If you live in a small household but still enjoy whipping up a batch of cookies, yummy cake or other dessert, now you can do so on a smaller scale. If you are anything like me you’ll wonder how you ever got along without Small Batch Baking, by Debby Maugans Nakos.

Since my son no longer lives at home, it’s just my husband and I. Because he isn’t all that keen on sweets, I’m usually the one who eats the majority of what I bake. Needless to say, it’s not good for my waistline.

This cookbook makes a great gift for newlyweds, college students and empty-nesters… not to mention the single person who loves to bake. It includes recipes for cookies, cakes, breakfast breads, pies and much more!

Some of my favorite recipes include: Spiced Sweet Potato Bundt Cakes (made in mini Bundt molds), Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble with Tapioca Sauce, Down Home Buttermilk Biscuits and Cheesecake Toffee Drops.

When six cookies or three brownies or two servings of cake or pie are just enough, Small Batch Baking is the cookbook for you.

There is a whole chapter dedicated to decadent Valentine’s Day desserts, as well. (Of course, it goes without saying that these same recipes are more than appropriate to serve any other day of the year.)

Posted on August 10th, 2008 by Merry