100 Best Bread Baking Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Bread Baking for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Baking Kneaded Breads, No-Knead Breads, and Enriched Breads

Bonnie Ohara

5.0

From beginning home baker to artisanal bread maker

Baking a perfect loaf of bread is part science and part magic. Created from four simple ingredients of flour, yeast, water, and salt, breadmaking is one of the most difficult (and delicious) baking endeavors. Bread Baking for Beginners is a rare bread cookbook for true beginners to keep their bread baking on the rise.

Complete with step-by-step phot

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Bread Illustrated: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving Bakery-Quality Results at Home

America's Test Kitchen

5.0

In this comprehensive cookbook, America's Test Kitchen breaks down the often intimidating art and science of bread baking, making it easy for anyone to create foolproof, bakery-quality breads at home.

Many home cooks find bread baking rewarding but intimidating. In Bread Illustrated, America's Test Kitchen shows bakers of all levels how to make foolproof breads, rolls, flatbreads, and more at hom

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Artisan Sourdough Made Simple: Practical Recipes & Techniques for the Home Baker with Almost No Kneading

Emilie Raffa

4.9

Many bakers speak of their sourdough starter as if it has a magical life of its own, so it can be intimidating to those new to the sourdough world; fortunately with Artisan Sourdough Made Simple, Emilie Raffa removes the fear and proves that baking with sourdough is easy, and can fit into even a working parent s schedule! Any new baker is inevitably hit with question after question. Emilie has the

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Tartine Bread (Artisan Bread Cookbook, Best Bread Recipes, Sourdough Book)

Chad Robertson, Eric Wolfinger

4.9

The Tartine Way - Not all bread is created equal

"...The most beautiful bread book yet published..." – The New York Times

Tartine - A bread bible for the home baker or professional bread-maker! It comes from Chad Robertson, a man many consider to be the best bread baker in the United States, and co-owner with Elizabeth Prueitt of San Francisco's Tartine Bakery. At 5 P.M., Chad Robertson's rugged, ma

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Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza

Ken Forkish

4.9

From Portland's most acclaimed and beloved baker comes this must-have baking guide, featuring recipes for world-class breads and pizzas and a variety of schedules suited for the home baker.

There are few things more satisfying than biting into a freshly made, crispy-on-the-outside, soft-and-supple-on-the-inside slice of perfectly baked bread. For Portland-based baker Ken Forkish, well-made bread is

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The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread

Reinhart, Peter.

4.9

Co-founder of the legendary Brother Juniper’s Bakery, author of the landmark books Brother Juniper’s Bread Book and Crust & Crumb, and distinguished instructor at the world’s largest culinary academy, Peter Reinhart has been a leader in America’s artisanal bread movement for over fifteen years. Never one to be content with yesterday’s baking triumph, however, Peter continues to refine his recipes

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Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking

Jeff Hertzberg, Zoe Francois

4.8

For 30+ brand-new recipes and expanded Tips and Techniques', check out The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, on sale now.

This is the classic that started it all Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day has now sold hundreds of thousands of copies. With more than half a million copies of their books in print, Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois have proven that people want to bake their own bread, so

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The Bread Bible

Rose Levy Beranbaum

4.7

The new baking masterwork from the author of "The Cake Bible" and "The Pie and Pastry Bible" provides bread bakers with 150 meticulous, foolproof recipes. The accessibility of Beranbaum's recipes and the incomparable taste of her creations make this book invaluable for home cooks and professional bakers alike. Easy-to-use ingredient tables provide both volume and weight, for surefire recipes that

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New World Sourdough: Artisan Techniques for Creative Homemade Fermented Breads; With Recipes for Birote, Bagels, Pan de Coco, Beignets, and More

Bryan Ford

4.5

New World Sourdough is your go-to guide to baking delicious, inventive sourdough breads at home.

Learn how to make a sourdough starter, basic breads, as well as other innovative baked goods from start to finish with Instagram star Bryan Ford's (@artisanbryan) inviting, nontraditional approach to home baking. With less emphasis on perfecting crumb structure or obsessive temperature monitoring, Ford

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Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering

Joanna Gaines

4.5

Magnolia Table is infused with Joanna Gaines' warmth and passion for all things family, prepared and served straight from the heart of her home, with recipes inspired by dozens of Gaines family favorites and classic comfort selections from the couple's new Waco restaurant, Magnolia Table.

