Rose's baking basics 100 essential recipes, with more than 600 step-by-step photos

Rose Levy Beranbaum

Book - 2018

Beranbaum shares no-fuss recipes that everyone should know. Each recipe follows a simplified approach for can't-fail results, from brownies and banana bread to homemade bread and pecan tart. Baking will be more fun than ever! -- adapted from back cover

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Subjects
Genres
Cookbooks
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Rose Levy Beranbaum (author)
Other Authors
Matthew Septimus (photographer)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
xxvi, 372 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN
9780544816220
  • Essential equipment for baking
  • Essential ingredients for baking
  • Cookies
  • Cakes
  • Pies and tarts
  • Breads
  • Toppings and fillings.
Review by Booklist Review

Beranbaum, author of the classic The Cake Bible (1988), tailors her detailed approach to baking for beginners, with plenty for advanced bakers to benefit from, too. To prepare for the worst without fear, she begins each section (""Cookies,"" ""Cakes,"" ""Pies and Tarts,"" ""Breads,"" Toppings and Fillings"") with a page or two of ""Solutions for Possible Problems."" Recipes lead with preheating notes and a very helpful ""mise en place"" list that explains what to do before even beginning, such as getting ingredients to room temperature. Most recipes include ""Baking Pearls,"" special notes about working with specific ingredients or tools. Beranbaum does not recommend attempting substitutions on a whim, but she shares tested variations, where applicable. Hundreds of color photographs include both dazzling finished products and a wealth of step-by-step process depictions, such as forming rolled cookies or baking cheesecake and carefully removing it from its pan. With bolstering instructions and heavily tested, highly appealing recipes, this is sure to be a new favorite.--Annie Bostrom Copyright 2018 Booklist

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Beranbaum (The Cake Bible) offers solid baking guidance in the form of step-by-step photos and detailed written instructions. The precision-minded author instructs readers to measure cupcake batter on a scale for even distribution; and, for the same reason, she suggests (perhaps too exactingly) cutting raisins in half when making rugelach. A list of potential problems and their solutions start each chapter (the cookie chapter, for example, details how not to burn the bottoms), and Beranbaum provides measurements for each recipe in both grams and volume, because she believes weighing ingredients is more reliable. Many of her recipes are straightforward and accessible for bakers of all skill levels. Chapters on cookies, cakes, pies, and tarts overflow with precise steps for American classics: double-crusted apple pie, zucchini bread, and two thumbprint nut cookies with jam. The cookies section includes a recipe for chocolate chip cookies with both browned butter for flavor and golden syrup for chewiness, as well as "brookies," a cross between a brownie and a cookie. Beranbaum suggests using canola or safflower oil rather than butter for a layered carrot cake so that the layers can tolerate refrigeration once cloaked in cream cheese. She presents a recipe for chocolate-spangled angel food cake ("Not only is it a favorite party cake, it is also an excellent vehicle for any leftover egg whites you might have in the freezer"); for pies, there is an apple galette ("a free form tart that can be used with many fruits or berries") and a key lime pie, for which she admits to preferring regular limes to key limes. Beranbaum's hand-holding is invaluable, especially for those apprehensive about baking. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Review by Library Journal Review

This newest addition from award-winning author Beranbaum (The Bread Bible and The Cake Bible; realbakingwithrose.com) features several foolproof recipes for common baked goods such as layer and sheet cakes, cookies, cupcakes, tarts, breads, pies, and more. Instructions for creating related toppings and fillings such as classic ganache, along with solutions for problems during the baking process, will help guide new bakers to create treats such as basic chocolate cupcakes, apple cinnamon coffee cake, and butter biscuits. Lavish step-by-step photographs and storing information accompany each recipe. A highlight is the straightforward measurements, offered in both metric and standard, and easy-to-follow instructions. The introduction lists essential baking equipment used throughout. While there are some precise techniques, such as piping, the author's conversational advice makes these options less intimidating. VERDICT Similar to her previous works, Beranbaum's latest is destined to be popular among home bakers of all skill levels. © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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