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Happiness Is Baking: 
Recipes from Maida Heatter

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This spring’s release, Happiness Is Baking, features many of Maida’s greatest hits. Award-winning cookbook author Dorie Greenspan, who wrote the foreword, says Maida Heatter helped make her a baker.

“In our house, Maida Heatter, who might as well have been a kitchen god, was always given full title, as in, ‘Is that another Maida Heatter recipe?’” she says. “Long before the internet, long before people cooked or baked their way through a book and shared their adventures with their followers, I baked my way through Maida Heatter’s Book of Great Desserts and shared everything I baked with my husband, my friends, my workmates and the men who ran the elevator in our apartment building.”

These recipes are some favorites.

Maida Heatter 86-proof Chocolate Cake
Don't be fooled by its humble appearance. This easy-to-make cake from the late dessert queen Maida Heatter is chocolate-y and
Florida Lemon Squares
Think of a tart, crunchy lemon pie-in-a-bar. These are from Happiness Is Baking by Maida Heatter.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Chocolate Cookies
Add these to your cookie repertoire – they're super-chocolatey. Use pecans instead of walnuts for a Florida flavor. From Maida
Oranges in Rum, Cuban Style
Look for local guava jelly to use in Maida Heatter's recipe, from Happiness is Baking,

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