Everyday Bread: 100 Recipes for Baking Bread on Your Schedule

by America's Test Kitchen

Simplify the baking equation to add up to bread, of all kinds, on any schedule, as often as every day.

Introducing the only cookbook to put homemade bread and convenience in the same sentence—whether you're a beginner baker or an enthusiast. Learn seven core recipes and then manipulate them into different shapes and flavors with ease for tons of new breads. Fit bread into your schedule with flexible, customizable timetables. Maybe you're looking to get bread on the table tonight, or maybe spreading steps over a few days is better for you. Recipes follow both paths, with new, streamlined techniques, no specialty equipment, and even loaves with no yeast, kneading, or shaping. You won't believe the chewy, open crumb and ultracrisp crust you'll get from no-knead Dutch oven–baked loaves, the ease of quick breads that come together with a stir, and the dinner possibilities for flatbreads of all kinds.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Reference, Food, Cooking

384 pages, Hardcover

Published March 28, 2023

About the author

America's Test Kitchen, based in a brand new state-of-the-art 60,000 sq. ft. facility with over 15,000 sq. ft. of test kitchens and studio space, in Boston's Seaport District, is dedicated to finding the very best recipes for home cooks. Over 50 full-time (admittedly obsessive) test cooks spend their days testing recipes 30, 40, up to 100 times, tweaking every variable until they understand how and why recipes work. They also test cookware and supermarket ingredients so viewers can bypass marketing hype and buy the best quality products. As the home of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, and publisher of more than one dozen cookbooks each year, America's Test Kitchen has earned the respect of the publishing industry, the culinary world, and millions of home cooks. America's Test Kitchen the television show launched in 2001, and the company added a second television program, Cook's Country, in 2008.

Discover, learn, and expand your cooking repertoire with Julia Collin Davison, Bridget Lancaster, Jack Bishop, Dan Souza, Lisa McManus, Tucker Shaw, Bryan Roof, and our fabulous team of test cooks!

Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Reviews

[Laurla2 · Rating 1 out of 5]

-1 star.
i was looking for a book that would give me more detailed information on proofing and kneading. instead this book gives you QR codes to scan for that important how-to information.

and all the recipes give instructions for using a stand mixer only, which i don't have.

its just not what i was looking for, and not helpful to me at all. clearly i need to look at older bread books that actually include instructions on proofing and kneading, and mixing the bread dough by hand.

[Rebecca · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolutely the worst cook book I've ever bought. I tried 3 recipes, followed the instructions exactly, and everything came out tasting like cardboard.

Two possible reasons for this--first, most of the recipes use limited sugar and don't include spices. Second, the bakers at America's Test Kitchen seem to prefer using buttermilk in place of other fats. In my experience, buttermilk is expensive and not always easy to find. Also, it leads to a heavy texture and leaves a flat taste in the mouth--at least in mine. Even the Buttermilk Dill bread, which included fresh chives and dill, was rendered nearly tasteless by the buttermilk.

Recipes tried:
Scoop and bake dinner rolls
Buttermilk Dill bread
Blueberry Biscuits

Other observations - The crumpet recipe made no sense. I have one I already use and it's faster, easier and probably less calories because mine doesn't use cake flour. After reading this recipe, I didn't even bother to try it.

This cookbook is going strait into the pile of library donations.

[Sarah jwh · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent collection of bread recipes for the average home cook. Not for advanced bakers or anyone looking for something complicated. The recipes are easy to follow and everything I've made has come out great, from quick breads and biscuits, to whole grain bakes, dinner rolls, sandwich loaves, and flatbreads. Some real game changers for me, like the scoop and bake rolls that make fresh rolls possible on a weeknight, or the homemade brown and serve for even faster dinner prep. I really appreciate the time scales at the bottom of the recipes as well as instructions for breaking up prep over multiple days to better fit my schedule.

[Spencer Pullen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoy all of ATK’s cookbooks. They are well laid out and the information is well organized. Everyday bread is a continuation of Bread Illustrated. If you’re looking for a bread book that has all genres of bread, this is the book! Also they have updated the recipes so they can be made ahead and held in the fridge, this allows baking on your schedule. This will find a place on my shelf.

[Donna Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was definitely a fun cookbook focusing on bread. The recipe and instructions are super simple to follow along and even give an ideal timeline of the whole process of making the different breads. The recipes had plenty of variety, though I did struggle to find some for myself to enjoy, but that is due to my food allergy.

[Aasinathena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Made Manchego and chorizo savory muffins from this book and absolutely love it! I already have ATK's Bread Illustrated book and wanted to see what's new and different from that. Basics are almost same but these new recipes are a great starting point for the amateur baker!

[Eileen Zhou · Rating 5 out of 5]

The only bread book to have

This is one of the best bread books you ever buy. It's a 4.5 for me. Some of the recipes need more than a finished picture of the product. The step by step pictures of the recipe.

This book is worth buying. It's a keeper.

[Laura Steinert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty interesting bread and roll options. Instructions are clear. BE aware you'll need to commit to a whole jar of yeast and not just three packets as some recipes call for 1/4 teaspoon, others 2 1/2 teaspoons of yeast. I will only be trying two of the 100 recipes.

[ria · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love this book!!!!!!!!!!! 🍞🥐🥖

[Awjtf · Rating 4 out of 5]

So many recipes to try! I love a cookbook with lots of photos!

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would buy this book. I will buy this book.

[PottWab Regional Library]

SM

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I borrowed this from the library but have been writing down so many recipes I might have to buy the book. This is truly a comprehensive book on almost any type of bread you might want to make.

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

My husband made some delicious bread from the recipes in this book, so it's a solid winner for me!

[Dennis Tra · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a beginner like this is a book full of recipes and information on making all kinds of bread.
It is definitely a book to keep as a reference

[Dray · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the better books on bread I have come across. The book presents the forest and the trees about breads, making and baking. Very wide cross cultural selection of breads, rolls, biscuits, flatbreads etc. each recipe has a useful time line for dough steps. Lots of informative side bars. Home run of a book.