The Bread Machine Cookbook (Paperback)

by Melissa Clark (Author)

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Product Description
A guide to baking breads using today's bread machines features recipes for Irish soda bread, baguettes, health grain breads, sesame cashew bread, buttermilk oatmeal rolls, mocha hazelnut bread, and many others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (May 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425137333
• ISBN-13: 978-0425137338
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,320,298 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Delicious sounding recipes, but poor loaves of bread!, July 5, 1999

By A Customer

Melissa Clark includes numerous creative and delectable sounding recipes in her book, but of the dozen recipes I've tried, not one has made a nice loaf of bread! The ratio of liquid ingredients to dry ingredients is too high, resulting in a small, heavy loaf. My most recent attempt was the Oreo Cookie Bread, in which I had to stand by my breadmaker and add over eight heaping tablespoons of bread flour beyond the amount called for in the recipe.

In comparison to Better Homes and Gardens Best Bread Machine Recipes, I would recommend the latter, not only because it is more user friendly, but because I have never made a bad loaf of bread from the recipes. Unlike The Bread Machine Cookbook, Best Bread Machine Recipes contains an index, nutrition information for each recipe, and a troubleshooting section. Melissa Clark's book does, however, contain many more bread recipes. I would not recommend this book to novice breadmakers, but rather to more experienced breadmakers that could take ideas from this book instead of using entire recipes.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These delicious Recipes WORK for me, August 25, 2000

By A Customer

I've had excellent results using Melissa Clark's book...the bread flavors are really creative and the loaves delicious. I particularly love the golden bread, using golden syrup, which makes the most excellent french toast, and also the potato bread, which is moist and just a little bit sweet. I agree that the book could use an index, but otherwise think it's an excellent tool if you have a bread machine. The person who had trouble must not have been following the directions carefully...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Every bread you could want, June 21, 2000

By A Customer

I have made quite a few of the breads from this book (my favorite is the Garlic Parmesan) and have generally had wonderful luck. The book shows how many different things can be done with the bread machine. A few of the breads are so-so but it could be due to my tastes. My one complaint is the book needs and index.