num_pages: 312
description: With the demise of home economics in the school system many adults have no baking experience at all relying on dreary store-bought baked goods and artificial mixes to satisfy their cravings. Baking Basics and Beyond allows even absolute novices to prepare a wide array of delicious healthy breads cakes cookies pies and more. In a warm reassuring manner Pat Sinclair leads beginning bakers step-by-step through each recipe thoroughly explaining each technique and direction. After learning a basic technique additional recipes provide further practice and more elaborate results. This second edition contains more than 100 recipes from old favorites like icebox cookies cornbread and brownies to updated classics including Butterscotch Cashew Blondies Chai Latte Custards and Savory Wild Mushroom Bread Pudding. Throughout explanations and precise tips based on Sinclair's years of baking experience make readers feel as though there is a friendly teacher in the kitchen peering over their shoulders and guiding them toward perfect results every time.This new edition of this basic down-to-earth reader-friendly baking guide is updated with beautiful full color photos throughout.
language: English
title: Baking Basics and Beyond: Learn These Simple Techniques and Bake Like a Pro
publisher: Agate Surrey