Bread Illustrated A Step By Step Guide to Achieving Bakery Quality Results at Home 1st Edition by America’s Test Kitchen 9781940352619 1940352614

Many home cooks find bread baking rewarding but intimidating. In Bread Illustrated, America’s Test Kitchen shows bakers of all levels how to make foolproof breads, rolls, flatbreads, and more at home. Each master recipe is presented as a hands-on and reassuring tutorial illustrated with six to 16 full-color step-by-step photos. Organized by level of difficulty to make bread baking less daunting, the book progresses from the simplest recipes for the novice baker to artisan-style loaves, breads that use starters, and more complex project recipes. The recipes cover a wide and exciting range of breads from basics and classics like Easy Sandwich Bread and Fluffy Dinner Rolls to interesting breads from around the world including Lahmacun, Panettone, and Fig and Fennel Bread.

Table of contents:

1. welcome to america’s test kitchen
2. introduction
3. understanding bread
4. starting from scratch
5. sandwich breads
6. mastering size and shape
7. the perfect crust
8. the sweeter side
9. upping your game with sponges
10. raising the bar
11. conversions and equivalents