Dessert Boards: 50 Beautifully Sweet Platters and Boards for Family, Friends, Holidays, and Any Occasion

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Delight your family, friends, and guests—on holidays or any day—with beautiful boards full of scrumptious sweets. With Kellie Hemmerly's creative and gorgeous Dessert Boards, you can take the exciting trend of artfully composed food platters and boards in an entirely sweet new direction. The more than 50 easy-to-make boards in Kellie's book are kid- and family-friendly, but grownups surely will love these dessert boards, too, whether the boards are served for a holiday party, a weekend visit from family or friends, or simply as a sweet finish to an everyday dinner. The boards feature a stunning variety of sweet treats, from baked things like bars, cookies, shortbreads, bundt cakes, and mini pies, to fresh and colorful fruits of all kinds, to truffles, candies, s'mores, and more. The recipes include • Cake for Breakfast Board • Pick Your Flag Colors Celebration Board • Picnic in the Park Board • Carnival Treats Board • Game Day Sweets Board • DIY Pudding Bar Board • Dessert Nacho Board • Birthday Confetti Board The book also includes platters that focus on healthier sweets, such as fruits, yogurts, and granola bars, perfect for breakfast, brunch, and after-school or after-work snacks. There are inventive boards for people who love to bake as well as quick-fix boards that can be built from store-bought goods—everything you need to bring smiles to your family and friends and some extra sweetness to your life. Introduction CHAPTER 1 Boards to Start the Day Coffee Bar Board Light and Sweet Board Cake for Breakfast Board Teatime Board Yogurt Parfait Board Donut Dessert Board Pastries and Danish Breakfast Board Spring Brunch Board CHAPTER 2 Boards for Happy Holidays New Year’s Eve Board Holiday Cookie Board Fall Harvest Board Halloween Jack-o-Lantern Board Pick Your Flag Colors Celebration Board Easter Bunny Treats Board Lucky Leprechaun Board Valentine Sweetheart Board CHAPTER 3 Around the World Boards Sushi and Sweets Board Dessert Nacho Board Molto Dolce Board (Italian Sweets Board) Gâterie Sucrée Board (Sweet Treat Board) CHAPTER 4 Family Friendly Boards Caramel Apple Dipping Board Carnival Treats Board Beach Boardwalk Sweets Board Cupcake Decorating Board Ice Cream Sandwich Board Cookie Decorating Board After-School Sweets Board Kids’ Sugar Rush Board CHAPTER 5 Celebration Boards Wedding Cake Board Game Day Sweets Board Birthday Confetti Board Awards Night Board CHAPTER 6 Any Time Boards Chocolate and Truffles Board Chocolate-Covered Everything Board Brownies and Bars Board Sweet Summer Fruit Salad Board Pie Love Board Big Bundt Cake Board Ice Cream Sundae Board Cake and Cupcake Boards Picnic in the Park Board Cheesecake Board DIY Pudding Bar Board Chocolate Dipping Board Chocolate and Cheese Pairing Board Ultimate Cookie Board S’mores Board Dessert for Two Board Hot Cocoa Board Movie Night Board CHAPTER 7 Recipes for Homemade Treats Fudge Brownies Chocolate-Covered Strawberries Crispy Cereal Treats Basic Sugar Cookies Basic Sugar Cookie Icing Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies Pound Cake Pound Cake French Toast Blueberry Pancakes Vanilla Chia Seed Pudding Cinnamon-Sugar Tortilla Chips Funnel Cake Marshmallow Fruit Dip Chocolate-Covered Pretzels Raspberry Jam Acknowledgments About the Author Index