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Summary: Original Western Baking!
Review: I can just hear the theme music from "Bonanza" as I leaf through the recipes in these books. Hard-working cowpokes will adore these baked sweets from the American West. This baking book is composed by the operators of Breteche Creek, a 7,000 acre cattle ranch. The recipes are original, and divided into five chapters: Cowboy Cookies, Breteche Bars, Comforting Cobblers, Crisps and Custards, Surprise Endings, and Restaurants. The Index includes a list of noteworthy restaurants and inns of the Northern Rockies. Each recipe includes a list of ingredients, paragraph-form instructions on how prepare the recipe, and a short description of the finished product. There are full-color photographs of 24 of the recipes. My favorite recipe in this book is the Breteche Blondies on page 29. The authors note that the brownie is a distinctly American recipe. The Breteche Blondies call for easily accessible ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, butter, chocolate chips, coconut, and pecans. These bars are dense, moist, and delicious. My husband has already deemed them a "keeper." Whenever I bake them, it is always a challenge to see if they will make it out the door! This baking book includes recipes from restaurants and ranches. Examples include: Warm Chocolate Soufflé with Chocolate Glaze and Mascarpone Cream from The Snake River Gill in Jackson, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill Cody's Red, White, and Blue Berry Shortcake, named for the founder of the town of Cody, and Chocolate Banana-Mousse Cake from the Spanish Peaks Brewery in Bozeman, Montana. Go ahead, watch "Bonanza" as you imagine yourself ringing the dinner bell for your hungry cow-hands!
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