The Sweet Side of Sourdough: 50 Irresistible Recipes for Pastries, Buns, Cakes, Cookies and More

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Sourdough isn't just for savory baking! The robust tanginess of sourdough adds that little bit of something extra to your favorite cakes, bars, tarts, sweet breads and more that you didn't know you were looking for, and pastry chef Caroline Schiff couldn't make it easier to do. Set yourself up for sourdough success with her best tips for building and maintaining a starter and then bake your way to sweet sourdough bliss. Add a new layer of flavor to pie and tart crusts in mouthwatering recipes like Spiced Pear, Crme Fraiche and Almond Galette, Apple Maple Crumble Pie and Malted Milk Chocolate Ganache Tart. Make breakfast the most delicious meal of the day with pastries like Orange Ricotta Drop Biscuits and Dark Chocolate Chunk Scones that are the things of your wildest sourdough dreams. And every special occasion is made even more special with cakes that perfectly balance the sweet and sour, like Grapefruit Brown Sugar Brule Cake, Raspberry Coconut Cake with Lime Glaze and Apple Sour Cream Crumb Cake. Caroline's reliable recipes take your favorite sweet treats up to the next level AND give you exciting, innovative ways to use your trusty sourdough starter. This book has 50 recipes and 50 photos

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"Caroline Schiff has let her pastry chef brain run wild inventing creative uses for sourdough starter. I particularly love the way she uses this tangy, living ferment to add texture and flavor to cakes, cookies and pies."
--Dana Cowin, founder of Giving Broadly and former longtime editor in chief of Food & Wine

"The recipes in this book will expand any sourdough baker's repertoire in ways they didn't know they needed."
--Erin Jeanne McDowell, author of The Book on Pie

"In this collection of tempting recipes, Caroline will make you see sourdough in a whole new light. I can't wait to bake my way through these recipes."
--Yossy Arefi, author of Snacking Cakes and Sweeter off the Vine

Author Bio

Caroline Schiff is the pastry chef at Gage & Tollner in Brooklyn and creator of the Instagram account Pasty Schiff. Her food has been featured in Forbes, and she lives in New York City.