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YOUR FAVORITE TREATS . . . FROM YOUR KITCHENA cream-filled chocolate cupcake for dessert. Caramel popcorn while watching a movie. An ice cream sandwich on a hot summer day. What could be better than indulging in your favorite guilty pleasures? Having the fun and satisfaction of making them yourself with all-natural ingredients so they taste more delicious than the brand-name originals. This book faithfully reproduces beloved snacks and nostalgic vending machine classics like:*Nutter Butters®*Nacho Cheese Doritos®*Funyuns®*Klondike® Bars*Animal Crackers*Creamsicles®*Sour Patch™ Kids*Cinnamon Pop Tarts®Wouldn't it be nice if junk food wasn't full of junk? This book answers that dilemma by serving up recipes for delicious, preservative-free treats made with the good, old-fashioned ingredients--flour, sugar, and butter.
About the Author
Casey Barber is a freelance food writer, author, photographer, good eater, and lifelong Pittsburgh Pirates fan. She is the founder and editor of the critically acclaimed website Good. Food. Stories. (goodfoodstories.com) , and her work has appeared in numerous national publications including Gourmet Live, ReadyMade, Today.com, The Kitchn, and DRAFT.
Casey is the author of Pierogi Love: New Takes on an Old-World Comfort Food (Gibbs Smith, 2015) and Classic Snacks Made from Scratch: 70 Homemade Versions of Your Favorite Brand-Name Treats (Ulysses Press, 2013) . She is also the co-writer of Inspired Bites: Unexpected Ideas for Entertaining from Pinch Food Design (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2014) .
Casey lives in northern New Jersey with her husband, two cats, and a freezer full of kielbasa, sour cherries... and pierogies. Find out more at caseybarber.com.
