Les Petits Sweets: Two-Bite Desserts from the French Patisserie [Hardcover]

If you love macarons, sabl?s, petit fours, and madeleines, you're in for a sweet treat. This delicious cookbook is full of recipes for bite-size French desserts that pack a sweet punch. With the tiny desserts featured inLes Petits Sweets, you can taste more than one, or have a dessert-tasting party to try them all. And try them you must. With flavors like:

...and more, it will be impossible to choose just one. Nougats, caramels, and tiny cakes and cookies will help you expand your French repertoire and flex your baking muscles. Tangerine-Poppy Financiers, Tarte Tatin Macarons, Strawberry-Matcha Tartelettes, Chocolate-Macadamia Shortbreads, and Sesame-Chocolate-Orange Wafers are just a few of the imaginative patisserie offerings you can recreate at home. Classic French techniques explain each recipe from start to finish. Go ahead, have dessert first.

Kathryn Gordonis a professional baking instructor and chef with sold-out classes at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City. She lives in Brooklyn.

Anne E. McBrideis the co-author of six books and the director of the Experimental Cuisine Collective at New York University. She lives in New Jersey.