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Summary: The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook
Review: I have really gotten serious about bread machine baking. I really find this book to the best. Beth has a great explanation of each recipe and the bread turns out great! As you use the book, you will appreciate all the time that went into writing this book. I can't wait to try my next new bread!
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Summary: Tried others, this book's the best
Review: I have tried many other bread machine cookbooks with mixed results. This book is by far the best. I have tried many of the recipes and each has been a hit. In addition, there is a great variety of breads to choose from including savory and sweet: egg, fruit, cheese, herb, grain. Be sure to try the Cornell Bread, Pizza Crusts, and House Bread. I am making a 9-grain today and cannot wait to make the Cottage Cheese Dill Bread, Cranberry Pumpkin Bread and the Parmesan Nut Bread. There are also many options for serving my friends who do not eat dairy or refined sugar. There is no need to buy any other bread cookbook this is the one you need on your shelf.
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Summary: Favorite Bread Cookbook
Review: I love this book. I have at least ten bread books and this one is the one I give as gifts. I have had great success with every recipe I've tried. I saw a comment here from someone about recipes being too wet or the ingredient order being wrong for their machine. Different machines have different recommended ingredient orders and Beth does tell the reader to follow their mfgr's recommended order. Babysitting the dough at the beginning is necessary for any recipe not used before. No adjustment may be needed, but then again scooped flour is heavier than sifted or spooned flour and unless one knows how the author measures flour, the results can be too wet or too dry and the dough may need to be adjusted. I've been making bread for many years and still prefer to back mine in the oven. Perhaps being an experienced baker helps with all bread books. I've written ten of my own bread recipes in the past two years. I've seen no inherrent problems in this book. Bread machines save the pain in my arthritic shoulders.
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Summary: not quite right
Review: I ordered this book after reading all the glowing reviews, only to find that all the recipies are for 1.5 and 2 lb. loaves, and call for SAF or rapid rise yeast. I prefer to bake 1 lb. loaves and use plain yeast, and really didn't feel like doing the math every time I want to use this book. A minor defect, but enough of a defect that I couldn't see myself using this book regularly. I've returned it and bought Donna German's little cookbook...which suits my needs better.
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Summary: From four to five stars! Wish it could be six!
Review: I originally gave this book four stars, but after trying *many more* of the absolutely delicious recipes, I felt compelled to write a new review and up the star count to five. This book is fabulous! The more I use this book, the more Beth Hensperger seems like a friend guiding me as I learn about my bread machine's capabilities, and I can't thank her enough.I ordered the SAF yeast from the King Arthur Flour Company and it really does make a difference. (The expiration date stamped on the package troubled me, because it was only a five months away, so I emailed King Arthur and learned that if you keep the yeast in the freezer, it will be good for a year or more. The stamped date is based on professional bakery use, where the yeast sits out in a hot kitchen every day.) I have tried several whole wheat and semolina breads, graham bread, seeded whole grain breads, and white breads, and they all turned out beautifully. The semolina bread was particularly luscious baked on the French bread cycle for a crackling crisp crust and slathered with garlic butter, as Hensperger recommends. Using Hensperger's guidelines, I successfully added gluten to other recipes that did not call for it and saw the breads rise perfectly. Beth Hensperger's talent for recipe development is amazing; her sandwich buns and pizza crusts turned out great, too! (A nice bonus is her pizza sauce recipe, which is scrumptious and very easy.) I love, love, love this book!
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Summary: Almost did not buy this book
Review: I read several reviews that were not very good. I almost did not buy the book. After I thought about the other bread books this author had written; I decided to make the purchase and I am very glad I did. I just got done eating a slice of the bread with the orange sections and chocolate mentioned in one of the reviews. My loaf was wonderful. This is about the 8th or 9th recipe I have tried and they have all been wonderful. I have baked bread without a bread machine but am in no way an experienced bread maker. This book has a lot interesting information and lots of tips. I didn't know about SAF yeast until I read it here. It does work better. Well worth the money
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Summary: Best Bread Machine Book
Review: I received my copy a few days ago and I can't believe how great it is! I just ordered a new bread machine and wanted to get a good cookbook before it came. (I ordered the Zo X-20)I have several bread machine cookbooks that I used with my old machine but they were not that great. This one is everything the other reviewers said it was. Now I can't wait to get my new bread machine so I can try all of these wonderful recipes. If you haven't really liked the other bread machine cookbooks you've bought, try this one and you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Summary: The Best Bread Machine Cookbook I've Ever Read
Review: I received my copy a few days ago and I can't believe how great it is! I just ordered a new bread machine and wanted to get a good cookbook before it came. (I ordered the Zo X-20)I have several bread machine cookbooks that I used with my old machine but they were not that great. This one is everything the other reviewers said it was. Now I can't wait to get my new bread machine so I can try all of these wonderful recipes. If you haven't really liked the other bread machine cookbooks you've bought, try this one and you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Summary: Delicious Vienna bread
Review: I received this book for Christmas, and have been having lots of fun with it. I first made a country-style bread that combined whole wheat and bread flours with a touch of maple syrup, and it was yummy. I'll be trying one of the Italian semolina bread recipes this weekend for an Italian dinner party. But my favorite so far has been the Vienna bread. It is best while still warm from the machine (slathered with butter, if you're feeling naughty). It is fairly dense for a white bread, makes great sandwiches, and keeps well for several days. I haven't yet tried any of the biga (starter) breads, but I am looking forward to them. I wish the book contained a cinnamon-raisin bread recipe that was *not* gluten-free; I'll have to improvise. The instructions in this book are clear and very easy to follow. I also appreciate knowing which recipes are suitable for use with the delay timer. While some ingredients are hard to find, plenty of the recipes call for readily available items. I've discovered that the vital wheat gluten required in most recipes is available at my local Safeway, as are Red Star yeast and semolina flour. The fact that vital wheat gluten is *not* the same as wheat gluten flour is mentioned in the book, but not emphasized strongly enough. Also, I have to remember to add salt along with the liquid ingredients, although the recipes list salt with the dry ingredients, because my bread machine manual states that salt can interfere with the action of the yeast if it comes in contact with the yeast too early. Perhaps this is a possibility unique to my machine (a Breadman Ultimate). I agree with an earlier poster who complained that recipes using the Dough cycle (for breads to be baked in an oven) call for unplugging the machine at the completion of the cycle; this seems unnecessary. Overall, I am pleased with and inspired by this book, which contains a great amount of useful information and a slew of easy and delicious-sounding recipes! Thanks, Beth!
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Summary: Best Bread Machine Cookbook I've Seen
Review: I recently bought the hardcover version. It's an incredible book. I've tried only two of the recipes so far: the whole wheat sourdough and the challah. But my kids gobbled up those breads so fast I know I will try many more recipes and make much more use of my bread machine, which had been gathering dust for a year. The only thing I would have preferred is a combined index, rather than having the recipes indexed separately. I was spending about $10 a week on bakery breads, so the book has already paid for itself!
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