Food52 genius desserts: 100 recipes that will change the way you bake

Introduction

Baking rules & assumptions

Genius baking tools

Road map to all of the genius tips

Cookies & candy. The brownie-chocolate chip family ; Gloriously chewy ; Crisp-crumbly : the bake-ahead dream ; Candy for non-candymakers

Cakes. Lazy cakes ; Show cakes ; Rogue cakes

Custards, pudding & frozen things. Puddings & other comforts ; Mostly no-churn ice creams ; Lazy cold treats

Pies & tarts. Flaky vessels for fruit ; Fancy tarts

Mostly fruit. Cobblers, crisps & shortcakes ; Fruit dressed up.