Bread Baking for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Baking Kneaded Breads, No-Knead Breads, and Enriched Breads

I am impressed with this book. The author doesn’t just give recipes, it tells you what each process does and helpful tips on how to troubleshoot mistakes. It’s also very well organized so it’s easy to bookmark the recipes and information you want to keep on hand while baking.

A nice little book to help out making bread at a low price.

If you have ever wanted to learn how to make bread this is the book for you. The writing is clear and easy to read, and the instructions spot on. You don't need to have made some kind of bread in your earlier life; this will walk you thru it. Plenty of photos, advice, tips and why you need the tips. You start off with a straightforward bread that requires no kneading. As you get further thru the book, you continue to use the instructions you had finished with the one bread and build onto different recipes and how you achieve them. It is a tutorial and contains everything you need to get started, including tools and tips and reasons why things are done. When you get to the next recipe, you can use what you just learned to get started and she walks you thru it in detail and I can't wait to get started. The more complex breads that require kneading come much later. One caveat: The writer explains the process at which you have to provide warm water for your yeast, and shows you how to figure out the temperature of your kitchen, your flour and how much temperature can really affect the success of your bread, your proofing, the rising and when to handle your dough. And if you are a fan of The Great British Baking Show, it will suddenly clarify to you why all those bakers had under-cooked, over-cooked, under proved, over-proved, wet dough, dry dough, non-airy dough, unrisen dough burned crust or uncooked crust tragedies. Get the spiral bound version, makes it to easy to read and bake without hammering your binding.

This is a really good book for beginners! Lots of information. The only thing I don't really care for is that it has you flipping from one page to the next to find instructions when they could have just as easily printed them on the page that they're supposed to be on.

I made my first loaf of bread with the recipe book - and all of them since! This gives the perfect breakdown explanations for everything - even down to what temperature your water and flour should be for the best results. It’s very easy to follow along with the recipes.

I love to cook and bake but was always hesitant to try making bread... “there’s no way I’d be good at it.. I don’t have an expensive mixer... I’m not skilled enough..” That was until I found this book. Bonnie, in my opinion, is the perfect person to write a bread baking book for beginners because she is a self taught bread baker who only started about 10 years ago! She is so thoughtful in the way she eases you into the process of making bread by starting you off with easier loaves and gradually working you up until you feel comfortable. She also give you tips and tricks on ways to bake with items you most likely already have in your kitchen so you’re not having to spend a ton of money on supplies right away. My favorite part is that all the recipes are made by hand (no expensive mixer needed) which I have found I LOVE so much better. Not to mention her style of writing which made me feel as though a friend was writing to me and encouraging me “.. let the dough rest for 20 minutes and go enjoy a cup of tea..” 😊 If you want to learn to bake bread, buy this book! My friends and family are so glad I did as we haven’t had to buy store bought bread since I started! Bread baking does take time, patience and practice. However, shouldn’t we have to work at some things to be good at it?? Not to mention... even my “not so good loaves” are still delicious, there are some recipes that allow for 8 and 12 hour rises to fit better in busy days, and Bonnie provides even more tips, tricks and advice on her instagram page. Oh and to the people upset about the measurements being in grams... yes, you’re right, we do live in America.. but there are also these things called scales (they sell them in America!) you just push a button and it switches over so you can weigh in grams 😲

There is so much I love about this book, I buy it for my friends! The recipes are easy to follow and build upon each other in a way that helps develop your understanding of baking. The focaccia and cinnamon rolls are two of my favorites.

Very nice cookbook and happy with purchase.

I just love this book. I made some breads from this book. They all came out fantastic and my family just loved them. It does teach you to make basic white bread (panned loaf) too. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase.

O livro me surpreendeu positivamente. A autora usa uma abordagem de desenvolvimento passo a passo, começando com os pães mais simples, sem sova, eventualmente chegando nos levain (i.e. fermentação espontânea). As receitas funcionam, e têm ainda a vantagem de trazer as medidas em gramas.

This book is by far the best bread baking book I own, it breaks down the science of baking and guides you through all the steps explaining why each step is important. There is a huge variety of breads in the book (sweet and savoury) and its organised so you start easy and get more complicated. However the first easy loaf is incredible and you could just make that forever and be happy! Its a great no fuss book with amazing easy recipes, she also doesn't use complicated ingredients so its really accessible. I would also recommend following her instagram for more tips and she does Q&A's @alchemybread

very good recepies

彼女らしいわかりやすい説明でパンを作ることの楽しさを思い出させてくれるような本です。具体的には、生地の硬さをマシュマロのような…と表現したり、生地の扱いを時計の針の方向で説明してくれたり:)英検3級レベルの私でも楽しく読んでます。ピザのレシピを本とにらめっこしながら作ったら、めっちゃ美味しかった！！ It is a nice book that reminds me of the pleasure of making bread with her easy-to-understand explanation. Specifically, expressing the hardness of the dough like marshmallow ... or explaining the handling of the dough in the direction of the hands of the clock :) My English level is 3 grade level of Eiken. But I 'm really enjoy this book:)I try to made her pizza recipe! It was really delicious! ! sorry!my poor English!