Bake from Scratch (Vol 1): Artisan Recipes for the Home Baker

by Brian Hart Hoffman (Editor)

This collection of recipes from the first year of Bake from Scratch magazine features endless inspiration for home bakers. From the essential brioche and rye bread to a classic 1-2-3-4 cake with seasonal flavor variations and easy French gateaux, this hard-cover, high-quality cookbook will be the go-to resource for those looking to bake artisan goods at home.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Food, Cooking

352 pages, Hardcover

Published March 15, 2017

Reviews

[Christy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do I really read cookbooks? Yes I do! This one is full a great recipes and lots of great tips. I really love it when cookbooks help educate you about techniques. I'm really excited about trying several recipes from this book.

[Margaret Gerberding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow! This was a very comprehensive baking book. Baking your way through this book would teach you to bake anything. Full of delectable looking recipes.

[Laurie Garrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m obsessed with this baking book.
If you’re a baker I truly recommend this book, there are easy and advance recipes. I have over a hundred baking and cookbooks and even more than that in magazines, I have so many that just as soon as my daughter noticed the new book the first words that came out of her mouth was “Mom, another freaking cookbook?” Yep! Lol.

I’ve baked a couple of cakes, several bread recipes including muffins and scones and have been pleased with them all. I especially love the sourdough starter and the cream biscuits are my daughter’s favorite. The only downside is there are not that many cookie or pie recipes.

The majority of each recipe in the book gets one full page image so you get a good look at what you are going to bake. Recipes are easy to follow and the book is very large which is great for us that are older and now hard of seeing LOL.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is probably the best cookbook I've read this year. The recipes are creative; I love to bake; and the instructions are easy to follow. There's also a picture for each recipe. Helpful hints are sprinkled throughout, and when they get to the bread chapters, there are some technique pointers.

The cakes and cookies were highlights for me; they also have some of the most creative muffins I've seen (goat cheese and beets? strawberry and balsalmic vinegar were amazing). I typically don't give 5 stars to cookbooks that don't have nutritional information, but this is 100% baked goods, so I think you know what you're getting yourself into. If you like to bake, you've got to check this out.

[Elizabeth Sund · Rating 5 out of 5]

This books is perfection. Volume two was a little bit Easter and Christmas heavy, whereas volume one has amazing bakes for all year. I plan to make nearly every recipe. I learn so much while using the Bake from Scratch books. Science! Baked Goods! YES!

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes, I read cookbooks.
I *don't* tend to buy them... I love baking, but don't do a lot - small household, we don't eat a lot of sugar or carbs.... sigh.
This one, though, has SO MANY recipes I really want to try. The batches are of a manageable size, the recipes are inventive but not crazy complex with $$$ ingredients.
Worthy.

[Dawnmarie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't wait to get in the kitchen

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful book, with many interesting flavor combinations, and good variety. However, I've already made 3 recipes that had errors, and contacted the publisher. I was impressed by their swift response and willingness to retest the recipes to find the corrections but after being published in a magazine and then in a cookbook a year later, there's not much excuse for such mistakes. The recipes I made that turned out correctly though, are amazing. So the book is worth it especially if you're experienced and like to play around with recipes, but I advise you to check their website before you make anything to make sure there aren't any errors. The Lemon Ricotta Scones were an absolute failure and tasted awful, I'm sure it can be remedied by decreasing the cream by half. The Browned Butter Pumpkin Cake recipe has been corrected on the website after I made it 3 times and it turned out inedible, they retested it after I communicated with them. Say what you will about Martha Stewart, she makes sure her recipes are thoroughly tested before publishing. But this is still a young publication, I hope they learn swiftly from their errors so it doesn't happen as often in the future. The Maple Bacon Cheddar Pickle Loaf and all the bread recipes are totally worth getting this book for, though.

[Clwseattle · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a magnificent cookbook. Every page makes your mouth water. I appreciate the photo's of every recipe. I appreciate the detailed instructions and I appreciate the fact that the ingredients are listed in both volume and weight. I'd rather bake than cook and can't wait to start at page 1.

[Linda Hartlaub · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are a baker more than a cook (and you know who you are), you will love this book. Basically, a collection of the recipes from the first year of Bake from Scratch magazine, every recipe is accompanied by a photo. And what photos they are! I really want to make everything in this book, but my waistline would never forgive me!

[Mickey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was already familiar with most of the recipes from this beautiful book. This book is from the first year of recipes from the magazine "bake FROM SCRATCH". I lacked the first three issues when I discovered the magazine.

About me:
However, I only use organic unenriched flours and organic cane sugar. The only other sweetener is organic maple syrup. I also mill my own whole wheat flours as well. As I have hemochromatosis, iron enriched flours and I do not go well together. My reason for baking everything from scratch.

I have made breads, cakes, pies long before I discovered this magazine/book. However once in a while one discovers a new recipe that changes the way one does things in a small way. "Angel Biscuits" is now my new weekly biscuit recipe, all other biscuit recipes will no longer be part of my life.

[Dray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful, well thought out and selected resource for baking. I have read many baking books and this is one of the best.. The book is well organized by type of bake, and the selections are novel and accessible. i can't wait to read the next two volumes.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really beautiful cookbook. I need a picture with each recipe and this book delivers.

[Aasinathena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic!

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed browsing the recipes.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these books; I think I need to subscribe to the magazine!

[Catie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Something for every baker, but a great foundation book for general baking and bakers wanting to try something new, and maybe a little fancy.

[Lisa]

after only one issue of the magazine, I'm ready to buy or be gifted this cookbook.