quick…Breads, Muffins, and More 63

4 The Cookie Jar 91

5 Love Me Tender Pies, Cobblers, and More 115

6 Dish-It-Up Puddings and Custards 153

7 Breakfast Time 191

8 New Attitude Desserts 217

9 Baking, Patti-Style: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques 235

Acknowledgments 248

Index 249