By FAR the best book on baking that I own

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	• Baking: From My Home to Yours Dorie Greenspan Houghton Mifflin, 2006 - 528 pages average customer review:based on 74 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great book, needs better editing

On the whole, I think this is a great general baking book. I like the author's personal anecdotes, her matter-of-fact style, and the recipes themselves.
However, of the four or five recipes I've tried, at least half have left out a major step or failed to mention when to include an ingredient. An experienced baker can figure it out, but in general someone should be checking for that sort of thing before the book goes to press.

By FAR the best book on baking that I own

I have used this book several times, and I absolutely love it. It's one of those cook books that you can trust, knowing that as long as you follow the directions, your dessert will be delicious. I have yet to find a dud in this book. What's more, Greenspan makes the book enjoyable to read, because not only is she a great pastry chef, but a fine writer as well. Many of the recipes have a story connected with them, which makes the baking experience much more interesting.

Keep in mind that this is NOT a book you should give someone who wants to lose weight, because the desserts Greenspan presents are quite decadent...and impossible to resist.

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I could not live without it.

I noticed my favorite cooking blog, Smitten Kitchen, frequently references this book, so I figured I ought to check it out. Boy, was that the right decision.

I have made the tiramisu cake, chocolate chocolate chunk muffins, cornmeal maple biscuits, almond scones, peanut-caramel brownie cake, chocolate chip cookies, raisin-cinnamon swirl bread, and sugar cookies. All of these recipes were delicious and received many compliments.

I have not found any problem with cooking temperatures or times.

The recipes vary from traditional to novel and I know I can find something perfect for any occasion.

The photos are gorgeous and I really like Dorie's tone, which guides you and anticipates questions.

I could not live without this book.

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Dorie Greenspan has written recipes for the most eminent chefs in
the world: Pierre Hermé, Daniel Boulud, and arguably the greatest
of them all, Julia Child, who once told Dorie, "You write recipes
just the way I do." Her recipe writing has won widespread praise for its
literate curiosity and "patient but exuberant style." (One hard-boiled
critic called it "a joy forever.") In Baking: From My Home to Yours, her
masterwork, Dorie applies the lessons from three decades of experience
to her first and real love: home baking. The 300 recipes will
seduce a new generation of bakers, whether their favorite kitchen tools
are a bowl and a whisk or a stand mixer and a baker's torch.

Even the most homey of the recipes are very special. Dorie's
favorite raisin swirl bread. Big spicy muffins from her stint as a baker in
a famous New York City restaurant. French chocolate brownies (a
Parisian pastry chef begged for the recipe). A dramatic black and white
cake for a "wow" occasion. Pierre Hermé's extraordinary lemon tart.
The generous helpings of background information, abundant stories,
and hundreds of professional hints set Baking apart as a one-of-a-kind
cookbook. And as if all of this weren't more than enough, Dorie has
appended a fascinating minibook, A Dessertmaker's Glossary, with
more than 100 entries, from why using one's fingers is often best, to
how to buy the finest butter, to how the bundt pan got its name.

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