The Clueless Baker: Learning to Bake from Scratch

by Evelyn Raab

In this fabulously fun and incredibly comprehensive cookbook, Evelyn Raab unlocks the seven mysteries of baking. Ever marveled over that loaf of bread that just didn't rise? Wished that you could turn your pastry into the flaky, tender delights of pastry chefs? Or, even just wondered how to make the perfect chocolate chip cookie? The Clueless Baker answers all of these questions and more! Author and chef Evelyn Raab provides recipes for just about every baked good imaginable - from your favorite sweet staples such as Impeccable Pumpkin Pie to some tasty and exotic new creations such as Chocolate Lava Cakes . Delicious, easy-to-follow recipes, and straight forward baking tips and techniques - along with a dash of good humor - make The Clueless Baker perfect for baking neophytes and more experienced bakers alike. With recipes for cookies, cakes, breads, muffins, pies, and pastries, The Clueless Baker will lead even the most bashful baker down the path to baking glory!

Genres: Cookbooks

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I use this book all the time. After trying lots of chocolate chip cookie recipes, this one won the place of favourite here. I also regularly use the sweet dough recipe for making cinnamon buns (the sticky bin variation is our favourite), the pie crust recipe, the flaky sour cream pastry strudel, butter tarts, gingerbread cake, lava cakes, soft ginger cookies, and oatmeal cookies.

[Claudia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this cookbook! Easy recipes which always work, lots of explanations of basic cooking and baking techniques, and written with a quirky sense of humour. The whole Clueless series of cookbooks are great for new cooks.

I bought this book for my daughter when she was 10 or 11 years old, and she's made a number of recipes from it. She recently moved to an apartment for university, and is upset that she left her Clueless cookbooks at home.

I have now bought three more copies - two for her younger brothers, so that each one has their own copy when they move out, and one for me.

[Lbaker · Rating 5 out of 5]

A basic book for teens to learn to bake with humour - wonderful!

The recipes invite tweaking and there is a lot of white space around them to pencil in your improvements and opinions.

I purchased this and the Clueless in the Kitchen by the same author on the same day, I thought I was buying them for my kids, but I know now, that when my kids move out, these books are staying!

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not just for the clueless. There are some nice recipes in here.