Do You like book The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook: A Master Baker's 300 Favorite Recipes For Perfect-Every-Time Bread-From Every Kind Of Machine (2000)?
This is the BEST bread machine cookbook that I have tried. I wish I had this book when I was first starting out with my bread machine. I struggled with it so much and Hensperger's book would have been an invaluable resource in my kitchen. She takes all the problems and guess work out of bread making - even living in altitude. I really haven't had to tweak her recipes for the altitude either but that she gives tips on how to troubleshoot for it - would have been incredible when I was first starting out with my bread machine. The book has a great variety if recipes and variations, detailed instructions and interesting information. This is the most comprehensive book for bread machine baking I have seen. This book will give any new bread machine user confidence to succeed. And any seasoned bread maker a variety of recipes to find yourself turning to the book over and over again.
—Darby
I have a bread machine that I've used to make the basic recipes included in the user's manual, but I was getting bored with those and wanted to branch out. This book contains a vast selection of recipes, including multiple variations on basic white bread, wheat breads, country artisan-style breads, sweet breads and quick breads. It also includes a chapter on jams. Most of the recipes call for ingredients that you likely already have in your pantry; in fact, the only item I needed to purchase was vital wheat gluten, but I made a recipe without it, and it turned out just fine. The author scatters tips about breadmaking (the differences between wheats, what vital gluten is, etc.) throughout the book along with various ideas for using leftover bread. So far, I've made the Maple Buttermilk and Cardamon Cranberry Raisin recipes, and both were delicious. If you're looking to make more use of your bread machine, I'd definitely recommend this book.
—Greta
The phrase "bread lover" in the title should have given me a clue as to what I would find between the covers of this book. This is not necessarily the book you give to someone who just bought their first bread machine. Not that you won't learn a lot about using a bread machine from this book; it is chock-full of knowledge. Unfortunately, it is that abundance of information that makes this book overwhelming for the beginner. There are recipes for all kinds of holiday breads, ethnic breads, sourdough breads, and egg breads. There are recipes for pizzas, flatbreads, croissants, and cinnamon rolls. There are even suggestions for ways to use leftover bits of bread.I originally planned to give this book only two stars because I wanted something more simple. If the title of a recipe has more than three words, it is too fancy for me! I would never consider making anything beyond the Daily Breads chapter. It is only one-fifth of the book, but it could keep me busy for weeks with its recipes for staples like hot dog buns, sandwich bread, and pasta. Now I've given it some more thought, I'm giving this book three stars. It is the equivalent of that jacket your grandma bought you that was slightly too big. You may not love it now, but you will grow into it.
—Dani
