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Product Description 100 playful baking recipes inspired by MasterChef Junior's young chef contestants, plus plenty of tips, techniques, and step-by-step photographs to enchant bakers ages 8 to 100! Like the dishes featured in the MasterChef Junior Cookbook, the 100 recipes in the MasterChef Junior Bakes! celebrate creativity, technique, and deliciousness, embracing simple to sophisticated and sweet to savory baked goods. Young bakers will learn how to cream butter for Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies; shallow fry dough for Glazed Jelly Doughnuts with Powdered Sugar; whip a silky chocolate ganache for German Chocolate Cupcakes with Ganache Filling; and knead dough for cheesy Garlic Knots. Packed with baking guidance and know-how, insider info from MasterChef Junior alumni, and photographs from your favorite show moments, home bakers of all skill levels will be excited to bake like a MasterChef. About the Author MasterChef Junior, based on the hit FOX television show MasterChef, blends exciting challenges and inspirational stories with talented, pint-size contestants. Junior home cooks face fun and technical challenges proving that when it comes to cooking age doesn't matter! This is their second cookbook. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. introduction MasterChef Junior is a unique cooking show that puts kids in the spotlight, inviting them to stretch their culinary muscles as well as their imaginations as they compete with—and cheer on—an amazing group of their peers. Savory cooking is certainly the main focus of the show, but because so many kids first fall in love with the kitchen by baking cookies, muffins, and cakes, no season would be complete without a chance for them to whip up something sweet, whether it’s a showdown about homestyle cream pies or Parisian macarons. Baking’s focus on precision is also a great way for the kids to discipline their kitchen habits and hone their techniques, just like the pros. Mentored by an esteemed group of judges—all masters in their fields—the incredible young MasterChef Junior contestants dream up an array of cakes, pies, cookies, and other delights that are every bit as polished as anything you’ll find in a professional bakery or fancy restaurant—and have loads of fun doing it! The challenges they face are fast—and so are the friendships they make. When the kids are whipping up towering spiced ganache layer cakes (page 154), tender, chocolate-filled cream puffs (page 192), or pâtisserie-style green tea macarons (page 78), it’s easy to forget that no one in the kitchen is more than thirteen years old. Talk about impressive! Even though these young chefs are serious about baking, they still find plenty of ways to get creative—and crack each other up. Like the time in Season 3, when Jimmy won the lemon meringue pie challenge and got to throw his foamy pie right into judge Graham Elliot’s face—and then the rest of the contestants grabbed pies and clobbered judges Gordon Ramsay and Joe Bastianich, too! Or in Season 6, after the three-legged doughnut-decorating challenge, when judge Christina Tosi, Joe, and Gordon all got soaked with a waterfall of frosting—followed by buckets of rainbow sprinkles! Now, with this book to guide you, we hope you’ll join in the fun, too. Whether you’ve been baking with your parents and grandparents since you were just big enough to hold a spoon or you’re just starting out, the techniques and recipes in these pages offer a practical guide that will open up the wide world of baking and have you feeling like the master of your kitchen in no time. Packed with tips and recipes inspired by seven seasons of awesome MasterChef Junior contestants and challenges, you’ll have all the tools you need to head to the oven with creativity and confidence. From new spins on all your family’s favorite recipes, like gooey chocolate chip cookies, flaky buttermilk biscuits, and sticky banana