Just as the days are getting shorter and cooler and our desire to fire up the oven is kicking into gear, here comes a terrific crop of new baking books. With entries from Sherry Yard, Rose Levy ...

Almond-Brown Butter Financiers (Financiers aux Amandes et au Beurre Noisette) Makes 15 financiers. Recipe is reprinted with permission from “French Desserts” by Hillary Davis (Gibbs Smith, September ...

2014 has been a pretty fantastic year for baking books, with bakers and pastry chefs here in Los Angeles and around the country publishing books that are both pretty to look at and surprisingly ...

The best European desserts transport you to a trip abroad with every bite. Delicate layers, bold flavors, and stunning presentation make them hard to forget. These recipes bring that same pastry shop ...

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Some people advise selling gold. Others advocate buying it. I prefer to bake it - or, in this case, a diminutive dessert that evokes golden shapes and flavors. Financiers are traditionally small ...

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These little French cakes were named for the bankers who frequented a bakery in the financial district of Paris more than a century ago. Make beurre noisette (brown butter); add it to a batter made ...

Financiers are petite French, cake-like pastries that are light, moist, and not overly sweet. The lovely flavor is derived from the addition of brown butter and almond flour. Adding a final flourish ...

Financiers are petite French, cakelike pastries that are light, moist and not overly sweet. The lovely flavor is derived from the addition of brown butter and almond flour. Adding a final flourish of ...