Jo believes there's no better way to celebrate family and friendship than through the art of togetherness, cele

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Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes

Jeffrey Hamelman

4.5

The warm, complex aroma of a fresh-baked loaf of bread can be utterly tantalizing; the first bite, a revelation. In Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes, award-winning master baker Jeffrey Hamelman presents the definitive, one-stop reference on the art and science of bread baking - a kitchen essential for seasoned home bakers and professionals alike. Hamelman, a professional baker for n

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English Bread and Yeast Cookery

Elizabeth David

4.5

First published in 1977, and winning its author the coveted Glenfiddich Writer of the Year Award, this universally acclaimed book is regarded by many as simply the best book ever written about the making of bread. It covers all aspects of flour-milling, yeast, bread ovens and the different types of bread and flour available. It contains an exhaustive collection of recipes, everything from plain br

Recommended by Chris Young.

Chris Young

Elizabeth took a look at loaves and said, ‘All those times you thought you were eating traditional loaves, they were probably quite modern. There is a better way of doing it. There are better breads to be made.’ She was perhaps the most prominent champion for real bread in Britain during the depths of the white sliced years. [source]

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The No-Fuss Bread Machine Cookbook: Hands-Off Recipes for Perfect Homemade Bread

Michelle Anderson

4.4

What's the point of using a bread machine if you still have to prep the dough, make the filling, and watch it bake? Making bread should be simple... and now it is.

Put down the dough and pick up this book. The No-Fuss Bread Machine Cookbook is the first and only collection of truly easy, hassle-free recipes that give you delicious homemade loaves of bread every time. With more than 150 recipes that

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The Tassajara Bread Book

Edward Espe Brown

4.4

The Tassajara Bread Book has been a favorite among renowned chefs and novice bakers alike for more than thirty years. In this deluxe edition, the same gentle, clear instructions and wonderful recipes are presented in a new paperback format with an updated interior design. Deborah Madison, author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, says, “This little book has long been a guide for those who want to

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Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day: Fast and Easy Recipes for World-Class Breads

Peter Reinhart

4.4

Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day distills the renowned baking instructor' s professional techniques down to the basics, delivering artisan bread recipes that anyone with flour and a fridge can make and bake with ease.

Reinhart begins with the simplest French bread, then moves on to familiar classics such as ciabatta, pizza dough, and soft sandwich loaves, and concludes with fresh specialt

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The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More: A Baking Book

Maurizio Leo

4.4

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • IACP AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A dynamic, authoritative sourdough baking bible for those looking to build confidence in the craft with a wide range of foolproof recipes, from pan loaves to pizza to doughnuts, by the beloved blogger and resident bread baker at Food52“Maurizio Leo has given all bread-heads, whether newbies or experienced bakers, the ideal

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My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method

Jim Lahey, Rick Flaste

4.4

When he wrote about Jim Lahey’s bread in the New York Times, Mark Bittman’s excitement was palpable: “The loaf is incredible, a fine-bakery quality, European-style boule that is produced more easily than by any other technique I’ve used, and it will blow your mind.” Here, thanks to Jim Lahey, New York’s premier baker, is a way to make bread at home that doesn’t rely on a fancy bread machine or com

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Beard on Bread

James Beard

4.4

Since the early 1970s, more than 250,000 bread lovers have relied on Beard on Bread to show them exactly how to make the most out-of-this-world breads imaginable. Now, this classic collection of 100 scrumptuous bread recipes is available in a new trade paperback edition featuring more than 90 illustrations by Karl Stuecklen.

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Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook: A Master Baker's 300 Favorite Recipes for Perfect-Every-Time Bread-From Every Kind of Machine

Beth Hensperger

4.3

Can the incomparable taste, texture, and aroma of handcrafted bread from a neighborhood bakery be reproduced in a bread machine? When Beth Hensperger, one of America's most respected authorities on bread, first set out to try, she had doubts. Then she spent hundreds of hours testing all kinds of breads in a bread maker, and her answer turned out to be a resounding "Yes!"

In this big and bountiful

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The Essential Home-Ground Flour Book: Learn Complete Milling and Baking Techniques, Includes 100 Delicious Recipes

Sue Becker

4.3

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The Wooden Spoon Bread Book: The Secrets of Successful Baking

Marilyn M. Moore

4.3

Featuring over 250 proven recipes, as well as clear, concise directions on everything from setting up the perfect bread-baking kitchen to creating your own unique recipes, this indispensable tool is for anyone who longs to create the satisfying delights of home-baked breads.

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Bread Matters: The State of Modern Bread and a Definitive Guide to Baking Your Own

Andrew Whitley

4.3

In Bread Matters, Andrew Whitley, professional organic baker, founder of Bread Matters, and cofounder of the Real Bread Campaign, exposes the terrible state of modern commercial bread and shares his recipes for making great, nutritious bread at home.

