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Cookbooks for National Parfait Day

By Mariah
Did you know that today, November 25th, is National Parfait Day? Unfortunately this glorious holiday gets overshadowed by Thanksgiving, so we'll pay tribute to parfaits. Here are some cookbooks that feature parfaits and other fun desserts.

Everybody likes parfaits! 


Very fittingly, A Princess Cookbook contains a recipe for a princess parfait just perfect for royalty:



By Sarah L. Schuette
Mankato, Minnesota, Capstone Press, 2011. Informational. 24 pages.




Foolproof Frozen Treats with a Side of Science has me salivating with a recipe for a Root Beer Granita Parfait:


North Mankato, Minnesota, Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, 2019. Informational. 32 pages.




These two cookbooks don't have parfait recipes, but they both have recipes for trifle, which is basically like a giant parfait (so even better!) Cool Treats & Sweets: Easy & Fun Comfort Food lives up to its name with a recipe for Vanilla Berry Trifle. Monkey Pudding and Other Dessert Recipes has a recipe for Tremendous Triple Berry Trifle (I love a good alliteration...yum!):


By Alex Kuskowski 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Checkerboard Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing, 2015. 32 pages.





Monkey Pudding and Other Dessert Recipes
Mankato, Minnesota, Capstone Press, 2008. 32 pages.


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