Product Description

More than 500 delicious recipes tested in the "Better Homes and Gardens" test kitchens, a wealth of baking tips, question-and-answer boxes, and more than 270 color photos make this book the one cooks will turn to for complete instructions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #874000 in Books
• Published on: 1998-09-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Ring-bound
• 414 pages

From Publishers Weekly
With an excellent section on bread baking and a few scattered recipes for savory baked goods, this collection of 600 recipes remains mostly a celebration of American desserts, offering a glimpse into the kitchens and dining rooms of middle America from the 1930s to the present. The quirky, but surprisingly effective, organization underscores the point: the section "Old Fashioned Desserts" features vintage recipes from the magazine, the Apple-Cherry Pandowdies, Blackberry Cobblers and Baked Custards of our grandparents' Sunday dinners. The abundance of cheesecake recipes (18 in all, including a Cafe Au Lait variation) conjure up 1970s dinner parties, while "Spectacular Desserts" includes a Della Robbia Fruit Tart and Olive Oil Genoise in Strawberry Champagne Sauce. Pies and tarts, cakes, cookies and bars, and quick breads get their fair share of attention. Selected recipes in each section are tagged "best loved," "low fat" and "easy." Each recipe comes with a complete breakout of nutritional information, and the 270 photographs illustrating how-to basics are especially helpful. Occasionally recipes are broken into steps somewhat arbitrarily; readers will do well to read through the instructions before beginning their work. With its characteristic perky, can-do spirit, this comprehensive collection will appeal to anyone with a soft spot for American desserts. 125,000 first printing.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

The Baking Book Which No Person Should Be Without
As a high school student I would turn to this book whenever I needed to make something for a school event or 4-H project. My classmates adored the banana split cake and the chocolate swirl cheesecake, and my best friend fell in love with one of the pudding cakes. Pair this book with the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook for some fantastic and memorable meals.

Excellent recipes, pictures, variety and cooking levels.
I love this book. It is set up so nicely with great directions. The old-fashioned desserts are some I have not seen since I was a child. It is nice to make something my mother remembers! I love the breads of all kinds and the children's section helps make this a cookbook we all can enjoy.

Baking mad Simple
I am not a very experienced baker, however, I ordered this book to help me out with my Holiday cookies. I want to say that this book makes baking easy even for those of us who are not experts. The directions are simple and explanitory. I also found the side tips and pictures to be extremely helpful. This book is truely a must for anyone who loves to bake, is learning to bake, or needs some new baking suggestions.