Using the skills he has amassed during more than 25 years as a professional bread baker, Whitley clearly explains the process in detailed discussions

Recommended by Chris Young.

Chris Young

The thing about Andrew’s book is that it’s more than just a bunch of recipes. People have taken it on as a manifesto, really, of what can be done better. [source]

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The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread: 125+ Recipes for Every Baker (A Cookbook)

King Arthur Baking Company

4.3

#1 New York Times Bestseller • USA TODAY Bestseller • Publishers Weekly Bestseller Named One of the Best Cookbooks of the Year by: New York magazine, The Readable Feast, AOL, Here & Now The Best Gifts for Bread Bakers in 2025, Food Network With more recipes than any other contemporary bread baking book, this stunning, easy-to-use volume with 125 recipes for every baker—whether novice or bread-head

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The Elements of Pizza: Unlocking the Secrets to World-Class Pies at Home

Ken Forkish

4.3

A follow-up to the James Beard and IACP award-winning book Flour Water Salt Yeast, featuring an unprecedented look into the mechanics of pizza-dough making, plus scores of recipes for pizzas in every style: Neapolitan, Roman, American pan pizza, New York-style, creative flat breads, gluten-free pizza, and more.
Ken Forkish is one of the most respected and trusted bread-baking authorities in the wor

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Crust and Crumb: Master Formulas for Serious Bread Bakers

Peter Reinhart

4.3

Discover the true heart and soul of bread in CRUST & CRUMB, from whole-wheat, sourdough, and rye to pita, focaccia, and naan. In this classic cookbook, expert baker Peter Reinhart shows how to produce phenomenal bread, explaining each step of the process in detail and giving you knowledge and confidence to create countless variations of your own.

Awards1999 James Beard Award Winner

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The Village Baker: Classic Regional Breads from Europe and America

Joe Ortiz

4.3

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Small-Batch Breads: 50 Recipes for Loaves, Buns, and Flatbreads Made with One Cup of Flour [A Baking Book]

Rebecca Eisenberg

4.3

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Using just one cup of flour, create sweet and savory bagels, buns, rolls, and pastries with 50 approachable and accessible recipes from the creator of The Practical Kitchen.It all started with a recipe for miniature focaccia made in a loaf pan. That recipe went viral again, and again, and again. Now, trusted food blogger Rebecca Eisenberg brings her baking expertise, ac

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Paleo Baking at Home: The Ultimate Resource for Delicious Grain-Free Cookies, Cakes, Bars, Breads and More

Michele Rosen

4.3

Incredible Paleo Baked Goods for Every Craving

Paleo bakers rejoice! Michele Rosen, founder of the cooking blog Paleo Running Momma, has created 60 spot-on Paleo versions of all the cakes, cookies, brownies, muffins, pies and breads you love. With these genius gluten- and processed sugar–free recipes, you can indulge in all of your go-to treats without the guilt—whether you’re Paleo or simply tryin

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The Baking Bible

Rose Levy Beranbaum

4.3

The latest and most comprehensive baking book yet from best-selling author and “diva of desserts” Rose Levy Beranbaum and winner of the 2015 IACP Cookbook Award for Baking

Legendary baker Rose Levy Beranbaum is back with her most extensive “bible” yet. With all-new recipes for the best cakes, pies, tarts, cookies, candies, pastries, breads, and more, this magnum opus draws from Rose’s passion and e

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The Beginner's Guide to Sourdough: Best-Kept Secrets for Successful Bread Every Time

Amy Coyne

4.3

A Masterclass in SourdoughDiscard your worries with this ultimate beginner’s guide to sourdough baking! Sourdough enthusiast Amy Coyne has harnessed her decade of experience and compiled her best tips, tricks, and customizable baking schedules in this collection of 50 family-friendly recipes. With long-form bakes containing step-by-step photos and QR codes linked to video tutorials, anyone will be

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The Handmade Loaf: The book that started a baking revolution

Dan Lepard

4.3

With more than 75 recipes, from dark crisp rye breads and ricotta breadsticks to effortless multigrain sourdough, The Handmade Loaf guides you through the stress-free techniques you need to make and bake great breads at home. Made and photographed in kitchens and bakeries across Europe, from Russia to the Scottish Highlands, Dan Lepard's ground-breaking methods show you how to get the most flavor

Recommended by Chris Young.

