When I was asked by the publisher of ‘No Bake Makery‘ if I wanted to review this cook book and run a giveaway on Drizzle and Dip, I was rather thrilled. I have so many readers in the US of A , and this is the first time I am doing an all American cookbook giveaway. Yipeeee!
I also totally loved the sound of this book – ‘No Bake Makery: 80 Two-Bite Treats Made with Lovin’, Not an Oven‘ – I mean who wouldn’t.
Even though I’m rather obsessed with baking in an oven, I was a little intrigued and charmed by the notion of a collection of recipes of tiny sweet treats. The book is written by Cristina Suarez Krumsick who is of Cuban origin and lives in Brooklyn NYC.
The concept was born out of a desire to entertain without sweltering in front of the oven, which then turned into – as is often the case when someone is really passionate about something – a small business. The business led to a whole lot of questions from people wanting to make these sweet treats themselves, and this led to the book which is an answer to these questions.
This is a fun and endearing book about fuss free two-bit desserts for all occasions. With clear step by step instructions, you will be mastering a few new techniques like tempering chocolate, drizzling and dipping (see what I did there?).
I selected to make the ‘hey, butter cup‘ recipe, which is Cristina’s answer the the classic peanut butter cup. Having not grown up with this in South Africa, but falling in love with it when I first visited the US, I thought it was the perfect one to try.
*Notes on the recipe: I used my mini cupcake baking tin, which made 24 small and deep cups. Cristina didn’t specify the size of the pan and hers looked a little flatter in the pics. I found I needed a bit more chocolate and I had leftover peanut butter filling which I rolled into balls, dipped in more melted chocolate, and and made a few peanut butter truffles. Delicious.
I also decided to use a dark Valrhona chocolate with 70% cocoa solids as this is a fabulous chocolate to work with in dessert making.
After making the peanut butter filing, I found it didn’t set as quickly as I would have liked, so I popped it into the freezer until it set. It was then super easy to roll into balls.
Recipe | Hey, Butter Cup from No Bake Makery
Makes 24 treats
