Country Baking: Simple Home Baking With Wholesome Grains and the Pick of the Harvest

by Ken Haedrich

Presents recipes for quick breads, yeast breads, pies, tarts, cakes, cookies, and crackers

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Nonfiction

346 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[louisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A 1994 Thanksgiving gift from my Aunt Mary Pat. What I am about to tell you is sad but true. I have worldcatted this book then called across country to have recipes read aloud for me by reference staff not once but twice from this cookbook. Thank you San Diego Public Library and my old local branch in Roanoke. Since then, I've learned to bring photocopies to more remote locations (out in the sticks of Newfoundland) and doc copies in e-mail for the rest. I work almost exclusively out of the cobbler (apple pear cheddar cobbler, blueberry coconut crunch, blue cheese pear, three cheese apple turnovers, etc...) and quickbread sections, as honestly the calzone dough was a lot of work for a reasonably tough dough and my locations over the years don't really match up well with New England's fresh seafood seasons. Haedrich is also to thank/blame for how liberally I substitute whole grain flours for AP, even in some blasphemous situations for pastry or cake flour.

The recipes most people associate most with my cooking come from or were inspired by this unassumingly named book. Start with the apple pear cheddar cobbler and you won't look back.

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am always on the hunt for great new recipes & thought I'd take a peek at this one. I was hesitant at first. Historically, when I've explored "whole grain" recipes I've been overwhelmed by the ingredient list. Millet, farrow, flaxseed, wood chips, oat hulls, you get the picture.

This was totally different. Normal ingredients abound...yay! Now the drawback...several of the recipes were "out there". It was really hard for me to embrace Raspberry Mint Bars...sorry, not that open to "new" taste sensations, especially when they just sound awful. I'm envisioning that sensation you have when you drink OJ after brushing your teeth. There were several like it. I couldn't help but cringing. If you are more adventurous go for it.