Chris Young

It was the first book I’d come across that said you could get a world of bread from three or four ingredients—rather than saying, ‘Here’s a basic dough that you make in half an hour. If you want a different bread you throw in some cheese or some herbs or some chilli or you tie it in a knot.’ It was the first book I came across that didn’t pretend that the same dough shaped in three different ways is three different types of bread. [source]

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Bread Science: The Chemistry and Craft of Making Bread

Emily Buehle

4.2

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Our Daily Bread: 365 Recipes for Wonderful Breads

Stella Standard

4.2

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Bouchon Bakery

Thomas Keller, Sebastien Rouxel

4.2

Baked goods that are marvels of ingenuity and simplicity from the famed Bouchon Bakery. The tastes of childhood have always been a touchstone for Thomas Keller, and in this dazzling amalgam of American and French baked goods, you'll find recipes for the beloved TKOs and Oh Ohs (Keller's takes on Oreos and Hostess's Ho Hos) and all the French classics he fell in love with as a young chef apprentici

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Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book of Breads

Bernard Clayton

4.2

From the bestselling author of The New Complete Book of Breads comes the thirtieth anniversary edition of this classic baking book, now in trade paperback. In this exhaustive volume, you'll find recipes for every imaginable type of bread, from white and rye to cheese, herb, French, and Italian breads. Croissants, brioches, flat breads, and crackers are covered in depth as well. Home bakers will fi

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The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking

Jeff Hertzberg M.D.

4.2

A fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling, ground-breaking Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day—the revolutionary approach to bread-making

With more than half a million copies of their books in print, Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François have proven that people want to bake their own bread, so long as they can do it easily and quickly. Based on fan feedback, Jeff and Zoë have completely rev

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The Ultimate Bread

Linda & Anthony Blake Collister

4.2

The Ultimate Bread

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The King Arthur Baking Company's All-Purpose Baker's Companion (Revised and Updated)

King Arthur Baking Company

4.2

A James Beard Cookbook of the YearTrusted recipes, revised and updated for a new generation of home bakers. Comprehensive in scope, authoritative in style, and offering clear, practical, and encouraging instruction, The King Arthur Baking Company's All-Purpose Baker’s Companion is the one book you’ll turn to every time you bake. The experts from King Arthur lead home bakers through hundreds of eas

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Brot backen: Traditionelles aus dem Holzbackofen

Margret Merzenich, Erika Thier

4.2

Alles über Brot und das Backen im Holzbackofen und wie das, was us dem Backhäusle kommt, auch der Elektroherd leisten kann.

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Beginner's Baking Bible: 130+ Recipes and Techniques for New Bakers

Heather Perine

4.2

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Essential Pépin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites from My Life in Food

Jacques Pépin

4.2

For the first time ever, the legendary chef collects and updates the best recipes from his six-decade career. With a searchable DVD demonstrating every technique a cook will ever need.

In his more than sixty years as a chef, Jacques Pépin has earned a reputation as a champion of simplicity. His recipes are classics. They find the shortest, surest route to flavor, avoiding complicated techniques.

N

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Starter Sourdough: The Step-by-Step Guide to Sourdough Starters, Baking Loaves, Baguettes, Pancakes, and More

Carroll Pellegrinelli

4.2

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The How Can It Be Gluten-Free Cookbook Volume 2

America's Test Kitchen

4.2

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Baking and Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft

The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)

4.2

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Bigger Bolder Baking: A Fearless Approach to Baking Anytime, Anywhere

Gemma Stafford

4.2

From chef and online baking star Gemma Stafford, you can get more than 100 accessible, flavor-packed recipes that anyone can make—anytime, anywhere—in her very first baking cookbook.

Gemma Stafford—chef and host of the top online baking show Bigger Bolder Baking—has worked as a pastry chef at a monastery in Ireland, a Silicon Valley tech startup, and a Michelin-starred restaurant in San Francisco,

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Paul Hollywood's Bread

Paul Hollywood

4.2

It is time to take bread off the side plate and put it back where it belongs: in the centre of the table. My book has two aims. First of all I want to teach you how to bake a wide variety of breads. And then I want to show how versatile bread is. Each of the breads in this book has a "spin off" dish - starter, salad, main course or dessert - that the loaf is very much part of. So this is more than

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Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur

Nancy Silverton

4.2

The owner and chef of L.A.'s famous and successful La Brea Bakery reveals her magical recipes, adapted for home bakers. Before the baking even begins, Silverton takes the reader through the wonder of bread alchemy, then introduces readers to a wide range of recipes which range from the whimsical to the sublime. 25 photos.

