Comments on: My baking cookbook faves

By: Heather B

Heather B — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:03:37 +0000

I’m super late to this conversation, but I just have to add one or two of my favorites. You’re not going to believe this – I didn’t want to believe it – but both of my favorites are from Trisha Yearwood. The country super star! I saw her first one in the bookstore and thought to myself, “Good GRIEF why does every celebrity think they can come up with a cookbook and can pawn it off on us and we’ll just buy it simply because”? But my curiosity got the better of me, because quite honestly, I do love Trisha Yearwood. And I can always use some picture perusing of her and how nice her house must look. Just a peek is all I told myself. I bought it. I ran to the counter. The book is filled with family recipes, good tried and true recipes, and I have made at least half of the foods in there and couldn’t be happier. I was thrilled to find she just came out with a second one, with more recipes! It’s really my favorite find EVER.

By: Amie

Amie — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:59:05 +0000

My favorites are my 1996 BHG, More-With-Less-Cookbook by Doris Janzen Longacre, and Cooking for your Dragon which has the cutest art done by Randal Spangler …all the recipes have chocolate

By: Sarah D

Sarah D — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:19:11 +0000

Thanks for the baking cookbook recommendations. I had two credits at PaperBackSwap.com and, lo and behold, they had the Better Home’s and Garden’s Bread book you have pictured above. I ordered it. If you’ve never checked out paperbackswap, its another really great frugal resource.

By: Alethea

Alethea — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:01:37 +0000

Oops…Jaclyn. Sorry.

By: Alethea

Alethea — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:00:41 +0000

Hi Jacelyn,

I have both, and yes, most overlap. If you have The Best Recipe, in my humble opinion, you do not need Baking Illustrated.

Hope this helps.
-Alethea

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:46:12 +0000

I have been craving that Sunset coffee can bread for years! I found this comment when I was doing a search for it; I didn’t remember where it came from. Do you have the recipe or know where I can get it? I can’t find it anywhere. Thanks!

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:26:58 +0000

Thanks everyone for the great suggestions—I’ve already put several on hold at my library. My newest favorite baking book is “Vegan Brunch” by Isa Chandra Moskowitz. There’s a coffee cake recipe which is easy, adaptable, and DELICIOUS. My son calls it “magical crumb cake”. Vegan cooking uses no eggs (or butter or other animal products of course) so it can be quite inexpensive.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:33:56 +0000

Kristin -
I’ve liked everything I’ve tried with the exception of the 6-week bran muffins. Successes have included Asian Ginger Dressing (also used in a stir-fry), Butt ery Garlic Cheese Biscuits, and the Slow Cooker White Chili. I’ve got lots more to try.

By: Lola

Lola — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:09:36 +0000

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day byJeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois changed my life. Seriously. The best baking book I ever bought because I use it constantly. The breads are delicious–the European Peasant bread recipe is my staple bread now. But there are other great recipes too; the pizza exceeds anything I have ever purchased at a pizzaria and the the sticky pecan caramel rolls are to die for. I have also tried the brioche filled with chocolate ganache, almond brioche, ciabatta, vermont cheddar bread, pita bread, italian semolina bread, and several others. The authors recently came out with a Healthy Bread book I am looking forward to buying.

By: Suzette

Suzette — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:15:36 +0000

I use several of the books you mentioned. Two additional books are: Judy Gorman’s Breads of New England and Secrets of a Jewish Baker. They are older books,but you can still get them.