Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking (DK Illustrated Cook Books)

Packed with clear instructions and essential information on ingredients, special equipment, and storage, Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking contains everything you need to bake with confidence.

Every area of baking is covered in Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking, with 350 recipes covering a huge range of sweet and savory classics including quiches, pies, breads, and cookies. Classic recipes such as quiche lorraine and New York cheesecake are demystified and presented in a clear and accessible step-by-step format.

If you want to produce the perfect tart, bake a cake fit for a king, or serve up a souffle that won't sink, Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking will guide you through every single stage with clear, illustrated, step-by-step instructions that have proved so popular with DK's readers.

Making Whoopies: The Official Whoopie Pie Book

Whoopie pies could be declared the official Maine dessert, and many assert that the rotund chocolate confection originated there, although Pennsylvania actually has a an equally strong claim to that honor. No matter-aficionados in both locales never tire of the giant sandwich cookies, and the comfort-food treats are enjoying a renaissance as bakeries offer gourmet versions on the Internet. This little book is a wide-ranging, lighthearted look at whoopie pies and the folks who love them. This book contains 16 recipes including healthy, gluten-free, and zucchini whoopie pies!

Nancy's Healthy Kitchen Baking Book

There are two things that will never go away: the need to cut down on fat, and the craving for sweet desserts. Nancy's Healthy Kitchen allows us to satisfy both diet needs and decadent desires. With over 150 low-fat recipes for every baked-good imaginable, from cakes and cookies to quick breads and muffins, there'll never be a reason to cut out sweets from your diet.

This book features the recipes of Nancy's Healthy Kitchen, a restaurant/bakery in California that sells its own line of packaged cookies that are marketed nationally through retailers including Neiman Marcus, Macy's, Nordstroms, and gourmet stores. Capitalizing on Nancy's brandname recognition, the book will be packaged in the design of her boxed cookies.

The Harrowsmith Country Life Baking Book

Children's Book of Baking Cakes. Abigail Wheatley (Usborne Cookbooks)

This is a new book full of delicious ideas for baking and decorating a huge variety of yummy cakes. Recipes are divided into three mouth-watering sections: Big cakes include coffee and walnut sandwiches, chocolate gateauxs and pineapple cakes; Little cakes include cupcakes, muffins and mini cheesecakes, while Tray cakes include Swiss rolls, chocolate brownie bites and apple loaf. Something for everyone! Instructions for decorating techniques and recipes for different icing and topping recipes help make each tasty treat look like it's straight out of the baker's. Each recipe is accompanied by step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations to ensure spectacular results. It includes decorating and wrapping ideas for boxes, ribbons and jars to help make each cake into a lovely gift.

Little Irish Baking Book

"Visitors to Ireland go home with glowing accounts of Irish baking," writes Ruth Isabel Ross.

In her delightfully eclectic work, The Little Irish Baking Book, Ross brings the warmth of an Irish hearth to your home. this collection of recipes for the best yeast breads, pies both savory and sweet, puddings, cakes, and cookies will be a treasure trove of traditional family favorites for years to come.

The Pepperidge Farm Baking Book

The Complete Book of Pies: 200 Recipes from Sweet to Savory

Pie-baking made easy.

What could be better than a fresh summer pie brimming with sweet ripe fruit, or a steaming chicken pot pie? Baking a homemade pie from scratch is surprisingly easy with Julie Hasson's guidance, and the results are rewarding.

The Complete Book of Pies is like having your grandmother in the kitchen with you. The entire pie-making process is covered in easy-to-follow detail from start to finish. The book is filled with hundreds of recipes for fruit, cream and savory pies along with dozens of special tips and time-saving shortcuts to help make pie-baking a breeze. There are tips for making dough and rolling it; ideas for decorative pie tops; and quick and easy alternatives to pastry dough.

These luscious recipes are among the many that are sure to please:

• Apple cranberry spice crumb pie, brown sugar apple pie with almond crumb topping
• Blueberry pie, boysenberry pie, bumbleberry crumb pie, peach pie, sour cherry pie
• White chocolate key lime pie, chocolate cream pie, butterscotch cream pie, coconut cream pie
• Chocolate chip pecan pie, rum pecan pie, chocolate truffle tart, chocolate peanut butter mousse pie
• Caramelized onion, thyme and olive tart, quiche lorraine, chicken pot pie with mushrooms and leeks.

