Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 641.815 EAN: 9780761130352 ISBN: 0761130357 Label: Workman Publishing Company Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: November 15, 2004 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Sales Rank: 45563 Studio: Workman Publishing Company
Product DescriptionSmall-Batch Baking is how to have your cake, and eat it all too. It's baking a plate of cookies (not 4 dozen) to greet the kids when they come home from school, or a few muffins (not 12) when that's all you need for Sunday brunch. It's for the perfect tart to end a small, romantic dinner--or the indulgence of a one-bowl dessert just for you (Honey Apple Oatmeal Crisp, anyone?). Most of all, it's to bring home the joy of baking, when home is just the two of you--small batches whip up quickly, clean up quickly, and don't require hours at the oven.
Written by Debby Maugans Nakos, who clearly possesses the Southern baking gene, Small-Batch Baking offers 200 irresistible recipes from across the baking spectrum: triple layer cakes, bundt cakes, angel food cakes; pies and tarts; cobblers, crisps, crumbles, and short cakes; cookies, bars, squares; biscuits, muffins, scones, breakfast breads; and a whole section just on Valentine Specials--Double Hot Chocolate Soufflés, Chèvre Cheesecakes with Honey Anise Ginger Syrup, Vanilla Banana Caramel Flan.
A batch of Cream-Filled Chocolate Cookies--that yields a half-dozen. A Coconut Layer Cake, just for two. Individual servings of Cinnamon French Toast Pudding or Southern Peach Cobbler with Bourbon Cream. It's all the bewitching pleasure of home-baked, but--finally--for just one or two.
What Others Say
A must have for small families
I love Small-Batch Baking! I would give it as a gift to anyone who has a small family or lives by themselves. Just be careful with the cooking times, as they have all been too long for me.
good good
Have made several of the recipes, fun ideas here. Some are too time consuming however for just two portions...
A Hidden Treasure!
I was given Small-Batch Baking as a gift and I let it sit on the bookshelf for a long time. Then one day I tried it and what a great book! I first made Moist Fudgy Brownies - yum! I've also make JK's Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies & just today Big Blast Oatmeal Cookies - both great. I've been known to eat 12+ cookies when I make large batches (don't judge you know you've done it too!) so Small-Batch Baking is great it makes only a few cookies so my husband and I don't have leftovers the next day and we don't over indulge. I only gave this 4 stars because as an avid baker the recipes aren't as good as the large batches but they are close enough and worth it when you don't think you can control yourself with a large batch. I also wish there were pictures for ... Read More
worthwhile despite problems
I purchased Small-Batch Baking purely as a reference guide to help me learn to downsize for new empty-nest status. I do not usually put much hope in the recipes offered in "gimmick-y" cook/baking books, and am considerably more than surprised at how much I have used this one. Yes, there are problems with the editing, but my biggest problem so far is to remember to adjust for using a convection oven. The recipes themselves have been unexpectedly successful. It has been very easy to make adaptations and adjustments, either to suit our personal preferences or to produce smaller scale versions of family favorites. All together far more than I had hoped for when I discovered the book.
Love love love it!
I feel just like another review who said that this is the book she never knew she needed. It's wonderful. Granted I only just made one of the recipes, the Banana Nut Whole Wheat bread which came out delicious! And I know I should wait until I've made more of the recipes but, I can't help it!
The book is quite thick and holds a lot of recipes. She includes imaginative things, I liked seeing recipes using molasses and different spices and all sorts of pies and crumbles and cheesecakes using passion fruit and other more adventurous ingredients. At the same time she has all the classic staples: chocolate cake, pecan pie, corn bread, chocolate chip cookies, lemon meringue pie and more. I mean, it's just like she says in the introduction, ... Read More
