Every Day Bread Baking: From Simple Sandwich Loaves to Celebratory Holiday Breads by Jenny Prior Book Review

Rise to any occasion with this collection of amazing bread baking recipes

A true baker never tires of the wonderful transformation that bread undergoes―from simple ingredients to a golden-brown crust. Everyday Bread Baking brings that experience to you with part artistry, part culinary skill, and part science ―the perfect recipe for delicious bread baking.

Bread baking is one of humanity’s oldest cooking traditions. Step-by-step instructions let you carry on that tradition with recipes for all kinds of tasty bread. Whether that’s a French Baguette, classic Brioche buns, or a tangy sourdough pizza crust, you’ll have homemade bread for holidays, birthdays, or the perfect daily lunch.

Everyday Bread Baking includes:

Recipe for success―From shaping instructions to the starter, specific tips for each style of bread ensure a beautiful, tasty result.
Speak like a baker―The comprehensive bread baking glossary explains every term you need to know for making whatever type of bread your heart desires.

Better every time―A troubleshooting guide accompanies each master recipe to guarantee that every bread you make will turn out better than the one before it.
Bake a beautiful loaf of bread for any occasion to share with your family and friends.

My Thoughts:

I love making bread and make bread weekly. I have all the gadgets like a digital scale, dough scraper, bread thermometer, nice baking pans, other useful equipment, and even a Bosch Universal Mixer. I’m all set to make just about anything with bread I was looking forward to this book.

The book is very informative with a lot of information about terminology used in bread making.  I was glad to see how it covers things like proofing, fermentation, leaven, and yeast. These are essential concepts in making good bread! Information on kneading, flour types, starter dough, checking the temperature of the dough is also covered.

I really liked the “Trouble Shooting” section and found some information that helped me with making a certain type of bread that has been an issue I have dealt with.  

 The recipes are step-by-step instructions and do an excellent job explaining. It list the time needed to make the recipe and other helpful information and tips. I have to say I disagree with the recipe times as I don’t take that long to make certain breads. However it could be some of the methods she uses.

The measurements are in grams and you either you know the conversions off the top of your head or you can look at the conversion chart on page 199. Another option is to weight it out with a scale. I found this a bit frustrating for me. This may not be an issue for you but for me it is too much work even though I love making bread. For the recipes I want to make I would have to go through and write the amounts for my conversion next to the ingredient amounts. That would be my solution to make it less time consuming. The recipes look wonderful and it has a good variety.

The recipes cover several pages and have colored photos with how to do and end results. I love photos in a cookbook especially how to do ones if it is a new recipe for me. However the first chapters have more and I’m assuming it is because the technique is the same for the later chapters.

The book has a lot of great information about making bread and the process. I like all the information and that part is great for beginning bread makers. Just don’t expect perfect results at first as there are several technical recipes in my opinion that may not go well with beginners on your first try. So don’t give up easily and keep trying. There is nothing better than homemade bread.

There are recipes for doughnuts, sourdough, challah bread, rolls, wheat bread, cinnamon rolls, and much more.

As much as I wanted to love this book it was the measurements and some of the techniques I would do differently to cut down the time. Don’t get me wrong there are several recipes that I agree with the time. This just isn’t my favorite bread making cook book regardless of all the wonderful recipes and tips.

I received a free copy of this product from Callisto Publisher's in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this information accordance with the FTC Regulations.