Not As Awful As Some Say, Not as Great as You Might Hope

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	• 1001 Muffins, Biscuits, Doughnuts, Pancakes, Waffles, Popovers, Fritters, Scones and Other Quick Breads Gregg R. Gillespie Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1998 - 487 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Kitchen staple

I'll never have to find another muffin recipe. I like baking muffins at least once a week. The few I have made from this book were very good. I like that some muffins have more than one recipe because people have different tastes, one is bound to satisfy.

Not As Awful As Some Say, Not as Great as You Might Hope

There are certainly a lot of recipes here, but there is also a fair amount of repitition. It's an attractive book, and in that regard a beginning home baker might find it inspiring, if only as a means to see the many possibilities beyond the old "plain or blueberry" conumdrum. We tried a few, and found none of the choices particularly marvelous (but hey, maybe it was the baker, not the recipe....nah!). It's a good place to start, that's the best I can say for it. Perhaps the author would have been better served trying not to come up with 1,001 recipes. That's a lot of muffins, and a lot of potential selections. It's almost overwhelming. There may be some really wonderful recipes in here, but I may never discover them in a life that allows time for home baking once in a good week.

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A good resourse if you like making muffins

I'm surprised this book gets such poor reviews. I've had it for years, and on weekend mornings when I'm in the mood for pancakes or muffins for breakfast this is the book I pull off the shelf for a recipe. A few of the recipes I've tried over the years include the "Sour cream and Cheese Pancakes", "Maine Pan Apple Cakes", "Oatmeal Muffins", and the "Blueberry Buttermilk muffins". These are all good. The apple pancakes and oatmeal muffins have become family favorites. This book is especially helpful when I have some ingredient on hand that I want to use up, or I don't have an important ingredient for one of my usual recipes. Included in the book are recipes for muffins (obviously), scones, coffee cakes, quick breads, pancakes, waffles, cobblers and doughnuts.

There are problems with this book though. First of all, the index is useless. It simply lists the page where a certain ingredient shows up, but no recipe title. So searching for a recipe takes time, sometimes way too much time. Also, in order to come up with 1001 the author put in some recipes that I can't possibly imagine anyone would ever want to make like "Lebanese Lamb Muffins", "Pizza Muffins", or "Avocado Bread". The author has also put in some unusual sauces and spreads serve with the muffins in the book. I've never tried any of them because they seem sort of weird.

In the end I recommend this book regardless of it's flaws. It is really helpul at times and most of the recipes I've made have been really good.

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Excellent Addition to Your Collection

This is an excellent book for a good variety of quick breads. Some of the recipes are similar in name and style (chocolate chip muffins versus chocolate bit muffins), but they are all distinctly different (plain flour versus oat flour, etc.). I have tried several recipes and have had great success, with both the adults and small children in my household loving them. There are a few problems such as "incomplete" recipes (sprinkle topping on batter, but there is no mention of a topping anywhere in the recipe) and my copy had some missing pages and 50 repeat pages, but all in all, this is an excellent recipe book to add to your collection with distinctive recipes and easy-to-follow directions.

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This book offers the largest collection available of sure-fire recipes for muffins and other popular comfort foods.

Author Gregg Gillespie uses the same innovative format and easy-to-follow preparation notes that made the 1001 recipe series--led by the bestselling 1001 Cookie Recipes--so popular. Both expert and novice bakers will find a seemingly endless variety of quick-and-easy recipes guaranteed to delight the whole family and embellish the standard coffee break or meal with a taste of "home sweet home." Even consummate bakers can expand their repertoires, selecting from the many original treats not found in any other cookbook. The medley of nutty scones, luscious fruit cobblers, spicy quick breads and savory biscuits will have the whole neighborhood's mouths watering.

All 1001 recipes are photographed in full-color so family chefs can look before they cook and select the perfect recipe for any occasion.

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