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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Brand: Martha Stewart
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Every new book from Martha Stewart is cause for celebration, and with Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook, she returns to bring the pleasures of baking to readers at every level, from beginner to expert and beyond. A culinary compendium packed with more than 200 foolproof recipes for the best baked goods, Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook takes readers by the hand and guides them through the process of creating an irresistible variety of cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, breads, and much more.
This essential addition to every cook’s library is rich with tips, techniques, and the mouthwatering and stunning recipes for which Martha Stewart is so well known. Covering a delectable array of topics from simple to sophisticated, including biscuits, muffins, scones, cookies, layer cakes, specialty cakes, sweet and savory pies and tarts, and pastries and breads, she provides a dazzlingly delicious yet crystal-clear, vividly illustrated repertoire of recipes. There are cakes that are elegant enough for formal occasions, such as showers, weddings, and dinner parties, and basic favorites meant to be enjoyed every day and then passed down through the generations. Every chapter includes indispensable visual equipment glossaries and features vital make-ahead information and storage techniques. Organized for maximum clarity and practicality, the handbook also offers step-by-step how-to photographs that demystify even the most complex and nuanced techniques. These culinary building blocks will turn good bakers into great bakers, and make great bakers even better.
Filled with time-honored classics, such as Marble Cake with White-Chocolate Glaze, Apple Pie, Challah, Baba au Rhum, and Croissants, as well as lots of new surprises, Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook will be reached for again and again, no matter the season or occasion.
“Here, you will find the recipes and how-tos for the popovers you dream about, and for the simple crumb cake that you always want to whip up on Sunday morning, and for the double-chocolate brownie cookies that will make you a bigger hero with the after-school crowd, and for the citrus bars that you could only find in that little bakery that’s no longer under the same management. . . . Baking offers comfort and joy and something tangible to taste and savor. We all hope that these recipes provide you with years of pleasure.” —Martha Stewart
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Hardcover
Brand: Martha Stewart
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.815
EAN: 9780307236722
ISBN: 0307236722
Label: Clarkson Potter
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: 2005-11-01
Studio: Clarkson Potter
SIMILAR ITEMS:
• Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share (Martha Stewart Living Magazine)
• Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook
• Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home
• Martha Stewart's Cupcakes: 175 Inspired Ideas for Everyone's Favorite Treat
• Everyday Food: Great Food Fast
CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook -
Great book, my biggest thing is that I paid a fraction of the cost it was in the store...I love a good deal!
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Culinary Commentary on Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook - 
I have baked EVERY recipe cover-to-cover in Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook - sequentially, with documented photographs, with emailed commentary to Martha - and with periodic bake-through telephone & live appearances on "MARTHA" chronically my experiences with each of her recipes in this Baking Handbook.
The following is my "Culinary Commentary" on this book:
The Positives [Many]
* Just as any aspiring cook should start by cooking their way through Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" Volumes 1 and 2, in my opinion any aspiring baker should start by baking their way through Martha's "Baking Handbook"
o For the aspiring baker Martha's Baking Handbook provides grounding, understanding, confidence and inspiration to find & fuel one's baking passion - & then enabling that aspiring baker to spring forward to more advanced creations.
o Baking through the book cover-to-cover forces one to learn all the basics of baking because the cover-to-cover baking commitment forces you to bake what you might otherwise never choose to try [& hence learn from].
o Baking every recipe requires that one gradually acquire all the "essential" baking equipment - from a heavy duty mixer to baking pans to pastry piping tools.
* What you see is what you [sequentially learn to] bake!
o Each recipe is accompanied by a color photograph of the finished product - & indeed, if you follow the recipe you will create a "picture perfect" rendition of the recipe.
o Each chapter builds on development of culinary skills [e.g., chapter 3 "Cakes" provides an introduction over view to baking cakes, followed by a review of relevant "equipment" and "techniques" followed by recipes progressing from basic ["Yellow Butter Cake"] to advanced ["Mocha Pistachio Wedding Cake"].
