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Summary: take a deep breath
Review: and smell the perfume of fresh baked bread through this pages.The variety of recipes here is truly amazing. You'll find recipes coming from all over the US, with a distinctive italian, dutch, north and east european flavour. Accompanied with a short story about the origin of the bread, the recipes are well explained and good result is garanteed, even if you haven't got much experience because the instructions are very clear. Chapter 1: yeast breads (swedish rye, cheddar chive bread, amish pinwheel bread, pizza)
Chapter 2: Naturally leavened and slow-rising breads (prairie pioneer two day bread, sourdough graham bread, sour rye bread)
Chapter 3: whole grain breads (northern prairie barley sunflower bread, wisconsin onion dill bread)
Chapter 4: Rolls and buns (farmhouse rolls, Iowa corn clovers, heart of the prairie parmesan rolls, german soft pretzels)
Chapter 5: quick breads, muffins and popovers (gingerbread muffins, blueberry cornmeal muffins)
Chapter 6: Scones, biscuits, crackers and soda breads (irish buttermilk soda bread, thyme biscuits)
Chapter 7: Coffee caks and pastries (cardamon and cinnamon scented swedish tea ring, summery lemon coffee cake with fresh berries) Besides all this bread recipes, there are some that uses stalled bread to cook delicious salads and desserts Heirloom Apple Charlotte. I totally recomend this book
Note: If for you is important, be aware that this book has no pictures, but if you ask me, you won't need them!
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Summary: Great American Bread!
Review: I just received this book and made the "Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Bread" yesterday. It was my first try at a slow-rising bread using a sponge that ferments for 8 hours. The bread turned out well- a good sandwich bread. It made wonderful toast! Prairie Home Breads is written in a straight forward manner, but is a bit lean in information for very beginning bread makers; I would not say it is the best basic bread book currently available. I have close to 50 bread books, and this one is better for an advanced beginner. I enjoyed the historical and baking "sidebars" interspersed among the recipes. There are some nice looking recipes for non-bread extras included as well.
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Summary: Great American Bread!
Review: I just received this book and made the "Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Bread" yesterday. It was my first try at a slow-rising bread using a sponge that ferments for 8 hours. The bread turned out well- a good sandwich bread. It made wonderful toast! Prairie Home Breads is written in a straight forward manner, but is a bit lean in information for very beginning bread makers; I would not say it is the best basic bread book currently available. I have close to 50 bread books, and this one is better for an advanced beginner. I enjoyed the historical and baking "sidebars" interspersed among the recipes. There are some nice looking recipes for non-bread extras included as well.
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Summary: A Good Basic Bread Book
Review: I purchased this book because of the reviews. While I consider it an adequate book, most recipies are pretty basic. Thus, seasoned bread bakers may be disappointed. The directions are layed out in a double column format and are not logically ordered. For instance, if the oven needs preheated or pans need preparation, I prefer this information to be set out at the beginning of the recipe. This book puts steps such as those at the end of the recipe. Of course, anyone will read through the recipe before starting work, but I still like things to be set out sequentially. Novices may be somewhat confused by the formatting and may miss some steps, particularly if they are not well organized themselves. The whole grained bread recipes show a nice variety, although I haven't tested them, yet. If you are someone who likes multiple cookbooks on the same topic, this may be a decent addition for your collection. If you are looking for only one book, I'd pass on this one and purchase something else. "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" and "Bernard Clayton's Book of Breads" are two volumes that come to mind.
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Summary: The bread book I've been looking for
Review: I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of this book several weeks ago, and I haven't put it down yet! I love the satisfaction that comes with making delicious bread from scratch, and there are so many wonderful recipes in Prairie Home Breads that I can't wait to try. Ms. Fertig included everything from basic breads to more elaborate and unusual recipes, so anyone can follow along! I've already purchased several copies as Christmas presents for my friends.
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Summary: Showcases 150 outstanding recipes for a variety of breads
Review: In Prairie Home Breads, culinary expert Judith Fertig showcases 150 outstanding recipes for a variety of breads. Categories of breads include Yeast Breads; Naturally Leavened and Slow-Rising Breads; Whole-Grain Breads; Rolls and Buns; Quick Breads, Muffins, & Popovers; Scones, Biscuits, Crackers, and a Soda Bread; Coffee Cakes and Pastries. The recipes range from simple family meal favorites, to celebratory breads ideal for even the most festive occasion. The recipes are complete, easy to follow, and accessible to even the most novice kitchen chef. A strongly recommended addition to any cookbook shelf collection, Prairie Home Breads is enhanced with two useful sections "Source Guide" and "Prairie Bakers", as well as a user-friendly Index.
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Summary: The family tradition I never had
Review: This book was recommended to me by a friend. I am ever grateful to him for finding it. It takes me to this imaginary place of great grandmothers, grandmothers, farms, and recipes over a century old. Even before I tried my first recipe from this book, it brought about certain nostalgic emotions inside of me. With the descriptions that accompany each recipe, I see a little piece of history that could have been my own German grandmothers had she shared it with me. Unfortunately, while she did teach me a lot about cooking, baking and handing down recipes wasn't something she did a whole lot of. My mother was the baker and she was more of a "new world" baker than someone who used recipes given to her by her mother or grandmother. This book makes up for part of that in its own special way. I received the book two days ago, thumbed through it once, then twice, and tonight I made my first two recipes. In fact, one just came out of the oven..."fly off the plate" rolls. One word: Heavenly. Among the best dinner rolls I've had or made. Slightly sweet, buttery, rich, yet light and full of flavor. Definitely something to accompany a dinner of flavorful comfort foods like pot roast or roast turkey and stuffing...even something like chicken stew. For those of you lacking the comfort that comes from having time-tested old-world recipes handed down to you, this book is for you...and even for those of you who aren't lacking it, this book will prove to be one of your favorites.
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Summary: The family tradition I never had
Review: This book was recommended to me by a friend. I am ever grateful to him for finding it. It takes me to this imaginary place of great grandmothers, grandmothers, farms, and recipes over a century old. Even before I tried my first recipe from this book, it brought about certain nostalgic emotions inside of me. With the descriptions that accompany each recipe, I see a little piece of history that could have been my own German grandmothers had she shared it with me. Unfortunately, while she did teach me a lot about cooking, baking and handing down recipes wasn't something she did a whole lot of. My mother was the baker and she was more of a "new world" baker than someone who used recipes given to her by her mother or grandmother. This book makes up for part of that in its own special way. I received the book two days ago, thumbed through it once, then twice, and tonight I made my first two recipes. In fact, one just came out of the oven..."fly off the plate" rolls. One word: Heavenly. Among the best dinner rolls I've had or made. Slightly sweet, buttery, rich, yet light and full of flavor. Definitely something to accompany a dinner of flavorful comfort foods like pot roast or roast turkey and stuffing...even something like chicken stew. For those of you lacking the comfort that comes from having time-tested old-world recipes handed down to you, this book is for you...and even for those of you who aren't lacking it, this book will prove to be one of your favorites.
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