Bernard Claytons Complete Book of Small Breads: More Than 100 Recipes for Rolls Buns Biscuits Flatbreads Muffins and Other

by Bernard Clayton Jr.

A master baker demonstrates his easy-to-follow style for amateur and professionals alike in this collection of more than one hundred global recipes that includes Czech kolaches, Chinese steamed buns, Indiana corn muffins, Syrian sumsums, and English hedgehog rolls. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

Genres: Cookbooks

288 pages, Hardcover

First published March 4, 1998

About the author

Bernard Clayton Jr., a newspaper reporter whose love for fresh bread inspired him to master the art of baking and write several classic cookbooks on bread and pastry, died on March 28 in Bloomington, Ind. He was 94.

Reviews

[Juli Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this up simply because "small breads" was such a cute phrase. But the recipes look good as well.

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like Bernard Clayton--for a long time he had the best alternative to the Tassajara Bread Book and Beard on Bread that was available, but this book of rolls is just not something I have cooked alot from--the availability of good bread commercially and locally has been a factor, and that it takes time to make rolls and I am often using that time to tidy up the house so you can't tell four kids live here rather than messing with individual things--so I will explore this mor later.

[Dray · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the subject of this book and the strength of the book is the variety of small breads it covers. None are covered in depth but all are covered adequately. Although I have read some great small breads books, this book introduced me to several new genres. Well worth reading.

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

If there was ever a book that I would love to own because of sheer fascination it would be this bread book. I love baking and this book seems to have everything about how to bake many different breads. I heard about it from an article I read on Slate.com on the cost & time difference in making stuff vs. buying stuff. The article recommended this book - and it is a great baking book.

The instructions are simple and takes a lot of the stress out of the process. It's a well-constructed book and worth the read if you are into baking different breads. This author has other books about soups and other types of breads which are worth looking at. He writes well and knows his stuff about every recipe in his book.