Worldwide Sourdoughs from Your Bread Machine (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) [Paperback]

Donna Rathmell German (Author), Ed Wood (Author)

Book Description

Series: Nitty Gritty Cookbooks | Publication Date: February 1994

Authentic sourdough recipes from the bread machine begin with natural wild yeast; recipes include hand-shaped sourdoughs from the dough cycle.

Product Details

• Paperback: 171 pages
• Publisher: Bristol Pub Enterprises (February 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558670955
• ISBN-13: 978-1558670952
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #611,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of both worlds, March 23, 2006

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L. Swanson (Iowa City, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Worldwide Sourdoughs from Your Bread Machine (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

Most sourdough cookbooks fall into one of two camps: The hedgers, who add baking powder or commercial yeast to all their recipes, presumably just in case their starter doesn't perform as desired; and the purists, who never add extra leavening to anything. This book straddles the line nicely, providing both kinds of recipes sorted into sections to suit your mood and the amount of time you have available for baking. There is a great chapter explaining how sourdough works and why you need so much time to bake using it, and another devoted to the ins and outs of adapting sourdough for bread machine use. There is a section of recipes using commercial yeast and the regular bread machine cycle, a section using wild yeast and the bread machine cycle, and a section of wild yeast recipes using only the dough cycle.
The authors tell you approximately how many hours each step will take, which is very helpful when planning your baking, but I will confess to being somewhat turned off by the fact that they describe their starters in terms that seem to be specific to Ed Wood's dried starters for sale ('fast', 'slow', 'Russian', 'Austrian', etc.)
Aside from the odd spelt and kamut bread recipes, there are a lot of rye recipes in this book, pitas and rolls, a selection of bread flavors from around the world, and the very best plain sourdough French bread I have ever made. This book is a great addition to any sourdough baker's collection.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TASTY BAKING, June 8, 2000

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N. MCDERMOTT (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Worldwide Sourdoughs from Your Bread Machine (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

I have used this cookbook for years, and decided to order one for my daughter, since it is one of the best sourdough cookbooks around. The recipes are well organized, and the results are stunning! For anyone who does sourdough baking, the varieties are quite intriguing, and the occasional odd ingredients are not usually difficult to find, or substitute for. It's been around a while, but since Amazon.com has it, I'm delighted to buy it for gifts.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sourdough in a Bread Machine, July 5, 2009

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Martin Basiszta "M. Basiszta" (Las Vegas, Nevada USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Worldwide Sourdoughs from Your Bread Machine (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

This is a great book! It has explanations and instructions on several ways to make sourdough bread: Using the BM totally; using the dough cycle only of the BM; and using the BM with yeast and sourdough starter. So you can make it "your way". Worth every penny.