Food Network Magazine The Big, Fun Kids Baking Book: 110+ Recipes for Young Bakers

by Food Network Magazine (Editor), Maile Carpenter (Foreword by)

Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

The ultimate kids' cookbook for beginner bakers, from the editors of America's #1 food magazine and bestselling authors of The Big, Fun Kids Cookbook.

This collection is packed with tons of recipes for easy sweets and treats, designed with young cooks in mind and triple tested by the chefs in Food Network Kitchen. Kids will get all the info they need to make their favorite desserts: muffins and quick breads, brownies and bars, cookies, cupcakes, sheet cakes, and more. The recipes are simple to follow and totally foolproof, and each one comes with a color photo and pro tips to help junior chefs get started in the kitchen.

Inside you'll find:

110+ delicious recipes

Fun food trivia

A visual recipe index with a photo of every recipe

Choose-your-own adventure recipes (such as design-your-own Whoopie Pies and Banana Bread)

Crowd-pleasers like Red Velvet Brownies, Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies, Mini PB & Chocolate Cupcakes, Chocolate Candy Bar Layer Cake, and more!

Fun food crafts such as cookie puzzle pieces and DIY sprinkles

Amazing fake-out cakes including spaghetti and meatballs, a taco, and a pineapple

Bonus food-themed activity pages with word scrambles, spot-the-difference photo games, and more

Lay-flat binding and a heavy paper stock that will stand up to frequent use

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781950785308
Publisher:	Hearst Home Books
Publication date:	07/27/2021
Series:	Food Network Magazine's Kids Cookbooks , #2
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	13,022
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Food Network Magazine is the #1 selling magazine at newsstands in America across all magazines. It has 13.55 million readers every month—more than for any other food or lifestyle magazine. The magazine is every food lover's essential handbook: a monthly supply of expert advice, inspiring ideas and must-try recipes. The magazine's bright, lively design captures the energy of Food Network, while story after story reminds readers that food is fun, and that anyone—of any age—can cook like a star.

Maile Carpenter is the founding editor in chief of Food Network Magazine, the best-selling monthly magazine in the U.S., and The Pioneer Woman Magazine, a new magazine launched in 2017 with cookbook author, Food Network star and social-media phenom Ree Drummond. Maile is an expert in kids baking—she has two daughters who love experimenting in the kitchen and they've recently launched the Food Network Magazine Kids Cooking Club on Youtube.

Editorial Reviews

This book is a must-have for all the bakers out there! It’s filled with so many fun ideas, tasty recipes and my favorite—tons of sprinkles!” 
—Natasha Jiwani, Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship Winner Season 5
 
“I love it when cookbooks are created just for kids! ‘Adult’ cookbooks can be intimidating, and kids may be nervous to start baking, but this book allows them to jump in and be creative.” 
—Trevin Alford, Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship Winner Season 7
 
“Y’all, go try out some of these new recipes and make sure to share your treats with friends! These desserts are great for any occasion!” 
—Graysen Pinder, Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship Winner Season 8

“The clean, colorful graphics and easy-to-flip spiral binding are clearly designed with beginner skills and small hands in mind. But many of the recipes include flavors sophisticated enough to appeal to their sweet-toothed elders as well, such as Cherry-Pistachio Muffins, Tres Leches Cake with Mango, and the hard-to-stop-eating Triple Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookies....To ramp up the fun, there are instructions for creating new frosting colors, for dipping cupcakes in chocolate shell topping and decorating with colored sprinkles to resemble an ice cream cone, and making an edible jigsaw puzzle of sugar cookies. Trivia tidbits, culinary-themed guessing games, and pop quizzes throughout keep the brain busy while waiting for the timer to go off.”
—Susan Puckett, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Tempting photos and clean layouts draw readers into the book....VERDICT Recommended for purchase. This title would be great for families who bake as a hobby, or for a scout troop to use for projects.”
—School Library Journal

“[It includes] fun foods like a Jenga set made of blondies, and even fake-out cakes—desserts made to look like spaghetti and meatballs or a grilled cheese sandwich (complete with an ooey, gooey pudding filling that looks like melty cheese). Tidbits of food trivia and kitchen tips are mixed in, too, along with a word search and other games.”
—Mary Bilyeu, The Blade (Toledo)

From the Publisher

06/01/2021

Gr 3–7—This title is formatted much like the monthly Food Network Magazine. Tempting photos and clean layouts draw readers in to the book. Sections include muffins and quick breads, brownies and bars, cupcakes, cookies, and cakes. The most innovative section is the "Fake-Out Cakes." These cakes are made to look like other food items (the Grilled Cheese Cake presentation is amazing!) and aficionados of Kids Baking Championship on the Food Network will recognize this concept from a popular challenge on the show. All of the recipes are simple to follow, require basic kitchen equipment, and easy-to-find ingredients. The recipes are pretty standard fare, though a few are original, like Milk and Cookies Cupcakes. The tone of the book is geared toward beginner to intermediate bakers. The back matter features tips and tricks, as well as coloring pages and games. A complete index of all recipes is helpful. VERDICT Recommended for purchase. This title would be great for families who bake as a hobby, or for a scout troop to use for projects.—Jami Livingston, Adair Cty. P.L., Kirksville, MO

School Library Journal