Pillsbury: The Complete Book of Baking

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Summary: Delicious
Review: Every receipe is at least good, if not great. The receipes are easy to understand and follow. HOWEVER, the binding is horrible and will break, so get "Martha Stewart" on the book and have another way to keep the pages together, or you could wait for Pillsbury to come out with a three-ring binder edition.

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Summary: if you buy ONE baking book, make it THIS one
Review: I first purchased a copy of "Pillsbury: The Complete Book of Baking" when it *first* came out. Over the years, it became my standard "grab-it-when-I-need-a-good-recipe" baking cook book (out of the forty-something that I own). After two years of my next door neighbor borrowing it repeatedly, I told her to just to keep it the last time she borrowed it, because I was moving anyway and it would save me the hassle of schlepping it across country. I had thought that it was just a nice thing to do, and that I would simply buy myself a new copy at amazon.com. HOW STUPID WAS I??

After I arrived at my new home, when I went to go purchase a new copy I found only a statement that it was out of print, so I made a book mark with "CHECK THIS OFTEN" written as the label. It took MONTHS to come back into print, and I'm just happy that it did. I *just* bought a new copy, not five minutes ago.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Buy this book while you can!! :-)

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Summary: Best Baking Cookbook Ever!!!
Review: I like baking and have used this baking book for ten years, am on my second copy (first one the binding fell apart which annoyed me, but it's such a great book that I purchased it again). If you like picture cookbooks, lots of pictures in this book which covers everything from cookies, cakes, pies, breads, etc. Every recipe I have tried turns out wonderfully and if served to guests I always get compliments. I am so confident that all the recipes are excellent that I don't hesitate to try a new one to serve to guests or bring along to someone's house. I use the book to bake Christmas cookies - the basic holiday cookie recipes are better in this book than even the Joy of Cooking's Christmas Cookie cookbook which I thought was supposed to be a really great book. I don't even consider other books when baking anymore, this is it for me!

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Summary: I've worn out my first copy
Review: I LOVE to bake and this is the best out of my extensive collection of cookbooks and recipes.I bought a copy in 1994 and have worn it out. The binding fell apart after five years; no worry...I got a three hole punch and put it in a 3-ring binder. That binder is held together with duct tape now! If you like a variety of recipes, with easy to follow directions and lots of nice photos of the food, this is the cookbook for you.

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Summary: The most awesome cookbook ever!
Review: I love to bake, and this is the best ever cookbook for it! Even if the binding is poor and the pages fall out. The recipes are the best you will ever find. I lost my copy to my husband in the divorce, but I found it again on the Pillsbury website. Ladies and gentlemen - start your ovens!

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Summary: Best cookbook ever - and I own a lot of cookbooks
Review: 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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Summary: Cherish this cookbook
Review: 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.

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Summary: Awesome!
Review: This is a fantastic book for people who love to bake. I've made dozens of recipes with no duds- the recipes even include nutritional info and high-altitude tips. It has all the old standbys and standards, and lots of fun recipes too. A friend recommended it to me and I'm so glad she did- it's always the first place I look whenever I need to bake something.