Classic Snacks Made from Scratch: 70 Homemade Versions of Your Favorite Brand-Name Treats

Classic Snacks Made from Scratch: 70 Homemade Versions of Your Favorite Brand-Name Treats

by Casey Barber
Classic Snacks Made from Scratch: 70 Homemade Versions of Your Favorite Brand-Name Treats

Classic Snacks Made from Scratch: 70 Homemade Versions of Your Favorite Brand-Name Treats

by Casey Barber

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Overview

Whip up amazing copycat versions of your favorite store-bought snacks, from Nacho Cheese Doritos® to Klondike® Bars, with the cookbook that Serious Eats calls, "a masterpiece of reverse engineering."

A 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
•Animals Crackers
•Creamsicles®
•Sour Patch™ Kids
•Cinnamon Pop Tarts®

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781612431215
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Publication date: 02/19/2013
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 558,844
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Casey Barber is a freelance food writer, recipe developer and editor of Good. Food. Stories., a growing online magazine focusing on food from a storyteller’s perspective. Her work has also appeared in Serious Eats, ReadyMade, Gourmet Live, DRAFT, Time Out New York, iVillage, and other print and online publications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7

Introduction 9

Useful Tools and Ingredents 10

Cookies 14

Nutter Butters 16

Fudge Stripes 18

Oreos 21

Mallomars 23

Mint Milanos 26

Animal Crackers 29

Graham Crackers 30

Oatmeal Crème Pies 32

Cakey Treats 34

Entenmann's Donuts 36

Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpets 38

Tastykake Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes 40

Hostess Chocolate Cupcakes 43

Hostess Orange Cupcakes 45

Twinkies 49

Sno-Balls 52

Raspberry Zingers 55

Devil Dogs 58

Cheesy Snacks 60

Cheez-Its 62

Goldfish Crackers 65

Nacho Cheese Doritos 67

Nacho Cheese Combos 68

Cheetos 71

Cheese Popcorn 73

Cheddar-Peanut Butter Crackers 74

Salty Snacks 76

Fritos 78

Cool Ranch Doritos 79

Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips 80

BBQ Potato Chips 83

Wheat Thins 85

Corn Nuts 86

Pretzel Rods 89

Funyuns 91

Chicken in a Biskit Crackers 92

Ice Cream Treats 94

Klondike Bars 96

Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches 98

Neapolitan Ice Cream Sandwiches 101

Toasted Almond Bars 103

Chocolate Éclair Bars 106

Strawberry Shortcake Bars 108

Pudding Pops 110

Creamsicles 113

Fudgsicles 115

Sweets and Candies 116

Apricot Fruit Roll-Ups 118

Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups 121

A Pudding Trio: Chocolate, Vanilla, and Tapioca 123

Mallo Cups 126

Caramel Corn 129

Peeps 131

Sour Patch Kids 134

Fruit-Filled Treats 136

Fig Newtons 138

Hostess/Drake's Cherry Pie 140

McDonald's Apple Pie 143

Cherry Toaster Strudel 145

Strawberry Pop-Tarts 149

Cinnamon Pop-Tarts 151

Table Talk Lemon Pie 153

Fried and Frozen Snacks 156

Tater Tots 158

Pizza Rolls 161

Mozzarella Sticks 163

Seasoned Waffle Fries 165

Soft Pretzels 167

Jalapeño Poppers 171

Dips and Spreads 174

French Onion Dip 176

Cheez Whiz 177

Ranch Dressing 179

Blue Cheese Dip 180

Port Wine Cheese Spread 181

Spinach Artichoke Dip 183

Pimento Spread 185

Helpful Resources 186

Techniques 187

About the Author 192

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