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

by Good Housekeeping (Editor)

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Product Description

Nothing makes the mouth water like the wonderful smell of something baking in the oven. 400 sweet and savory recipes, all shown in beautiful color photos, will have everyone rushing to the table--and you will refer to this cookbook again and again. Make appetizing breads, delectable pies, awesome cakes, delicious cookies, scrumptious soufflés and more!

From the Inside Flap
Baking: The word itself conjures up images of warmth and festivity. What better way to celebrate a special occasion than with a home-baked cake or pie? But you don't have to wait for an occasion: You can make even the most humdrum day sparkle with a fresh-from-the-oven batch of brownies, savory herb focaccia, or the surprise of after-school coffee cake or muffins.

Whether you grew up with homemade treats like these or relied on buying favorites from a bakery, you'll find that these triple-tested recipes--more than 600 in all--will bring back delicious memories--and help you create new ones for family and friends.

In Good Housekeeping Baking you'll find old-time delights as well as specials that may be new to you--from crowd-pleasing bar cookies and neighborly quick breads to silky custard pies and big-city cheesecakes--along with some appealing specialties you might not have thought of baking, such as crackers and souffls. Try some of our internationally inspired recipes, too, including sturdy Italian and Greek breads, elegant French fruit tarts, spicy German cookies, and buttery Danish pastries. You'll learn how to decorate party cakes and form fancy crusts for pies. And it's not all sweets: We give you recipes for pizzas, focaccias, quiches, and other savory pastries as well. How-to photos and helpful hints ensure that you'll get it right the first time and every time.

There's no time like the present! Choose from any of our hundreds of irresistible treats: Good Housekeeping Baking is filled with can't-miss recipes that will create--or re-create--many happy memories.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Hearst (December 31, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688166164
• ISBN-13: 978-0688166168
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,045,719 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars help for college, March 20, 2001

By	Nicole White (Whitefield NH USA) - See all my reviews

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, April 10, 2002

By A Customer

Lots of great recipes. Well illustrated.

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm pretty enthusiastic about this one!, December 21, 2008

By	Patrick W. Crabtree "The Old Grottomaster" (Lucasville, OH USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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.