Weeknight Baking: Recipes to Fit Your Schedule

The baker behind the blog Hummingbird High shares recipes for delicious recipes along with interesting stories, time-saving tips and how-to instructions including how to roll and crimp pie crust and layer cake decorating techniques. 50,000 first printing. Illustrations.
Michelle Lopez&;the wildly popular and critically acclaimed blogger behind Hummingbird High&;teaches busy people how to make cookies, pies, cakes, and other treats, without spending hours in the kitchen.If anyone knows how to balance a baking obsession with a demanding schedule, it&;s Michelle Lopez. Over the past several years that she&;s been running her blog Hummingbird High, Lopez has kept a crucial aspect of her life hidden from her readers: she has a full-time, extremely demanding job in the tech world. But she&;s figured out how to have her cake and eat it too. In Weeknight Baking, Lopez shares recipes for drool-worthy confections, along with charming stories and time-saving tips and tricks. From everyday favorites like &;Almost No Mess Shortbread&; and &;Better-Than-Supernatural Fudge Brownies&; to showstoppers like &;a Modern Red Velvet Cake&; and &;Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie&; (it&;s vegan!), she reveals the secrets to baking on a schedule. With rigorously tested recipes, productivity hacks, and gorgeous photographs, this book is destined to become a busy baker&;s go-to. Finally, dessert can be a part of every everyday meal!