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Nancy Silverton's cookbook 'The Cookie That Changed My Life' is an ode to perfection

Dec 23, 2023
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Nancy Silverton
Nancy Silverton, world-renowned baker, shares recipes for baking perfection in her new cookbook. She discusses how to perfect peanut butter cookies, pies, and cakes in an interview with Robin Young. The episode also explores enhancing vanilla cake with chocolate frosting and the importance of weighing ingredients in baking.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Cookie That Changed My Life
01:49 • 4min
3
Improving Plain Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Frosting
05:57 • 3min
4
The Importance of Weighing Ingredients and Unique Recipes in Nancy Silverton's Cookbook
08:59 • 2min
5
Wrapping up the episode and two ads
10:34 • 2min