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Bread Making For Dummies

By Wendy Jo Peterson
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In Bread Making For Dummies by Wendy Jo Peterson, you'll find a comprehensive guide to the art of bread making, offering clear and straightforward instructions for baking various types of bread. This book simplifies the process for beginners, elucidating essential techniques, tips, and recipes, making it easier to create delicious homemade bread. Whether you're aiming for a classic loaf or experimenting with artisan styles, this resource is designed to bolster your baking confidence with step-by-step guidance.
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You might enjoy this book if you're eager to master the art of baking homemade bread with ease. Catering to beginners, it offers step-by-step guidance, practical tips, and a variety of recipes to build your confidence and skills in bread-making. Whether you're aiming to impress with artisan loaves or simply bake a hearty daily staple, this guide provides all you need to create delicious results.

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Craving fresh-baked bread?

The 2020 pandemic has highlighted our love of bread, especially when it was nowhere to be found! Bread making took centre stage for many of us stuck at home and craving comfort food. Fresh baked bread definitely soothes the soul. As it should, bread baking has been a tradition for thousands of years and across all continents. Bread Making For Dummies explores the science behind the art of bread making and our cultural connection to wild and commercial yeasts. Break out your kitchen scale and favourite wholesome grains and join us on the journey, from classic German Pretzels (Brezeln) to warm Salted Pecan Rolls to Rustic Sourdough.

Popular culinary author and dietician Wendy Jo Peterson has your foolproof loaf, flatbread, and roll needs covered. If you want to really start from scratch and culture your own yeastβ€”no problem! She’ll also let you in on the secrets of the fashionable no-knead and sourdough recipes that have been drawing chefs’ kisses of discerning delight from bread-aficionados for the past decade.

  • Discover the tools and ingredients needed in bread making
  • Grow your own sourdough starter
  • Form savoury or sweet loaves
  • Stuff breads for a complete meal
  • Boost the nutritional quality of breads with wholesome ingredients, like nuts, seeds, and old-world grains

Whether you’re a nervous newbie or a seasoned, floury-aproned baker, Bread Making For Dummies is the beginning of a delicious, doughy adventureβ€”so get your butter knife ready and discover just how easy and extra-tasty home bread-making can be!

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119758099

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 December 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: For Dummies

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 183.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 408g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Wendy Jo Peterson, MS, RDN, has been a dietitian for more than 20 years and a culinary instructor for 15. She is the coauthor of Instant Pot Cookbook For Dummies and Air Fryer Cookbook For Dummies, and contributes frequently to Taste of Home magazine. Wendy also conducts cooking demonstrations at various events and on television.

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