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Summary: Wonderful Recipes
Comment: Baking is my thing, even though I must cook everyday foods to survive. Because I have limited shelf space, and because I want to simplify my life, I only keep those cookbooks I use and treasure. This is one of those books. I love the recipes in this book!! They are accurate and produce consistent results. If you like glossy pictures in your cookbooks then this book is not for you, but if you want easy and tasty recipes then this is the best book in the market.
In reading some of the negative reviews I would like to comment that perhaps the fault does not lie in the recipes, but in the cook. Successful baking requires quality ingredients, careful measuring and correct temperature. Of all the ingredients used in bread baking the most important is of course the flour. Not all flours are created equal, they vary in protein content and moisture. Protein helps give structure to the dough, a soft spring wheat, low protein, flour (White Lily, Wondra) is good for cakes, a high protein winter wheat flour (most bread flours) is good for breads. The moisture content of the flour determines the amount of liquid to be added to the recipe. I have found Gold Medal and Pillsbury flours have a higher moisture content than other flours and require slightly less liquid. So try the same recipes using a different flour, and check the dough before the machine goes into the bake cycle and adjust accordingly..... too wet, add flour; too dry, add liquid. Lastly, always use the same brand of flour and learn to work with it. I use King Arthur flour exclusively for consistent results.
I know some of the info in this review is not necessarily about the book in question, but the info may be helpful to someone having difficulty in achieving consistent results in the baking process.
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Summary: Never bake dry bread again!
Comment: I love whole wheat bread. I had tried to make soft moist whole wheat bread for months before buying this book. I got recipes for the oven and converted them to the bread machine, and I got recipes for the bread machine and used them "as is". I tried bread cook books, bread machine cook books, and the internet. Every time I baked whole wheat bread it turned out dry and hard.
Since I've gotten this book I haven't made a dry hard loaf of bread. The instructions are so easy to understand, and make such great bread. I can make bread with any kind of flour I want and it turns out soft and moist. This is a must-have for any bread lover!
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Summary: Tremendous Effort, A Bit Overkill Though.
Comment: Wow! What a large bread-book! This is a must have if you are a serious bread machine person. It is loaded with lots of information regarding a wide spectrum of breadmaking. The recipes are abundant. This is the kind of recipe book that you read in bed at night and imagine cooking the next morning. But overall, the tremendous amount of info can be overwhelming at times.
If you prefer simple little cookbooks that get to the point quickly and can be laid upon the counter while measuring, this may not be your best choice. The text and lay-out are often busy and sometimes difficult to focus on.
I prefer simplicity, lucidity and spiral spines in my recipe books.
This particular bread-book reminds me of that creepy white guy with glasses on the Food Network, you know the guy, the one who provides all the history and scientific reactions behind the food but in the end you don't really care.....you just want to see it and eat it.
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Summary: The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook
Comment: This is the best bread machine cookbook that I have tried. Tasty and easy to follow receipes that are perfect everytime.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: This book made my life with my bread machine simple and successful. I don't think the instructions that come with bread machines are nearly as extensive as what you need to be really successful with the equipment.
This book makes it all simple and successful. I love the recipes too. This book is a MUST HAVE if you are new to bread machines.
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