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The Betty Crocker Cookbook, 13th Edition: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today – The Definitive Beginner Guide with Vegan and Gluten-Free Recipes (Betty Crocker Cooking, 336)

Betty Crocker

4.2

The fully updated and revised edition of the cookbook that generations of Americans trust, with more than 375 new recipes—including for air fryers, multi cookers, slow cookers, and more—everything the modern home cook needs to confidently cook today.For the past 100 years, Betty Crocker has helped generations of American home cooks, and this is the trusted recipe book that they’ve come to trust. T

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King Arthur Baking Company's Book of Pizza: Recipes for Every Pizza Maker (A Cookbook)

King Arthur Baking Company

4.2

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS FOR SPRING 2026: Epicurious, Bon Appétit From the team behind the #1 New York Times bestseller The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread, comes the definitive book dedicated to the key elements of making pizza in any home oven, countertop pizza oven, or backyard oven or grill.The bakers at King Arthur Baking Company resear

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Bake from Scratch (Vol 2): Artisan Recipes for the Home Baker

Brian Hart Hoffman

4.1

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My No-Knead Bread Cookbook: From the Kitchen of Artisan Bread with Steve

Steve Gamelin

4.1

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The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book: A Guide to Whole-Grain Breadmaking

Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, Bronwen Godfrey

4.1

The Laurel’s Kitchen Bread Book is the classic bestselling cookbook devoted to baking light, healthful, delicious bread entirely from whole grains. This specially updated edition includes an entirely new chapter on making excellent whole-grain loaves in a bread machine. Now even the busiest among us can bake the delectable loaves for which Laurel’s Kitchen is famous.

New research proves what we’ve

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The Art of Gluten-Free Bread: Groundbreaking Recipes for Artisanal Breads and Pastries

Aran Goyoaga

4.1

Finally, a complete bible that will transform the art of gluten-free bread baking from three-time James Beard Award-finalist Aran Goyoaga. Author Aran Goyoaga has perfected the art of baking without gluten, and she's garnered global attention for her ability to create bread full of texture and flavor using alternate flours. The Art of Gluten-Free Bread, Goyoaga not only shares her secret to the pe

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Baking with Kim-Joy: Cute and Creative Bakes to Make You Smile

Kim-Joy

4.1

Infuse your baking with a sprinkle of glitter, a rainbow of colors and a menagerie of woodland creatures with the help of this unique baking book from everyone's favorite Great British Bake Off finalist, Kim-Joy!

If you've ever wanted to know how to bring your baking to life, Kim-Joy will show you how in this fun and practical book. As well as basic cake mixes, cookie doughs, fillings/frostings and

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Crust: Bread to Get Your Teeth Into

Richard Bertinet

4.1

Crust is the exciting new bread book from Richard Bertinet. His revolutionary and simple approach that won him so many accolades for his first book Dough continues, but this time he leads you further into the world of breadmaking, introducing recipes that require a little more understanding and time but inspiring you with the confidence to create them at home. Bake a beautiful loaf of the mighty s

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The River Cottage Bread Handbook (River Cottage Handbook, #3)

Daniel Stevens, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

4.1

The River Cottage farm, established by British food personality Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to promote high-quality, local, and sustainable food, has inspired a television series, restaurants and classes, and a hit series of books. In this new addition to the award-winning collection, River Cottage baking instructor Daniel Stevens shares his irrepressible enthusiasm and knowledge to help you bake

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Fresh Milled Flour Cookbook: by Grains In Small Places

Kara Britch

4.1

Grains In Small Places: The Art of Fresh Milled Flour BakingUnlock the full flavor and nutrition of whole grains with fresh milled flour.In this comprehensive cookbook, Kara of Grains In Small Places shares the magic of baking with fresh milled flour. Whether you're a seasoned home baker or just starting your journey, this book is packed with recipes that bring out the best in every grain. From so

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America's Bread Book

Mary D Gubser

4.1

From coast to coast, and Alaska and Hawaii, come these recipes for delicious breads which Gubser gathered from housewives and bakeshops, millers and farmers, cooks and chefs and friends on a 65,000-mile journey through all 50 states. The book covers the basics of breadmaking plus specifics on everything from croissants to braided challah. Illustrated.

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Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories (A Definitive Cookbook Guide to Southern Baking) – The Perfect Cozy Gift for Bakers, Chefs, and Foodies

Anne Byrn

4.1

Enjoy mouthwatering Southern baking recipes, from biscuits and cornbread to cakes and rolls, that will warm your kitchen and your heart.Prepare yourself to savor the South through the baking that made it famous. In Baking in the American South, bestselling author Anne Byrn brings one of the world's richest culinary traditions to life with 200 recipes from 14 states. Get ready to bake like a Southe

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Your Daily Homemade Bread: Easy Stand Mixer Bread Recipes: Best Basics

