King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion: The All-Purpose Baking Cookbook by King Arthur Flour

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From Christmas cookies and pancakes to chocolate cake and sandwich bread, The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion will be there to guide homebakers every step of the way. Every kitchen comes equipped with a fundamental, dependable cookbook classic such as Joy of Cooking or Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook. Now bakers have a modern classic of their own. From leavening, mixing, proofing, and kneading, through shaping and baking, the experts at King Arthur Flour lead you through hundreds of easy and foolproof recipes—from tricky yeast breads and sourdoughs, to trendy flatbreads and crackers, to family favorites such as pancakes and waffles. They also present fried doughs, quick breads, batter breads, biscuits, quiches, cobblers and crisps, cookies, cakes, brownies, pies, tarts, and pastries. For more than 200 years King Arthur Flour has been in the business of making the highest quality key ingredient in all of baking: flour. They've done decades of experimentation and research in their famous test kitchens on how the various ingredients in baked goods behave and why. The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion now brings you more than 350 recipes that will teach you which ingredients work together, as well as what doesn't, and why. It is this knowledge that will allow you to unleash your own creativity and to experiment in the kitchen. You'll get a complete overview of ingredients in chapters on flours, sweeteners, leavens, fats, and more. You'll find information on substitutions and variations, as well as troubleshooting advice from the pros at King Arthur. Recipes are enhanced with sidebars that share baking secrets and provide clear-step-by-step instructions, and each recipe is accompanied by a detailed nutritional analysis. Techniques are further explained with easy-to-follow illustrations by culinary illustrator Laura Hartman Maestro. The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion is the definitive kitchen resource. Exhaustive in scope, authoritative in style, and offering clear, practical, and encouraging instruction, it is the one book you'll turn to every time you bake. Like your set of measuring cups and favorite wooden spoon, it will become an essential kitchen tool. No kitchen in America should be without a copy. Two 8-page color inserts; 150 b/w illustrations; glossary, resources , index.

About the Author:
: King Arthur Flour is the largest single educator of bakers in the world. More than one million students have gone through King Arthur's seminars, hands-on classes, and online courses. The company is recognized as the home baking authority by nationally recognized food writers, cookbook authors, chefs, food personalities, restaurant owners, and home bakers. These recipes have been created by the many experienced bakers at King Arthur Flour in Norwich, Vermont, and are the final result of decades of development and adjustment. Every recipe has been thoughtfully created, then rigorously tested and retested in King Arthur Flour's kitchens.

Library Journal

To anyone who bakes, The King Arthur Flour Baker's Catalogue is a great source of high-quality ingredients and equipment that also features favorite recipes from the company's test kitchens. Now the King Arthur bakers have put together a wide-ranging, hugely informative cookbook/ baking reference, with more than 350 delicious recipes for both sweet and savory baked goods. In addition to chapters on ingredients and equipment-as well as a long introductory note on the specifics of proper measuring (essential when baking)-there are trouble-shooting guides, boxes on topics like "Why Do Popovers Pop?," and miniessays on the history and provenance of various baked goods. The King Arthur Company is located in Vermont, and all the classic New England desserts, like slumps and grunts, and other all-American favorites are here, but so are many recipes from other traditions-e.g., Sardinian Parchment Bread, Indian Roti, Curry and Ginger Crackers, and Lavash. The text and headnotes are highly readable, with an easy, approachable style, and there are dozens of line drawings of equipment and methods, many of them step-by-step illustrations of important techniques. Essential. [Good Cook Book Club main selection.] Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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