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Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook
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 t...more
Hardcover, 415 pages
Published
November 10th 2010
by Clarkson Potter
(first published November 1st 2005)
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For years I thought that Martha's books would be far to difficult for me to cook from. In reality, this baking book is incredibly easy to use! I've cooked many of the dessert pastries and breads. The ones I chose to make are really simple and always turn out great. In many of the recipes there are also pictures of the food in the process of being made. When it comes to folding pastries or cutting cookies, sometimes its really helpful to have these aids!
I also love how she gives some cu...more
I also love how she gives some cu...more
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So I typed in Baking. This is the first thing that comes up. No, just no. Martha Stewart SCARES ME! She's 69, you know. Thats older than my grandmother. What the hell. Honestly, I think she sold her soul to the devil years ago. Everything she makes is so, so... I DUNNO! It just makes you wanna have it! It's like RESTORATION HARDWARE! That place gets me excited for some reason. I don't even like buying furniture. Except for my BEAUTIFUL RECLINER. They sell luxury scrabble there. It's like a mahog...more
Good as gold. The recipes are flawless, the pictures are beautiful, and I wouldn't be surprised if the book itself is bulletproof.
I've owned this book for several years, and it has quickly become one of my favorite baking books (Believe me, I own quite a few). The recipes run the gamut from simple breakfast muffins to rustic cobblers to elegant napoleons. There is even a recipe for a three-tiered wedding cake! Some recipes are quick and easy, while others tend to be very complex and involved, offering options for both the novice and advanced home baker, and allowing the user to grow with the book, trying more difficult rec...more
This is one of my favourite baking book. It's complete with recipes from simple baked goods to yeast baked goods(yes, of course you can find many cookies, pies, tarts, cakes and pastries recipe too!).
Two words..Simple and Easy.
Not to mention that this book is full of pictures. Yey, finally there's a baking book included the pictures of all the recipes... If you are a baking maniac(just like me), you would understand that picture helps us to understand what is the final result of the...more
Two words..Simple and Easy.
Not to mention that this book is full of pictures. Yey, finally there's a baking book included the pictures of all the recipes... If you are a baking maniac(just like me), you would understand that picture helps us to understand what is the final result of the...more
This is where I got my Sugar Cookie (page 82) and Royal Icing (page 389) recipes. These cookies are always a big hit and the icing comes out perfectly each time. I can't tell you how many times I am asked for this recipe. Disclaimaer...these cookies are back breaking! They come out delicious and look amazing, but be prepared to put in a good 7-10 hours. Decorating each cookie takes FOREVER. This is a special occasion cookie only.
I have had great success with this baking cookbook. Baking is tricky, but with proper adjustments I got some great recipes out of this while living at 9000 feet! Now that I am at a lower altitude, everything I've tried in here has been fabulous. Recently did the cake on the cover, basically a mixed berry pound cake with homemade whipped cream that was overall easy, but looked pretty and cut nicely despite the height. Cake was perfect--sort of a cross between pound cake and a shortcake, delis...more
oh Martha, what can I say? Exquisite photography, and unique presentation. I long for a cake pan collection like hers some day. I study the three pages of croissant making daily, yet I am still working the nerve up to make them. I swear I can smell the aroma of butter and dough when I stare at the photographs. Some day it will be real.
I don't actually want to like this, but I do. Of course, I'm the type of baker who reads how to bake something, make it according to directions the first time, decide its too much work, and do whatever the hell I feel like the next time around. Normally, people can't tell the difference.
This book is perfect for beginners and for more seasoned bakers. Each section goes through the basics, including measuring ingredients and which implements are which, but there are plenty of challenges, too. Of course, the best part is that the recipes are pretty much never-fail. This has become my holy baking tome.
Even though it is Martha and her creative-genius squad, it was quiet a helpful resource. You've gotta hand it to this squad, they are pretty amazing. Lots of basic information concerning tools and methods for baking.
I haven't tried any of the recipes yet but know that some of them look very promising. Lots of basic recipes that would be great crowd-pleasers for events or make great gifts at holidays. I really want to make the coconut layer cake.
I checked this out from my...more
I haven't tried any of the recipes yet but know that some of them look very promising. Lots of basic recipes that would be great crowd-pleasers for events or make great gifts at holidays. I really want to make the coconut layer cake.
I checked this out from my...more
sometimes unnecessarily fussy (big surprise...) and as a result more useful for special occasions than as the go-to baking book in my kitchen.
A lot of good, if basic, recipes, as well as detailed information on various baking tricks and techniques, and equipment recommendations.
some good recipes, great pictures and techniques, some interesting things that I'd like to try - make my own puff pastry? mayyybe
I dont own this yet, but this has a lot of great ideas and recipes. I did preview it through the library.
A great baking resource with some practical, as well as extravagant recipes.
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Makes you feel that you CAN master baking-in all it's various forms.
Lots of great recipes and gorgeous pictures!
This was my first experience with a Martha cookbook. I needed a great cake recipe for a baby shower, and by choosing bits and pieces from various recipes in the book I came up with a gorgeous cake. I really wish the recipes had given serving sizes, and I found some unnecessarily fussy. I'm a pretty confident baker, and may try to use a more "professional" bakers cookbook in the future. I saw a lot of recipes in the book I'd like to try and make again, but many seem to require "sp...more
Quintessential baker's book.
A great baking book
gorgeous
classic cookbook
Have I ever told you how wonderful this Baking Handbook is? Martha Stewart alone is a Goddess in her own right. This book just exemplifies this. Her recipes have step-by-step instructions and wonderful full-color pictures. Every single thing that I have made has been absolutely, mouthwatering delicious. The brownies are to die for.
Buy this book! Take your time, follow directions, and enjoy fantastic treats all year long.
Buy this book! Take your time, follow directions, and enjoy fantastic treats all year long.
I guess my tag will always be currently reading for this one. If you bake, love to bake, have questions about baking, this is the baking bible. I have been coveting my friends Susies book for a while and finally broke down and bought it. I have already cooked several items (cheesecake, key lime pie) and they were EXCELLENT. No they were not easy to make, but sometimes thats the joy in the result. Right?
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I normally don't dig Martha's recipes...they don't work sometimes. But, I know that she really doesn't write this stuff anyone. I think this book is really well-edited and the photos are gorgeous which is important in a baking book. I have made several recipes and they came out wonderfully. I loved her bread section, too. Overall, it is a modern, concise and beautiful book.
This is one of the best baking books out there - I love to see pictures of the final product, and she gives you one for each recipe. Lots of great recipes - I like the grapefruit sandwich cookies (the frosting is great on cupcakes too), the peanut butter sandwich cookies (homemade Nutter Butters), sugar cookies, lemon curd cake, white cupcakes, challah, kouign amans.
I love this BAKING cookbook! I am an avid and active baker so I am frequently using this book as a reference. I have repeatedly baked the NY Cheesecake recipe. The Coconut Cake is out of this world. Friends call and ask me more...
This handbook has a great variety of recipes ranging from simple to difficult - daily use to special occasion only. Stewart also puts in great hints and tips along with photographed step-by-step instructions on key skills such as whipping meringue and cutting pastry dough. Def. essential for any baker.
Realmente no he cocinado nada del libro (YAYKS!) pero todo esta tan bien organizado y explicado. Ademas la fotografia es escelente, no puedo imaginar un aficionado a la pasteleria que no le gustaria tenerlo. De todas maneras planeo hacer algynas recetas este año 2011. Vamos a ver como funcionan!!
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