Mary Ellen Ward

4.1

If you have a KitchenAid(R) or other stand mixer in your kitchen, you have the one essential tool necessary for baking wonderfully fresh, wonderfully flavored bread on a regular basis. Included here are eleven stand mixer bread recipes plus two dinner roll options covering all the basics from traditional white to rye, wheat, and an excellent multigrain bread, too. In addition, you'll learn eight a

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American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza

Peter Reinhart

4.1

On the subject of pizza, there is never a shortage of opinions. Allegiances run from the general (Chicago versus New York style, Neapolitan versus Roman) to the particular (Pepe's versus Sally's, Gino's East versus Pizzeria Uno), and new interpretations ever extend the pizza frontier.In AMERICAN PIE, master bread baker Peter Reinhart follows the trail from Italy to the States, capturing the storie

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Cannelle et Vanille Bakes Simple: A New Way to Bake Gluten-Free

Aran Goyoaga

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Ultimate Bread

Eric Treuille, Ursula Ferrigno

4.1

You don't have to go to San Francisco for sourdough, to Italy for ciabatta, or to Germany for Pumpernickel. All these recipes and many more are found in "Ultimate Bread." Step-by-step sequences and easy-to-follow text takes the mystery out of breadmaking. Baking essentials and basic techniques are included, too. "Ultimate Bread" guarantees the pleasure that making and eating your own bread brings!

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Betty Crocker The Big Book of Bread

Betty Crocker

4.1

Nothing is more basic or more versatile than bread. From a white loaf to quick-to-make muffins, bread is a well-loved staple. The Big Book of Bread is a complete resource for both new and experienced cooks, with more than 200 recipes and 100 color photos. New bakers will find clear and easy-to-follow instructions, tips, techniques, and how-to photos to bake a range of breads, from classic yeast br

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Breads

Cynthia Scheer

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Baking Bread with Children

Lee Cohen and Marije Rowling

4.1

Baking Bread with Children has everything you need to share the magic of baking with children of all ages.

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Artisan Baking across America: The Breads, the Bakers, the Best Recipes

Maggie Glezer, Ben Fink

4.1

Nothing is more satisfying than savoring the crust and aroma of truly great home-baked bread. Maggie Glezer has traveled across America and persuaded the country's most gifted artisan bread bakers to share their very best recipes and techniques so that home cooks can now reproduce sourdoughs, pizzas, corn breads, and baguettes that are truly out of this world.
Along with the recipes and the sumpt

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Bread Alone: Bold Fresh Loaves from Your Own Hands

Daniel Leader, Judith Blahnik

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Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries (A James Beard Award-Winning Cookbook. The Perfect Gift for Bakers, Baking Fans, and Foodies)

Kristina Cho

4.1

2022 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Baking and Desserts2022 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Emerging Voice, BooksONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker Magazine, The New York TimesONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time Out, Glamour, Taste of HomeFood blogger Kristina Cho (eatchofood.com) introduces you to Chinese bakery cooking with fresh, simple interpretations of classic recipes f

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Bake It Off: An Unofficial Taylor Swift–Inspired Cookbook for Every Era, from Breakfast to Midnights (Over 50 Inspired Recipes, Playlists, and Easter Eggs for the Ultimate Swiftie Experience)

Lindsey Smith

4.1

Inspired by the life and music of pop’s biggest icon, Taylor Swift, this baking cookbook features 50+ mouthwatering recipes and dazzling photography, alongside curated playlists and clever easter eggs from the Swiftie-verse. It feels like a perfect night... for pastries at midnight.Whether you are an OG Swiftie from her country days, or a newly anointed tortured poet, there is a little something s

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Midwest Made: Big, Bold Baking from the Heartland

Shauna Sever

4.1

A Love Letter to America's Heartland, the Great Midwest

When it comes to defining what we know as all-American baking, everything from Bundt cakes to brownies have roots that can be traced to the great Midwest. German, Scandinavian, Polish, French, and Italian immigrant families baked their way to the American Midwest, instilling in it pies, breads, cookies, and pastries that manage to feel distin

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Back in the Day Bakery Made with Love: More than 100 Recipes and Make-It-Yourself Projects to Create and Share

Cheryl Day

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New York Times Bestseller

Cheryl and Griffith Day, authors of the New York Times bestselling Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook, are back with more recipes to make with love. Who needs store-bought when baking things at home is so gratifying? In this follow-up to their smash-hit first book, the Days share ways to lovingly craft not only desserts, but also breakfast pastries, breads, pizza, and condim

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The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking

Rick Curry

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In the tradition of The Tassajara Bread Book, Brother Curry combines 80 mouth-watering recipes for bread--gathered from Jesuit brothers around the world--with his spiritual insights on meditation through bread-baking.

