Product Description

Making bread is fun--even more so when children participate. And when your guides are two of the luminaries in the world of food, you are sure to turn out splendid breads every time. Knead It, Punch It, Bake It! offers more than forty recipes for grown-ups and kids to work together, from French bread to peanut butter muffins to pizza. The text is fully illustrated with step-by-step line drawings. Recipes include: San Francisco Sourdough Bread, Pear Bread, Baked Doughnuts, Pita Bread, Sticky Buns, Buttermilk Pancakes, Flowerpot Bread, Hot Cross Buns, Oatmeal Bread, Blueberry Orange Bread, Dinner Rolls, Focaccia, Popovers, Sculptured Bread, Bagels, Pretzels.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #745860 in Books
• Published on: 1998-09-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 144 pages

Amazon.com Review
Knead It, Punch It, Bake It! is the perfect introduction to bread baking for kids of all ages. Judith and Evan Jones first wrote this book in 1981. When they updated it in 1998, they added illustrations as well as fresh new recipes.

The writing bursts with the sounds and smells of bread, so you make French bread that is a "chewy, deliciously crackly loaf." Once you and any young assistants have mastered this recipe, and the basic White Bread, Sourdough, Piazza and Focaccia, you can move on to more unusual choices. There are cornmeal hoe cakes to make in a skillet, doughnuts to fry, bagels to boil, and pretzels to twist. Comforting baked goodies are here, like Ginger Bread and Zucchini Bread, plus Blueberry Muffins, puffy Popovers, and gooey Sticky Buns, making this a comprehensive little volume. There are even playful projects, including Flower Pot Bread, to organize for a classroom or scout troop.

Understanding the difference between talking simply and talking down, the Joneses have written a classic that makes the adventure of baking comfortable for inexperienced adults, as well as for children. --Dana Jacobi

About the Author
Evan Jones wrote this book with his wife Judith. They also wrote "The Book of Bread" and the "L. L. Bean Fish and Game Cookbook."

Judith Jones is a senior editor at Alfred A. Knopf, where authors have included James Beard, Julia Child, Marcells Hazen, and Marion Cunningham. With her late husband, Evan Jones, she wrote The Book of Bread and the L. L. Bean Book of New England Cookery; with Angus Cameron, she wrote The L. L. Bean Fish and Game Cookbook. She lives in New York City and Greensboro, Vermont

Customer Reviews

Bread Baking for both Children and Adults!
I confess. I bought this book mainly for myself, an adult. I was "trapped" in the children's section of the book store while my children browsed the books. I found this book. I NEVER baked a loaf of bread from scratch before. I never knew the joy of kneading bread and watching it rise. I was much too intimidated to try from an adult cookbook. This was just what I needed. It is a simple, step by step book on baking all kinds of breads and rolls. I started with a great whole wheat bread recipe. Now I am trying things like my own pita bread and popovers. I love it! And sometimes I even let my children in on the fun!

Fabulous recipes, Great illustrations!
I feel so lucky to have received a copy of this cookbook, illustrated by Mitra Modaressi (and signed by her as well!) The recipes are so wonderful and easy to follow and the two breads I have made so far in two weeks (Focaccia and Challah twice) came out like something you would buy in an artisanal bakery. I felt like an instant pro and using the cookbook is like talking with an old friend--instant comfort and happiness, looking at the sweet illustrations. I doubled the Focaccia recipe and made one the traditional way with Italian spices and the other sprinkled with cinnamon sugar for dessert, as was suggested in the book. You will not be sorry you ordered this and as another reviewer suggested, it is NOT just for children. This will become the treasure of your cookbook shelf and will often be out on the counter as you give up buying bread and take up making it every week because it is so fun!

Easy bread book
This book is great for beginning bread making. It is written for younger kids so it's easy to follow. I made the apple muffins they were delicious !!!