Both the novice and experienced baker will benefit from the author's extensive baking expertise. Sixteen pages of color photographs and extensive illustrations provide baking guidance and inspiration. The Complete Book of Pies is a basic reference for any home baker.

Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book

Over many years, Mary Berry has perfected the art of cake-making and her skills have earned her a reputation as the queen of cakes. In this updated edition of her classic home baking bible, she once again shares the secrets of her success. With more than 200 classic recipes, this expansive volume includes recipes for a huge range of cakes, brownies, biscuits, and buns. From the traditional Victoria Sandwich Cake, Tarte Tatin, or Millionaires Shortbread to the indulgent Very Best Chocolate Roulade, Swiss Wild Strawberry, and Walnut Cake,  there is sure to be a cake or bake here to suit everyone. Ideal for cake-making novices as well as more experienced cooks, Mary explains the basic methods of baking and gives advice on ingredients and equipment. Mary’s easy-to-follow recipes are interspersed with baking tips and solutions for the most common problems.

The Flour Pot Cookie Book

Why wait for the holidays to bake and decorate cookies? Let Margie and Abbey Greenberg show you how to make beautiful and easy cookies that are perfect for gifts year-round--plus, they taste great! The Flour Pot Cookie Book is a fun and fanciful exploration into the world of cookie decoration, featuring designs for all occasions, or for no occasion at all. People will think these cookies are almost too pretty to eat! With more than 40 decoration ideas, grouped by theme, this book is a sure-hit with home bakers.

Ryzon baking book. A practical manual for the preparation of food requiring baking powder / compiled and edited by Marion Harris Neil ... with master recipes by Miss Jessie A. Long ... Janet McKenzie Hill

The Big Book of Baking: Your Complete Guide to Perfect Cakes and Baked Goods Every Time

Good Food 101: Cupcakes & Small Bakes: Triple-tested Recipes

The perfect accompaniment to a picnic, party spread, or even just a nice cup of tea, cupcakes and small baked treats can lift your mood and satisfy that craving or sweet tooth. This fantastic collection from the experts at the UK's best-selling cookery magazine brings together all of their favorite recipes into one handy volume. Whether you want quick and easy cupcakes, rich chocolaty muffins, seasonal fruity treats, or that extra-special recipe for birthdays and occasions, you're sure to find it here. With each triple-tested recipe followed by a detailed nutritional breakdown and color photograph, you can bake delicious treats for family and friends with complete confidence.

The Bread Book: More Than 200 Recipes and Techniques for Baking and Shaping Perfect Breads, Sweet and Savory Muffins, Rolls, Buns, Biscuits, and Piz

An invaluable baking resource for beginning and experienced cooks alike offers a full course in baking fundamentals, along with two hundred innovative recipes for both basic breads and delightfully unique creations. National ad/promo. Tour.

"Good Housekeeping" Complete Book of Home Baking

Over 220 thoroughly tested recipes which cover every aspect of home baking, including biscuits, breads, teabreads, cakes, pastries, pies, scones and savoury bakes. Along with microwave hints, this book provides everything you need to know about baking delicious, fresh foods from your own oven.

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

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 and techniques in his never-ending quest for extraordinary bread.

In The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, Peter shares his latest bread breakthroughs, arising from his study in several of France’s famed boulangeries and the always-enlightening time spent in the culinary academy kitchen with his students. Peer over Peter’s shoulder as he learns from Paris’s most esteemed bakers, like Lionel Poilâne and Phillippe Gosselin, whose pain à l’ancienne has revolutionized the art of baguette making. Then stand alongside his students in the kitchen as Peter teaches the classic twelve stages of building bread, his clear instructions accompanied by over 100 step-by-step photographs.

You’ll put newfound knowledge into practice with 50 new master formulas for such classic breads as rustic ciabatta, hearty pain de campagne, old-school New York bagels, and the book’s Holy Grail–Peter’s version of the famed pain à l’ancienne. En route, Peter distills hard science, advanced techniques, and food history into a remarkably accessible and engaging resource that is as rich and multitextured as
the loaves you’ll turn out. This is original food writing at its most captivating, teaching at its most inspired and inspiring–and the rewards are some of the best breads under the sun.

Home for the Holidays: Festive Baking with Whole Grains

A guide to stress-free holiday baking provides 125 recipes for wholesome holiday treats and covers such issues as mailing baked gifts, working with yeast, and baking with children.