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The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Bread Baking

French Culinary Institute, Matthew Septimus

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The French Culinary Institute’s international bread-baking course, created in 1997, is taught by some of today’s greatest artisanal bread bakers and regarded as one of the top programs in the world. The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Bread Baking follows the outline of the FCI’s complete 12-week bread-making course. Serving not only as a reference in the classroom, but also as a guide for profe

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Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook (2024 Edition): +149 Easy and Delicious Homemade Bread Recipes for Every Occasion. A Step-By-Step Guide for Classic, ... Bread. Perfect Bread Book for Beginners!

Kenneth Miller

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🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 There's nothing quite like the flavour and aroma of freshly baked bread! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟✓ If you are concerned about what goes into the food you eat, you can now decide the ingredients of your daily bread yourself, and make bread that you will love.👉 👉 👉 The bread machine, a marvel of culinary technology, brings the ancient art of bread making into our homes, making it possible for anyone to bake brea

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Time to Eat: Delicious meals for busy lives

Nadiya Hussain

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Make a happy home with Nadiya's collection of over 100 mouth-watering recipes

WITH ALL THE RECIPES FROM NADIYA'S BBC 2 COOKERY SERIES

'This collection of speedy, oven-ready recipes is full of good ideas. It is a friendly hand on the shoulder for anyone too tired to cook' Sunday Times

Feeding a family and juggling the stresses of home life can be really tricky, so Nadiya has crafted over 100 recipes t

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A World of Breads

Dolores Casella

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A most complete guide to the making and baking of good breads, in six hundred recipes from the world over.

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Baking with Mary Berry

Mary Berry

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A sweet and savory collection of more than 100 foolproof recipes from the reigning "Queen of Baking" Mary Berry, who has made her way into American homes through ABC's primetime series, The Great Holiday Baking Show, and the PBS series, The Great British Baking Show.

Baking with Mary Berry draws on Mary's more than 60 years in the kitchen, with tips and step-by-step instructions for bakers just sta

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Poilâne: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery

Apollonia Poilâne

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Farm Journal's Homemade Breads

Inc. Farm Journal

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Tailor-made for today's busy cooks, the recipes in Farm Journal's Homemade Breads feature step-by-step, illustrated instructions, directions for using "quick-rise" yeast in traditional recipes, and tips for using food processors, microwave ovens, and other time savers. Included are recipes for classics like whole-wheat loaves, popovers, and coffee cakes, as well as for specialties like flaky crois

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Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More

Sarah Owens

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101 recipes for baking with whole and sprouted grains, making the most of the seasonal harvest, and healing the body through naturally fermented food

Sarah Owens spent years baking conventional baked goods, only to slowly realize she had developed a crippling inability to digest or tolerate their ingredients. Unable to enjoy many of her most favorite foods, she knew she must find a health-sustaini

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What You Knead

Mary A Esposito

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Share the joys and secrets of simple but sophisticated baking with Mary Ann Esposito, bestselling author and host of public television's Ciao Italia. From her Neapolitan grandmother's kitchen in America to the kitchens of Italy, Mary Ann Esposito has watched Italian bakers create all sorts of crusty breads and savory delights of every shape and size and adapted them in her latest book, especially

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Cook It in Your Dutch Oven: 150 Foolproof Recipes Tailor-Made for Your Kitchen's Most Versatile Pot

America's Test Kitchen

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A Dutch oven is more than just another pot. It's the most versatile pot in your kitchen. It's a soup pot, a deep fryer, a braiser, a roaster, an enclosed bread oven, and the perfect vessel for one-dish meals. Let America's Test Kitchen help you make the most of yours with an abundance of creative and approachable recipes tailored to these all-in-one pots.

Many home cooks own a Dutch oven, but often

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Heartland cooking: breads

Frances Towner Giedt

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Drawn from the rich cooking tradition of America's bountiful heartland, here are 100 recipes for quick breads and yeast breads. Featuring 30 recipes designed for the new, increasingly-popular bread-making machines, this delicious collection offers treats for every meal of the day, plus nutritious delights for teatime and after-school snacking.

