What's for Dessert

What's for Dessert includes lots of make-ahead, no bake, and simple stove top desserts, while still combining Claire's trademark of dependable recipes with wow-factor ingredient combinations to create showstopping and viral-worthy recipes. Filled with a variety of recipes including Chilled and Frozen Desserts (Tiramisu-y Ice Box Cake; Marbled Minty Chocolate Mousse), Easy Cakes (Whipped Tres Leches Cake with Hazelnuts), Pies, Tarts, Galettes, Cobblers, and Crisps (Strawberry-Ricotta Pie; S'mores Tart), Souffls, Baked Custards, and More Desserts From the Oven (Cajeta Pot de Creme) and Puddings + Stirred Custards, and Bars, Cookies, and Candy (Sprinkle Sugar Cookies; Caramel and Peanut Popcorn Bars). These recipes combine Claire's trademark pedagogically practical approach with a keen eye to flavour and purpose and a strict mandate of made simple, not simply made.

Claire Saffitz is the bestselling author of Dessert Person and host of the cookbook companion YouTube series Dessert Person. After graduating from Harvard University, she received a master's degree in culinary history from McGill in Montreal and then studied pastry in Paris at cole Grgoire Ferrandi. She lives in New York City with her husband and two cats.