Product Description

The Taste of Home Baking Book is the ideal kitchen companion for anyone who enjoys making and sharing irresistible, fresh-from-the-oven treats! For the first time ever, the very best baking secrets from readers of Taste of Home magazine have been collected and specially selected to give you…

* 725+ RECIPES AND VARIATIONS, all tested, tasted, and approved by the Taste of Home editors and Test Kitchen staff.
* SIMPLE, STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS and quick-read ingredient lists to make baking a snap.
* 675+ COLOR PHOTOS of finished recipes, common ingredients and baking how-to’s.
* 13 COMPREHENSIVE CHAPTERS covering all the delicacies you love to make, including cookies, brownies, bars, pies, cakes, breads and more!
* PREP AND BAKE TIMES for every recipe to help plan your kitchen time.
* 150+ PRACTICAL, PROVEN TIPS for delicious results every time…plus handy reference charts.
* AT-A-GLANCE, ALPHABETICAL LISTS for each chapter and complete subject and reference indexes.

Whether you’re a novice or an experienced home baker, you’ll discover scrumptious sweets, savory treats and batches of delectable, oven-fresh ideas for any occasion in The Taste of Home Baking Book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89417 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Ring-bound
• 544 pages

Features

• Taste of Home, America's # 1 food magazine, presents its biggest-ever collection of baking recipes more than 725 recipes from great home bakers! You can trust that each recipe will turn out perfect every time!

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Fans of home-baked sweets need look no further than this massive collection of more than 700 recipes submitted by Taste of Home readers, which covers everything-and its variations (Apple Coffee Cake, Zucchini Oat Muffins, etc.). Designed with the user in mind, the book is organized by type of baked good (cookies, bars, pies and tarts, desserts, savory and sweet yeast breads, etc.) and augmented with helpful tabs and a comprehensive index. Once the flour starts to fly, readers can use the thick plastic page protectors included to keep pages clean, and sturdy ring-bound construction ensures it will hold up to frequent use. Submissions come from all over the country, ranging from regional favorites like Old-Fashioned Raisin Pie (from Illinois) and Fruit-Filled Kolachkes, a fluffy Polish pastry, to classics like Bread Pudding and Lemon Bars. Purists may scoff at some recipes and techniques (such as German Chocolate Cookies that call for a box of German chocolate cake mix) but the focus here is the end result. Rounded out with tips on everything from shipping cookies to creating chocolate "clay" that can be molded and used as accoutrement, the authors have achieved an exceedingly thorough resource; this brilliantly conceived title should top the list for anyone looking for their first book on baking.
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Customer Reviews

Good basic book
I have a ton of cookbooks, literally, and I liked this book. Taste of Home's books are always fun and nice to have, because they are written by people just like you me, who like to cook and bake. There aren't generally a lot of fancy schmancy masterpieces in these books, just good edible food from tried and true recipes. It reflects what people are eating, and there are some nice recipes. I found a couple that I'll be making over the Xmas holidays. I tend to buy the books from Amazon because the price is always about a third lower than buying directly from Reiman. Reiman is sleazy with their fake promos and misleading offers, so don't think you'll get anything worthwhile from those. I've subscribed to the magazines for some time, so I am on to them. That said, the books are a nice additon to the home library of people who like spending time in the kitchen. If you're an experienced baker, you can use it as an idea book. If you're new to baking, you can learn a lot from the recipes. The directions are generally straight forward and easy to follow.

Taste of Home = Staple in the Home
As always, the Taste of Home people who put together this wonderful book never fail to please. These are down to earth recipies which will make everyone who tries a piece of any of them to absolutely love them.

The recipies are great, the ingredients for the most part are on our shelves, and very easy to put together. If you can read, you can bake with this book.

It gets a 5 Star Recommendation from my home to yours.

Gotta love Taste of Home
I think this book is awesome! I'm an avid Taste of Home reader, with many magazines in my collection. The cookbook is very well organized & contains lots of great baking tips. This would make a great gift for anyone who enjoys baking. It's very nice to have so many of my favorite baking recipes in one location.