An illustrated, comprehensive guide to every type of baking, from cakes and pastries to muffins and breads, features step-by-step baking directions, nutritional information, low-fat variations, and cooking tips. 125,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.
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From Publishers Weekly
Sensible counsel on low-fat baking and the means to a more healthful diet can be found scattered through the pages of these 200-plus recipes for old-fashioned baked goods. Given the widespread success of low-fat commercial baked goods sold in supermarkets, there should be an equally wide audience for Pillsbury's compendium of cakes, tarts, quick breads, cookies, muffins and more. From the savory Gorgonzola biscuits, soft and crumbly with bits of the blue-veined cheese, to the delicately moist "Apricot Sunshine Muffins," many of the recipes can be mixed and baked in just under half an hour. Among the more flavorful and imaginative concoctions are the coriander corn muffins and the garden batter bread, with a rough crumb enhanced by chopped carrots, parsley and wheat germ. Too bad so many of the sweet bakery items seem somewhat repetitious: carrot drops, carrot raisin cookies, and carrot raisin and bran cookies each take a page, though the recipes are quite similar. Use of tropical fruits, such as mango, papaya and kiwi could have added more diversity to the sweet baking and pastry selections. However, this well-researched and informative book provides a welcome alternative to the rich indulgences of the usual holiday baking cornucopia.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
This collection includes favorite recipes from the Pillsbury test kitchens along with numerous winners of the Pillsbury Bake-Offs over the years. There are both sweets--from cookies and cakes to pies--and savory quick yeast breads and rolls along with lots of tips and hints, illustrations of techniques, and step-by-step color photographs. Recipes range from classic fruit crisps and pies to elaborate, often extremely sweet, concoctions like Fudge-Glazed Cheesecake with Caramel Sauce; some, but not many, are based on packaged mixes. Sure to be popular. Better Homes & Garden, Doubleday, and Literary Guild alternates.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A Wonderful Gift for Bakers,
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Baking (Hardcover)
Like the other reviewers, I bought this book when it came out in 1993. Back then, I needed some different recipes for my Christmas cookie party. The Complete Book of Baking offers everything from the classic recipes such as Peanut Blossoms to the newer Cranberry and Orange Pinwheels. I've baked many different kinds of cookies as well as breads, using this cookbook, and all of them are easy to follow. It's a shame that this book is now out of stock because my husband has used it so much that the pages are starting to come loose. His favorite recipe is the praline pecan cheesecake, which he makes every year. Our families have bragged about his cheesecakes to every one of their friends. Yet not one of them has asked where he got the recipe.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Pillsbury: The Complete Book of Baking,
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Baking (Hardcover)
Cooking and baking are hobbies to me. This is by far the best baking book I have come across, I've used it since 1993. I have baked the same recipe's from other cookbooks and they have not turned out nearly as good. I am confident that each recipe is excellent and therefore do not need to spend the time testing the recipe first. Also, you can do all your holiday baking from this book, no need to have a separate book for holiday cookies. I looked this book up on Amazon.com because I needed to buy a replacement copy for myself - that's how much use this book gets!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best cookbook ever - and I own a lot of cookbooks,
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Baking (Hardcover)
If, in your whole life, you only buy one cookbook for baking, buy this one. I have had this book for years and I love it. There is not one bad recipe. All the staples are there: breads, cookies, pies, cakes, glazes, you name it. There is even a section on terminology, equipment, and it explains things like why you shouldn't substitute butter for shortening and vice versa. The only gripe I have is that the binding isn't terrific - some of the pages have come loose over the years (but then again, I bent the spine so the book would lie flat on the counter). Hark ye bakers: the chocolate chip banana bread on page 380 is better than sex.
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