Mind Over Batter: 75 Recipes for Baking as Therapy by Jack Hazan

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    • Categories: Cakes, large; Frostings & fillings; Dessert
    • Ingredients: unsweetened cocoa powder; devil's food cake mix; sour cream; instant vanilla pudding mix; dark chocolate chips; pecans; dark chocolate; heavy cream; unsalted butter; powdered sugar; sugar
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  • SULibraries on October 18, 2025

    641.815 H428m 2022 (LOU)

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  • Pecan cinnamon rolls

    • lindsey_i28b6m on April 18, 2026

      They were great! Not too sweet. I was able to mix/rise the dough in my bread maker without any issues!

  • New York-style bagels

    • sephina on May 20, 2024

      Not sure if this recipe is supposed to be a quick method to achieve bagels or this is genuinely how the author makes his bagels at home. The result was edible but subpar. Shaping the dough after it has already risen for an hour results in a flat top which the additional 10 minutes of rising after cannot remedy. This if further underscored by the 2 minutes of boiling time for the dough on each side. The crust sets so thickly, the dough no longer expands to at least round out the dough's surface. Because this book also talks about baking as therapy, there is a note that the feeling of frustration lasts 90 seconds and a suggested breathing exercise to do while waiting for the dough to rise. Instead of helping me reduce frustration through baking, these bagels increased my frustration because I experience another 90 seconds every time I look at the sad dimpled buns I ended up with. If you're looking for a solid bagel recipe, this is very much not it.

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  • ISBN 10 1797212303
  • ISBN 13 9781797212302
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  • Published Mar 21 2023
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 272
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Chronicle Books

Publishers Text

A self-care cookbook for using baking as therapy from licensed therapist and master baker Jack Hazan, with 75 simple, therapeutic recipes.

You may not realize it, but many essential therapeutic techniques can be accessed right in your own kitchen. In Mind Over Batter, licensed therapist and master baker Jack Hazan guides you through 75 simple, healing recipes that can help you tap into whatever you might be going through that day.

Inspired by the Syrian and Middle Eastern baked goods he grew up with, along with his take on classic American desserts, recipes are organized into themed chapters based on common life moments and needs. In need of connection? Make some Pesto Pull-Apart Bread to share with your loved ones. Looking for a way to release some anxiety? Knead away your stress with a Chocolate Babka Crunch. Simply in need of some self-care? Whip up a single-serving indulgence like a Devil's Food Mug Cake.

Throughout each chapter are invaluable exercises and “quick sessions” that connect baking processes to the evidence-based therapy tools Jack Hazan uses in his practice every day.

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