The smells, the tactile involvement, the delicious results--there's nothing quite like fresh-baked bread, and no other cookbook elevates the art of baking bread and sweets to such grand style as Marcy Goldman's A Passion for Baking.
Goldman's enthusiasm and individuality come through loud and clear as readers explore her friendly, modern interpretations of traditional baking techniques. She shares baking secrets and funky tricks of the trade, so that in no time at all, you'll be producing cheesy loaves, mammoth muffins, jumbo cookies, and more with your own signature touch. Goldman's extensive baking experience and fun, friendly writing style make this book as much a pleasure to read as it is to use. Rise to the occasion, reignite your own passion, and experience baking at a whole new level.
Features
Welcomes a new era in home baking with more than 200 over-the-top and truly original recipes An elegant, wholesome, and profoundly unique approach to age-old bread-making traditions Over 160 bold beautiful photos show you step-by-step how to handle the dough, shape the loaf, brush with butter, and bake with love Photos of the final masterpieces look so temptingly real you can almost smell the aroma right off the page Easily available pure-quality ingredients are balanced with refined baking methods and engaging text to ensure the home baker's success
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A Real Feast:
This book is everything I hoped for, a beautiful, simple, feast for the eye and the mind. The delight the author takes in explaining the "why" of things was paired with her obvious love of the process. A delightful book!
My "Go To" baking book:
I haven't yet tried every single cheesecake here yet, oh but I will! One of her signatures is the thick crust on the bottom of the cake. They simply look delicious.
My daughter is a novice baker and recently had a very successful experience with the Baking-Class Cranberry Cream Scones, for which she received Kudos. I "FINALLY" found the perfect banana bread recipe; the secret? Too many bananas in the recipe makes the bread rubbery. Huh? Why has no one ever told me that before?
A Masterpiece Penned By A Unique Genius, Writer & Artist:
Marcy Goldman has authored a brilliant book that offers...far more than any other cookbook I have ever read. Yes, it is all there for anyone to create masterful delights that you will not find, frankly, anywhere else. But this most precious book is so much more. You get the spirited, artistic, witty, plucky, kick-off-your-shoes-and-dance sparkle of the author herself. Indeed, not only did I love the passion, and I mean real passion, with which she writes (I would love to read a book authored by her in any... more info
Brittany Butter Cookies Page 124- One Star for this Recipe:
They may have corrected this recipe for subsequent editions but let me tell you about the recipe in the first edition. Let's see what's wrong with this recipe. Recipe says "roll dough to 3/4 inch thickness". Picture indicates a much thinner cookie roll-out. I'll bet they're supposed to be 1/4 inch. Headnote says " makes 2 to 3 dozen cookies". You might get 2 dozen out of this recipe if you make the cookies a little thinner.