The Negatives [Few yet Significant]
* There are a relatively small number of errors [e.g., "Prune Filling" page 336 states "makes enough for 1 dozen (Danish) pinwheels" where as actual yield makes enough for at least 4 dozen pinwheels] & short comings in preparation details [e.g. "Panettones" page 308 fails to specify the size of Panettones molds to be used].
* The book's binding is terrible. Clearly the binding is done with cheap glue. The consequence is that if this "Baking Handbook" is used as it should be [i.e., perpetually as a trusted and frequently used resource] the pages begin to fall out. I had to take my copy to a professional book-binder [at considerable expense] to have my copy rebound.
* The page paper quality is not "annotation-friendly". In my opinion, any baker must annotate any recipe with notes specific to what they learned while baking a recipe. I found that any notes that I penned onto the pages of this Baking Handbook tended to smear illegibly unless I was extremely careful to (1) let the ink dry prior to closing the book & (2) never allowing moisture to contact my previously penned notes.
My Favorite Recipes:
* From the chapter on Simple Baked Goods: "Cherry Streusel Coffee Cake" [pg 54-55] - easy, fool proof and fabulous
* From the chapter on Cookies: "Graham Crackers" [pgs 90-92] - bake these and never again will you settle for store-bought.
* From the chapter on Cakes: "Old-Fashioned Berry Layer Cake [pgs 154-155] - even a novice can successfully make these amazingly delectable and stunning cake.
* From the chapter on Pies, Tarts, Cobblers & Crisps: "Slab Pie" [pgs 238-239] - simply stated, one of the best pies I have ever made.
* From the chapter on Yeasted Baked Goods: "Chocolate Babkas" [pgs 352-353] - an unforgettable & blissful combination of chocolate and yeasted coffee cake most definitely worthy of the effort taken to prepare.
* From the chapter on Pastries: "Gougères" [pgs 366-367] - based on the recipe for pâte a choux [pg 358], this is an easy and impressive savory pastry that anyone can make.
My least Favorite Recipes:
* From the chapter on Simple Baked Goods: "Pumpkin Bread" [pg 49] - amount of batter was too much for the specified loaf pan size.
* From the chapter on Cookies: "Cheesecake Thumbprints" [pg 112] - cookie was bland and filling ran out of indentation and filling was not pristine white.
* From the chapter on Cakes: both of the "Upside-Down" cakes [i.e., "Apricot-Cherry" [page 180] and Pineapple-Mango [page 183] - both reminded me of a Betty Crocker cake mix based recipe from the 1950s.
* From the chapter on Pies, Tarts, Cobblers & Crisps: "Rum-Raisin Pie" [pgs 246-247] - the rum is over powering and the crust adhered to the plate.
* From the chapter on Yeasted Baked Goods: "Cranberry-Pecan Rye Bread" [pgs 298-299] - barely rose and tasted like and had the texture of an unsweetened fruitcake.
* From the chapter on Pastries: "Sfogliatelle" [pgs 380-382] - this is actually a pasta dough pretending to be a pastry ... I was not impressed.
My "Culinary Conclusions":
* To the prospective buyer of "Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook": YES. Absolutely purchase the book and use it and learn from it!
* To Martha: Good Grief Martha, for the next edition of your "Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook" please "practice what you preach" i.e., quality! - and as such price in quality binding so that pages will not fall out of this fabulous resource by those that respect, repeatedly use, and treasure your "Baking Handbook".
Culinary Commentary
by
Anne Evans, MVP*
*MVP = Most Valuable Patisserie
Good recipes, book smelled like cigarettes -
The recipes in this book are great and I have already made quite a few different things. Only problem was tht it smelt like cigarettes. Yuck!
Excelent book -
The Baking Handbook is an excelent reference for us baker's fans. It has pictures for each recipe and the instructions are nice and simple.
Excelent book! Thank's Martha!!!!
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Great basics for everything -
So far I've only used it for the sugar cutouts but it seems to have every imaginable cookie, cake, pie, etc that anyone would want to bake. A great basic baking book!
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