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The Good Housekeeping Baking: More Than 600 Recipes for Homemade Treats

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I recieved this book last Christmas and have been using it ever since. I am a senior in high school and am planning a career in the baking and pastry arts field. I have taken my book to school to use as a reference tool. Only to find out that my teacher loves it so much he doesn't want me to take it with me when I graduate. I have actually used this book to come up with many products for our many functions and compitions. I can not wait to take this book with me to college.

I bought this cookbook about ten years ago and have found it to be the one cookbook I can always count on. Everything I've made from it has been delicious. I like to keep an extra copy on hand so I can give it as a last-minute gift. I definitely recommend this cookbook to beginners, because the directions are easy to follow.

This is a baking book for intermediate home bakers, which is about where I'm at with this rather tricky art form. Both the techniques and the ingredients are thoroughly modern.

I'll say up front that there is a more "convenient" baking book available: The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book (see my full review); however, the recipes themselves in that fine work are not necessarily better so your choice of either baking book would be an equally good one.

The instant book features two important sections, one on equipment and one on ingredients. Those new to baking will find these explanations especially illuminating. There is no Table of Contents but there is a nice index where you'll easily find what you're looking for. This work covers the following baking pursuits:

-- Cookies
-- Quickbreads and Crackers
-- Yeast Breads (including pizza crusts)
-- Soufflés, Custards & Baked Desserts
-- Pies and Tarts
-- Specialty Pastries (e.g., "Cream Puffs" and "Éclairs")
-- Cakes
-- Frostings, Fillings & Flourishes

Every old stand-by baking recipe that you'll need is in here. There's a particularly good selection of chocolate cake recipes as well. And, of course, you'll find the obligatory conversion chart in the back of this nicely-bound, hardcover book. In all there are over 600 recipes and 384 pages. The work is profusely illustrated with helpful color photographs of the dishes and of key techniques.

It would be difficult to find a better baking book than this one. It would also make a fine gift.

Highly recommended.

I bought this book after trying several recipes from various chapters from a library copy of this book.
Everything I made came out excellent---and the recipes were clearly written and simple--using basic ingredients that
most bakers have on hand. Lots of "old favorites" were listed and good variations on other basics (like scones).
When I ordered the book from Amazon I found out that this book has been repeatedly reprinted and reissued.
Obviously I am not the only home cook that found it an excellent cookbook!

The copy I received was a former library book. The inside was in very good condition. Recipes are varied and interesting. There are many pictures but not one for every recipe (which is fine with me). The recipes also provide the calories for each serving.

This is an amazing cookbook. In the last week I've tried three recipes and every one has been amazing. The illustrations are so gorgeous, the hungry could use them as porn. It has recipes for bagels and large pretzels which I've never seen. AWESOME! I'm already planning about ten other things to bake. This totally beats the crap out of Betty Crocker.

Lots of great recipes. Well illustrated.

This is a beautiful cookbook. I love the "Malted Milk Bar" recipe on page 34!!! There's also a recipe for date nut bread--something that I can't find anywhere anymore.