Bite-Sized French Pastries for the Beginner Baker

Get Started in French Pastry with Small & Simple Bakes

This collection of mouthwatering French pastries packs all the flavor of your Parisian favorites and none of the fuss. Using simple language and detailed directions, Sylvie Gruber helps you learn the ins and outs of French pastry on bite-sized canvases. By shrinking the scale of these delightful baked goods, you get more practice at the foundational techniques to make expert level delicacies. These little tarts, cakes and cookies are faster to make and easy to share-perfect for any beginner baker.

Sylvie's easy-to-follow instructions and troubleshooting tips make mastering base recipes like Pate Sablee, Creme Patissiere and Pate a Choux a cinch. Try your hand at favorite bakes like Sables Bretons, Tigres Financiers or Mini Cherry Clafoutis that are a perfect pick- me-up or addition to an afternoon tea. Wow your friends with decadent, yet deceptively simple, desserts like Mini Vanilla Eclaires, White Chocolate and Lime Madeleines and Coconut Cremes Brulees.

With 60 mouthwatering, easy-to-tackle recipes to choose from, this will undoubtedly become your go-to guide for delicious French pastries that'll always hit the (sweet) spot.