Serve up some sweet treats to your friends and family with recipes from Cool Treats & Sweets! Everyone will love getting a taste of delicious homemade desserts. Cooking food at home is fun and easy. You can make each dish just how you like it. Every recipe is kid-tested and also has photos for basic techniques, tools, and ingredients. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Get family dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less without sacrificing beauty or flavor, from the beloved blogger and author of The Pretty Dish. “The new go-to book for home cooks everywhere. Yum!”—Ree Drummond, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks With her down-to-earth style, can-do attitude, and gorgeous photography, Jessica Merchant presents Everyday Dinners, your new guide for meal prepping. Along with plant-based, one pot, and slow cooker recipes, Jessica also includes weekly dinner plans, ideas, tips and tricks, and even a 45- to 60-minute meal prep game plan for the weekends to keep cooking easy and quick on busy weeknights. You and your family will be delighted and nourished by Jessica’s recipes for Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Honey Ginger Chickpeas and Tahini, Tuscan Cheese Tortellini Soup, Honey Dijon Pretzel-Crusted Salmon, Grilled Peach BBQ Pork Chops with Napa Slaw, and Garlic + Chive Butter Smashed Potatoes. As life gets busier, it’s increasingly harder to set aside time to put a nourishing meal on the table after a long day. In Everyday Dinners, Jessica gives us the tools and tricks to make that possible.

Intended for ages 7-12, this work features nutritious desserts. It includes the following: chocolate-dipped fruit, tofu berry cheesecake, caramel oranges, stuffed pears with chocolate sauce, fruit-and-cream parfaits, baked fruit compote, and more. These recipes are low in fat and sugar, and contain no sweeteners or artificial ingredients.

Updated with a brand-new selection of desserts and treats, the fully illustrated Sally's Baking Addiction cookbook offers more than 80 scrumptious recipes for indulging your sweet tooth—featuring a chapter of healthier dessert options, including some vegan and gluten-free recipes. It's no secret that Sally McKenney loves to bake. Her popular blog, Sally's Baking Addiction, has become a trusted source for fellow dessert lovers who are also eager to bake from scratch. Sally's famous recipes include award-winning Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Cookies, No-Bake Peanut Butter Banana Pie, delectable Dark Chocolate Butterscotch Cupcakes, and yummy Marshmallow Swirl S'mores Fudge. Find tried-and-true sweet recipes for all kinds of delicious: Breads & Muffins Breakfasts Brownies & Bars Cakes, Pies & Crisps Candy & Sweet Snacks Cookies Cupcakes Healthier Choices With tons of simple, easy-to-follow recipes, you get all of the sweet with none of the fuss! Hungry for more? Learn to create even more irresistible sweets with Sally’s Candy Addiction and Sally’s Cookie Addiction.

Ideal for busy nights, these comfort-food staples also fill the bill for weekend menus, after-school snacks and breakfast emergencies. Enjoy easy comfort foods everyday with this exciting new book. Preparing a stick-to-your-ribs dish doesn’t have to eat up hours of kitchen time. Simply turn to 5-Ingredient Comfort Food, the latest cookbook from Taste of Home. Hearty mac & cheese, four-layer lasagna, crispy fried chicken, savory enchiladas and moist chocolate cake…look inside for these satisfying specialties and hundreds of others. Each recipe requires just five ingredients (or fewer!), most of which are likely in your pantry and refrigerator already. What could be quicker? CHAPTERS Breakfast Snacks & Appetizers Sides & Breads Main Courses Soups & Sandwiches Cookies, Bars & Brownies Cakes, Pies & Desserts RECIPES Pizza Egg Rolls Warm Spinach-Artichoke Dip Cheeseburger Soup Buttery Focaccia Chicago-Style Stuffed Pizza Chicken & Dumping Casserole Beefy Tortilla Bake Mom’s Meat Loaf Hearty Beef Stew Meatball Subs Taco Lasagna Slow-Cooker Sloppy Joes Macaroni Salad Garlic Mashed Potatoes Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Fudgy Brownie Pie Apple Crisp Ho-Ho Cake

Book Features: • 24 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches • Ages 5-9, Grades K-3 leveled readers • Simple, easy-to-read pages with illustrations • Work together to bake a cake from scratch with your child • Reading activities, tips, and instructions included The Magic of Reading: Use the magic of reading to take your child on a new learning adventure with How to Bake a Cake! The 24-page how-to cookbook features full-color illustrations and simple, easy-to-read instructions to make the perfect dessert! Hands-On Reading: Everyone loves cake, and with this book, now you and your child can make the perfect one together! Follow along with simple instructions, tips, and tools needed to make a yummy treat that everyone can enjoy. Features: More than just a how-to guide, this kids book also includes before and after reading activities, as well as age-appropriate cooking vocabulary to enhance your child's reading comprehension skills, too! Leveled Books: Vibrant illustrations and leveled text work together to engage children and promote reading comprehension skills. This cake book engages kindergarten-3rd grade readers with new vocabulary and engaging, interactive topics like baking. Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.

Includes plastic insert with equivalent measurements and metric conversions.