Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More

Following up on her very popular Snacking Cakes, Brooklyn-based baker Yossy Arefi offers more than 60 recipes for easy-to-bake, sweet and savory treats. She has a playful, contemporary sense of flavor and is generous with smart baking tips, making this an appealing choice for novice bakers but also a handy one for more experienced hands.

Among the recipes that stood out for us:

• Salt and pepper olive oil shortbread (good for vegans)
• Coffee-glazed molasses bars
• Cornmeal carrot cake
• Strawberry lime almond cake
• Cheesy jalapeno corn bread
• Everything bagel bread with scallions

Arefi includes a variety of informative sidebars, including instructions on making almost any drop cookie into a brookie (brownies baked with cookie dough on top).  And most recipes come with flavor variations as well as notes on using pans different than she recommends.

Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.