Binding: Ring-bound Dewey Decimal Number: 641.815 EAN: 9781933615226 ISBN: 1933615222 Label: Boston Common Press Manufacturer: Boston Common Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 552 Publication Date: September 01, 2008 Publisher: Boston Common Press Sales Rank: 966 Studio: Boston Common Press
Product DescriptionFeaturing more than 700 kitchen-tested recipes, 800 step-by-step photos, opinionated product ratings, and at-a-glance tutorials that guarantee success every time you bake.
A companion to the bestselling America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook (with more than 550,000 copies sold), this comprehensive cookbook delivers the foolproof recipes, step-by-step instructions, and troubleshooting guides that have become the hallmark of every book published by America's most trusted test kitchen. For anyone who has made pie dough that seemed impossible to roll out, bread that failed to rise, or a birthday cake that couldn't be served, this book will be a lifesaver as well as a lifelong and trusty baking companion. And with 22 chapters, this book is packed with recipes that will keep you busy (and your family and friends happy) for years to come.
Here you'll find recipes that range from easy and approachable (simple bowl cakes, quick breads, no-knead bread, and no-bake cookies) to more ambitious and demanding (artisan breads, wedding cakes, fancy layer cakes, and pastry). So whether you are an accomplished baker looking for a great collection of new recipes or a beginning baker looking for a practical step-by-step guide and easy recipes to bake for your family, you'll find what you want here.
In addition to the recipes, The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book is full of test kitchen tips that explain how or why a recipe works (and where you can go wrong), recipes at a glance (where we provide mini tutorials with photos), and illustrated troubleshooting guides (where we highlight the most common baking problems and their solutions). A practical guide to baking basics with information on key ingredients and necessary equipment (along with the test kitchen's favorite brands), The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book will help anyone get started on the right track.
What Others Say
Breaking The Baking Code!
My Great-Grandmother was known for her baking. My mother's home-made bread has been likened to cake. My sister has never had a problem baking anything. But, when it came to baking, I was (too many times) unsuccessful - avoiding it like the plague. Since I love to cook - want to do it as a profession, even...I thought I'd better become able to bake, as well. Thank You, America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Illustrated, for the only baking book that has ever made complete sense to me and taken the mystery out of baking. It's almost like breaking the Baking Code!
Now, I not only bake, but I bake very well. I understand what I am doing - what I had been doing wrong in the past - and even, how to create my own recipes using the basic techniques ... Read More
Highly Recommended
I am hopelessly addicted to anything kitchen and cooking related. Lately I've been reading cook books almost as one reads novels. The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book is cook book excellence. The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book takes a step-by-step approach in which novices and experts alike can extract useful information. Details abound in the techniques required to complete each recipe. The recipes are range from beginner to expert which is fantastic. I feel as if I can achieve growth in my baking skills by attempting simpler recipes and then heading for more the more complex recipes contained within The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book. The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book is well organized with pictured dividers, sturdy with hardcover and binder system. Individual recipes can be removed from and reinserted into the book. This not only makes and wonderful ... Read More
Over 700 recipes offer baking results guaranteed to succeed.
This companion to the AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN FAMILY COOKBOOK offers a collection of foolproof recipes, step-by-step directions, product ratings and troubleshooting guides for a range of quick dishes, no-knead breads, no-bake cookies, and more. The lay-flat thick binder format lends to kitchen use and explanations cover how or why a recipe works, what could go wrong, and how to avoid any uncertainties. Over 700 recipes offer baking results guaranteed to succeed.
Diane C. Donovan
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America's Test Kitchen Family Baking
The book was great!! Received sooner than expected which was greatly appreciated. Thanks for the GREAT service you provide to me.
No longer intimidated to try baking!
I come from a family of excellent bakers, but so far my baking experience has been mostly things to come out of a box. I can count on one hand the times I have baked something from scratch, and half of those times my Mom has helped. (I'm 27 years old, so it's about time I learn!)
The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book is a very well-rounded, staple baking book that I can see myself using for years. But what makes it stand out from all the other cookbooks and baking books that sit on my shelf, gathering dust?
I no longer feel intimidated to try my hand at baking something from scratch. The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book is very good at explaining, in simple terms, the "science" of baking. I am always amazed at why two people can follow the same recipe and have such strikingly ... Read More