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Easy Baking from Scratch: Quick Tutorials Time-Saving Tips Extraordinary Sweet and Savory Classics

Eileen Gray

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Cooking with Fire: Techniques and Recipes for the Firepit, Smoker, Fireplace, Tandoor, or Wood-Fired Oven

Paula Marcoux

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Cooking with live fire goes way beyond the barbecue grill. Rediscover the pleasures of a variety of unconventional techniques, from roasting pork on a spit to baking bread in ashes, searing fish on a griddle, smoking turkey, roasting vegetables in a fireplace, making soup in a cast-iron pot, baking pizza in a wood-fired oven, cooking bacon on a stick, and much, much more. Includes 100 recipes for

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The Bread Bible: 300 Favorite Recipes

Beth Hensperger

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The Bread Bible is the one book on the subject no kitchen should be without -- and now it's available in paperback. A trusted authority on baking, Beth Hensperger has brought together hundreds of time-tested recipes, both classic and intriguingly original, from Gruyere Pullman Loaf and Farm-Style White Bread with Cardamom to fragrant Tuscan Peasant Bread and Classic Buttermilk Biscuits. And don't

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The Breadhead Bible: Father Dominic's Favorite Recipes

Father Dominic Garramone and OSB

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Ever wish you had your favorite bread recipes all in one place? Father Dominic Garramone, the Bread Monk of public television, knows how you feel and has done something about it! The Breadhead Bible is a compilation of Father Dom's favorite bread recipes, spanning from the three seasons of his PBS program Breaking Bread to new recipes he's developed in recent years. Now you can find old favorites

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The Bread Baker's Apprentice, 15th Anniversary Edition: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread

Peter Reinhart

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How Baking Works: Exploring the Fundamentals of Baking Science

Paula Figoni

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An up-to-date, comprehensive guide to understanding and applying food science to the bakeshop.

The essence of baking is chemistry, and anyone who wants to be a master pastry chef must understand the principles and science that make baking work. This book explains the whys and hows of every chemical reaction, essential ingredient, and technique, revealing the complex mysteries of bread loaves, past

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Bread Machine Magic: 138 Exciting Recipes Created Especially for Use in All Types of Bread Machines

Linda Rehberg

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The Long-Awaited Revised Edition of the Classic Bread Machine Book

This well-researched, top-selling bread machine cookbook is now revised to include two-pound loaves, bringing it up-to-date for today's machines.

Bread machine bakers will be delighted with this collection of more than 130 delicious, original recipes. Enjoy fresh-baked breads at home using carefully tested recipes that include:

- San

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Bread Winners: More Than 200 Superior Bread Recipes and Their Remarkable Bakers

Mel London

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Dough: Simple Contemporary Bread

Richard Bertinet

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The Great British Bake Off: Big Book of Baking

Linda Collister

4.0

Bake your way through the much-loved BBC1 series with this beautiful, fully photographic cookbook of 120 original recipes, including those from both the judges and the bakers.

This book is for every baker – whether you want to whip up a quick batch of easy biscuits at the very last minute or you want to spend your time making a breathtaking showstopper, there are recipes and decoration options for

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Pie in the Sky Successful Baking at High Altitudes: 100 Cakes, Pies, Cookies, Breads, and Pastries Home-tested for Baking at Sea Level, 3,000, 5,000, 7,000, and 10,000 feet (and Anywhere in Between).

Susan G Purdy

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Do your cakes collapse, soufflés slump, cookies crumble, and fruit pies fail? For those living at high altitude, baking can be a challenge at best, or a total disaster. More than thirty-four of the fifty United States, plus many Canadian regions, have cities and towns at altitudes of more than 2,500 feet, yet there are hardly any cookbooks that address the special needs of these local bakers. Unti

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Baking with the St. Paul Bread Club: Recipes, Tips and Stories

Kim Ode

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The Flavor Matrix: The Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes

James Briscione

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The Breads of France: And How to Bake Them in Your Own Kitchen (Culinary Classics & Curios)

Bernard Clayton, Patricia Wells

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An introduction to the pleasures of French artisanal breads. It collects together bread recipes from some of the most esteemed bakers in France, along with vignettes of French culture, history, bread-making lore and black-and-white photographs.

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Lateral Cooking: One Dish Leads to Another

Niki Segnit

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A groundbreaking handbook--the "method" companion to its critically acclaimed predecessor, The Flavor Thesaurus--with a foreword by Yotam Ottolenghi.Niki Segnit used to follow recipes to the letter, even when she'd made a dish a dozen times. But as she tested the combinations that informed The Flavor Thesaurus, she detected the basic rubrics that underpinned most recipes. Lateral Cooking offers th

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Bread Toast Crumbs: Recipes for No-Knead Loaves & Meals to Savor Every Slice: A Cookbook

Alexandra Stafford

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With praise from Dorie Greenspan, Jim Lahey, and David Lebovitz, the definitive bread-baking book for a new generation. But this book isn't just about baking bread-- it's about what to do with the slices and heels and nubs from those many loaves you'll bake.

Alexandra Stafford grew up eating her mother's peasant bread at nearly every meal--the recipe for which was a closely-guarded family secret.