ULTIMATE BREAD MACHINE COOKBOOK

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Summary: This is THE Bread Cookbook to buy
Review: I had limited success with my bread machine until I found this book. The recipes seem to have the exact proportions and mix of ingredients to do the job perfectly. Now I don't just use the bread machine for convenience when time is tight, I use it for almost all of the bread I bake.

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Summary: What about average dinner rolls?
Review: I would have given the book 5 stars if it contained recipes for plain white dinner rolls, or potato rolls, etc. Perhaps these are in his 2nd book with a similar title? I looked on the pages for regular bread, about shaping the dough differently or having to make adjustments for dough cycle to make rolls, crecents, etc. but found nothing. This is my main complaint about the book. My only other complaint is that the ingredients go in the reverse order that my machine requires by the manufacturer, but it is only a slight drawback.

The information given on history of some breads or a short intro before each recipe is excellent. I like the insight each short paragraph contains with each recipe. Overall, there are many delicious recipes and haven't had a bad loaf yet.

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Summary: Truly the ultimate bread machine cookbook
Review: This book is wonderful for all you bread machine fanatics - the photographs are stunning, the directions are simple and complete and the cinnamon coffee bread is to die for - and if that's all the book had, that would be good.
But there's a lot more - there's the rye bread recipe and pf course, the famous "Anadama Bread" recipe, chocolate chip bread, and challah as well as pretzel and pizza recipes.
There's also a lot of technical information, telling you what the ingredients do in the process of making the bread, gluten levels of various flours and what you can expect when you substitute one for another - or even if you can substitute. There are directions given for different capacity machines, which makes it very helpful to use this book.
I recommend this book very highly for those who wish to find out more and bake more with their bread machines.