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Bake with Anna Olson: More than 125 Simple, Scrumptious and Sensational Recipes to Make You a Better Baker: A Baking Book
Take your baking from simple to sensational with Anna Olson's comprehensive guide to beautiful baked goods. Bake with Anna Olson features more than 125 recipes from her popular Food Network Canada show.
From chocolate chip cookies to croquembouche, pumpkin pie to petits fours, Anna Olson's newest baking book is full of delectable delights for every occasion, category and skill level. Beginner bakers, dessert aficionados and fans of her show will find over 125 recipes to take their baking to the next level, whether through perfecting a classic like New York Cheesecake or mastering a fancy dessert like Chocolate Hazelnut Napoleon.
Introductory sections on essential tools and ingredients explain how to prepare your kitchen for baking success, and Anna's helpful notes throughout point you towards perfecting key details for every creation. Recipes for cookies and bars, pies and tarts, cakes, pastries, and other desserts give bakers a range of ways to savor their sweet skills, with a chapter on sauces and decors to round out your knowledge, and a chapter on breads to practice your savory savoir-faire. Gorgeous photography illustrates each recipe and guides you through difficult techniques. Baking your way through Anna Olson's favorites couldn't be easier (or more delicious!).
Whether you're looking for a classic baking recipe or a new baking challenge, Bake with Anna Olson is your new go-to baking book for all occasions!
From chocolate chip cookies to croquembouche, pumpkin pie to petits fours, Anna Olson's newest baking book is full of delectable delights for every occasion, category and skill level. Beginner bakers, dessert aficionados and fans of her show will find over 125 recipes to take their baking to the next level, whether through perfecting a classic like New York Cheesecake or mastering a fancy dessert like Chocolate Hazelnut Napoleon.
Introductory sections on essential tools and ingredients explain how to prepare your kitchen for baking success, and Anna's helpful notes throughout point you towards perfecting key details for every creation. Recipes for cookies and bars, pies and tarts, cakes, pastries, and other desserts give bakers a range of ways to savor their sweet skills, with a chapter on sauces and decors to round out your knowledge, and a chapter on breads to practice your savory savoir-faire. Gorgeous photography illustrates each recipe and guides you through difficult techniques. Baking your way through Anna Olson's favorites couldn't be easier (or more delicious!).
Whether you're looking for a classic baking recipe or a new baking challenge, Bake with Anna Olson is your new go-to baking book for all occasions!
312 pages, Hardcover
Published September 13, 2016
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October 27, 2020
Brilliant!
This book is well written and sooooo easy to follow. I remember watching the series so as I read each recipe, I could see Anna's actions and hear her explanations in my head. But truthfully, that does not matter as Anna writes clearly, concisely, and it seems to me, with a genuine wish for you to succeed. Not all chefs do sadly. I highly recommend this book.
This book is well written and sooooo easy to follow. I remember watching the series so as I read each recipe, I could see Anna's actions and hear her explanations in my head. But truthfully, that does not matter as Anna writes clearly, concisely, and it seems to me, with a genuine wish for you to succeed. Not all chefs do sadly. I highly recommend this book.
January 3, 2024
Wow, the recipes here are just beautiful.
March 3, 2024
Going with my DIY ratings, 2 **
Not for me, but likely helpful to others.
Although everything looks delicious!
Not for me, but likely helpful to others.
Although everything looks delicious!
December 23, 2019
Ann Olsen’s recipes are so simple and easy to follow. I have made several and all turned out great. Her banana bread is the bomb - I get so many compliments on this bread. Great recipes.
September 19, 2016
MARRY ME ANNA OLSON
December 24, 2016
Another cookbook. It is nicely done, but one can find the recipes online anyway. The explanations make it better as they are quite extended.
March 22, 2017
Bake With Anna Olson is a stunning and impressive cookbook. Hardcover with beautiful photographs and over 300 pages long, I will be learning all about baking for years to come thanks to Anna Olson. That said, it is not for the novice baker. I would recommend it for someone who really wants to invest in learning who has a grasp of the basics.
I have had a blast working through Anna Olson‘s cookbook Bake With Anna Olson this winter. I made her focaccia, bagel bites, Indian naan bread and chocolate-dipped lady fingers. I was surprised to discover that so often when I went through her recipes I did not have a key ingredient to make a recipe such as brown rice flour, pastry flour, whole wheat flour, meringue powder...
I did have some serious disappointments with the book. The naan was quite flat and flimsy and I attempted her brownies which were an absolute failure. Completely raw inside despite having a beautiful brown crust on the outside but I seem to be cursed when it comes to brownies. I was also sick that day which is why I did not include it on my site but still, I was hoping her Fudge Brownies would break my curse. Sadly, they did not.
Every recipe has a note from Anna telling the reader about the treat and giving heads up about what is involved in the recipe. There are even 19 gluten-free recipes. The layout is easy-to-read and the cookbook stayed open in my cookbook holder and was a joy to work from. Despite having a few disappointments, I love this cookbook and will treasure it always.
I have had a blast working through Anna Olson‘s cookbook Bake With Anna Olson this winter. I made her focaccia, bagel bites, Indian naan bread and chocolate-dipped lady fingers. I was surprised to discover that so often when I went through her recipes I did not have a key ingredient to make a recipe such as brown rice flour, pastry flour, whole wheat flour, meringue powder...
I did have some serious disappointments with the book. The naan was quite flat and flimsy and I attempted her brownies which were an absolute failure. Completely raw inside despite having a beautiful brown crust on the outside but I seem to be cursed when it comes to brownies. I was also sick that day which is why I did not include it on my site but still, I was hoping her Fudge Brownies would break my curse. Sadly, they did not.
Every recipe has a note from Anna telling the reader about the treat and giving heads up about what is involved in the recipe. There are even 19 gluten-free recipes. The layout is easy-to-read and the cookbook stayed open in my cookbook holder and was a joy to work from. Despite having a few disappointments, I love this cookbook and will treasure it always.
December 23, 2018
Love it
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