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Summary: An excellent resource and valuable guide
Review: King Arthur Flour Bakery is right up the road from me. The flour has been a staple in my home for years, and it is suggested for use by all the best cooks and chefs. The King Arthur Flour cookbook has all of the recipes you would ever need for breads-yeast and easy breads, muffins, desserts of all types- directions for baking the best products and an area that directs you to buying best products. My favorite recipe is the blueberry muffins, and by all accounts from everyone who has ever tasted them, this is the best recipe ever created- look no further you have found it. I would imagine any recipe that you might try from this cookbook will fulfill your dreams- buy it and start baking right away- your family and friends will love the results.prisrob
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Summary: Best Blueberry Muffins Ever
Review: King Arthur Flour Bakery is right up the road from me. The flour has been a staple in my home for years, and it is suggested for use by all the best cooks and chefs. The King Arthur Flour cookbook has all of the recipes you would ever need for breads-yeast and easy breads, muffins, desserts of all types- directions for baking the best products and an area that directs you to buying best products. My favorite recipe is the blueberry muffins, and by all accounts from everyone who has ever tasted them, this is the best recipe ever created- look no further you have found it. I would imagine any recipe that you might try from this cookbook will fulfill your dreams- buy it and start baking right away- your family and friends will love the results.prisrob
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Summary: More than just a bread book ...
Review: King Arthur Flour is most closely associated with the newest cooking trend -- home-made bread ala bread machine! Best flours, great recipes, but this cookbook is SO MUCH MORE!In actuality, there isn't a single bread machine recipe in the book. There's lots of old-fashioned recipes -- right down to making your own Baking Soda! The kids and I adore this book because it gives you more than recipes, it teaches you HOW TO COOK creatively and keep disasters to a minimum. Everyone in my family loves this book and we really enjoy creating our own versions of our favorite recipes.
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Summary: Very Good Book
Review: King Arthur's Flour 200th Anniversary Cookbook sits on my pantry shelf with Beard On Bread, Amy's Bread and other venerable baking books. Often though, it is KA that helps me out, as it did a couple of days ago when I was looking for a way to approximate a bread I sampled at a restaurant. KA appears rather quaint and rural New Englandish, especially with recipes like Monster Pie (not a bad thing), but don't underestimate it. It provides a lucid, nonthreatening approach to the basics, also explains theory so you can build your own recipes. The only thing that dates this ten-year-old volume is the fact that it is not up to date on some of the spiffier ingredients KA has added to its Baker's Catalogue, like SAF yeast and special bread flours. It was compiled before bread machines caught fire, too, so for those who only do bread that way, it may not offer everything.
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Summary: Excellent Primer
Review: King Arthur's Flour 200th Anniversary Cookbook sits on my pantry shelf with Beard On Bread, Amy's Bread and other venerable baking books. Often though, it is KA that helps me out, as it did a couple of days ago when I was looking for a way to approximate a bread I sampled at a restaurant. KA appears rather quaint and rural New Englandish, especially with recipes like Monster Pie (not a bad thing), but don't underestimate it. It provides a lucid, nonthreatening approach to the basics, also explains theory so you can build your own recipes. The only thing that dates this ten-year-old volume is the fact that it is not up to date on some of the spiffier ingredients KA has added to its Baker's Catalogue, like SAF yeast and special bread flours. It was compiled before bread machines caught fire, too, so for those who only do bread that way, it may not offer everything.
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Summary: This book will help you learn to think like a baker.
Review: The King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary Cookbook is perfect for the cook who's ready to branch out a little. The chapters begin with some basic recipes and explanations, then variations and improvisations. Directions are generally very clear and precise, and always include the reasoning behind the techniques. I especially enjoy baking variations on the basic scone recipe. This book has been a great confidence-builder; I
know that as long as I follow Brinna Sands' basic proportions and techniques everything will turn out fine!
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Summary: Baking/Flour Chemistry 101-- Creative Inspiration
Review: This book covers everything to do with flour and does it well! A great book for the individual who wants to expand their horizons from following a recipe to modifying it or creating their own. The whys and how-tos of baking are thoroughly discussed, and the basic "chemistry" of baking is explained. I pull this book off the shelf everytime I want to explore a new baking technique, especially when it has anything to do with pastry. The recipes contained within are good, but the inspiration this book provides to explore your own creativity is phenomenal.
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Summary: Must have
Review: This book is a must have for bakers. I am buying several as we give them as wedding gifts. If I could only have two cookbooks I would chose King Auther's and the Joy of Cooking. All of the recipes are tested and good stuff - no fluff here. The technical information on baking is priceless. I have the old 3 ring binder version in my kitchen - wish they would publish it in this version again as this book gets a LOT of use.
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Summary: An excellent resource and valuable guide
Review: This is a good solid book for anyone who loves to bake. A ton of information, and things you will not find in other places at your fingertips. For instance, information in comparing the caloric content of sugars, tables on fibers and grains and their composition, and most importantly how to manipulate the contents that go into breads and pastries, etc. to custom tailor to your preferences for taste and texture. This is one for my reference shelf of baking classics.
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Summary: Wonderful baking book for the novice and the pro
Review: Yet again King Arthur has outdone itself. This is the friendliest book on baking I have ever read. Unlike some other cookbooks that will go unnamed, this book is not intimidating to the novice and it encourages experimenting to challenge the most seasoned of bakers. Every bread product you could ever imagine is included (who thought you could make english muffins from scratch?!)and as well as other wonderful treats. Every recipe I have tried has been tasty, easy and fun. This book is truly inspiring!
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