Bread Baking for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Baking Kneaded Breads, No-Knead Breads, and Enriched Breads

If you have ever wanted to learn how to make bread this is the book for you. The writing is clear and easy to read, and the instructions spot on. You don't need to have made some kind of bread in your earlier life; this will walk you thru it. Plenty of photos, advice, tips and why you need the tips. You start off with a straightforward bread that requires no kneading. As you get further thru the book, you continue to use the instructions you had finished with the one bread and build onto different recipes and how you achieve them. It is a tutorial and contains everything you need to get started, including tools and tips and reasons why things are done. When you get to the next recipe, you can use what you just learned to get started and she walks you thru it in detail and I can't wait to get started. The more complex breads that require kneading come much later. One caveat: The writer explains the process at which you have to provide warm water for your yeast, and shows you how to figure out the temperature of your kitchen, your flour and how much temperature can really affect the success of your bread, your proofing, the rising and when to handle your dough. And if you are a fan of The Great British Baking Show, it will suddenly clarify to you why all those bakers had under-cooked, over-cooked, under proved, over-proved, wet dough, dry dough, non-airy dough, unrisen dough burned crust or uncooked crust tragedies. Get the spiral bound version, makes it to easy to read and bake without hammering your binding.

GF uses this and her baking bread is awesome, be warned, you will have to buy a bunch of supporting tools/utensils - but all totally worth it. Updating my boyfriend's review, because I feel it was inadequate. :) Yes, there's a lot of equipment needed, however if you visit Bonnie's website she gives you a list (with links) so you can review prior to purchasing. You can find everything you need on Amazon for a reasonable price, I also used the opportunity to replace some of my existing kitchen tools. The book itself is well written and easy to follow. I love the way it is written so that you build upon the skills learned in the previous recipes, it really enables you to develop your skills and build upon those as you go along. I have not finished the book yet, but I'm about halfway through and everything has turned out AMAZING! This book and Bonnie's technique really teach you the importance of precise measurements/temperatures in baking. Prior to starting her book, I always took a lackadaisical approach to baking and just kind of winged it as I went along. Some things worked well, others did not. Now I know that if I just follow directions with precision (LOL) the recipe will work every time. Do yourself a favor, buy the book, enjoy it, enjoy ALL THE BREAD! Also, be sure to follow Bonnie on Instagram for extra tips and technique. Watching her shape bread is mesmerizing!

This book is amazing especially for someone who has never baked bread before. This instructions are easy to follow and I love the photos that go along with the recipes. I've already baked 3 loaves and my plan is to do each recipe til the end. My husband and kids keep asking for more, my neighbor loved the loaf I gave her. Highly recommend!

I've been making my own sourdough for a while. There is good information in this book. The emphasis on temperature and texture were helpful. The book itself is good quality, the printing is good, no missing pages. I found the recipes to be repetitive, which I'm sure is intentional for beginners. I wish there was more information in the sections on "what went wrong" at the end of the chapters. I also found the instructions to shape a batard confusing and wish there were illustrations that went along with that. Overall this is a good book for beginners who are interested leaning how to make bread. You will need a gram (or postal or kitchen) scale, everything else can be improvised.

I love to cook and bake but was always hesitant to try making bread... “there’s no way I’d be good at it.. I don’t have an expensive mixer... I’m not skilled enough..” That was until I found this book. Bonnie, in my opinion, is the perfect person to write a bread baking book for beginners because she is a self taught bread baker who only started about 10 years ago! She is so thoughtful in the way she eases you into the process of making bread by starting you off with easier loaves and gradually working you up until you feel comfortable. She also give you tips and tricks on ways to bake with items you most likely already have in your kitchen so you’re not having to spend a ton of money on supplies right away. My favorite part is that all the recipes are made by hand (no expensive mixer needed) which I have found I LOVE so much better. Not to mention her style of writing which made me feel as though a friend was writing to me and encouraging me “.. let the dough rest for 20 minutes and go enjoy a cup of tea..” 😊 If you want to learn to bake bread, buy this book! My friends and family are so glad I did as we haven’t had to buy store bought bread since I started! Bread baking does take time, patience and practice. However, shouldn’t we have to work at some things to be good at it?? Not to mention... even my “not so good loaves” are still delicious, there are some recipes that allow for 8 and 12 hour rises to fit better in busy days, and Bonnie provides even more tips, tricks and advice on her instagram page. Oh and to the people upset about the measurements being in grams... yes, you’re right, we do live in America.. but there are also these things called scales (they sell them in America!) you just push a button and it switches over so you can weigh in grams 😲

A good friend of mine recommended this book as it helped him learn how to make bread fairly quickly and easily. It's written in a way that makes it easy for novices to understand and explains everything you need to know about baking. A great book for beginners.

I just love this book. I made some breads from this book. They all came out fantastic and my family just loved them. It does teach you to make basic white bread (panned loaf) too. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase.

O livro me surpreendeu positivamente. A autora usa uma abordagem de desenvolvimento passo a passo, começando com os pães mais simples, sem sova, eventualmente chegando nos levain (i.e. fermentação espontânea). As receitas funcionam, e têm ainda a vantagem de trazer as medidas em gramas.

This book is by far the best bread baking book I own, it breaks down the science of baking and guides you through all the steps explaining why each step is important. There is a huge variety of breads in the book (sweet and savoury) and its organised so you start easy and get more complicated. However the first easy loaf is incredible and you could just make that forever and be happy! Its a great no fuss book with amazing easy recipes, she also doesn't use complicated ingredients so its really accessible. I would also recommend following her instagram for more tips and she does Q&A's @alchemybread

very good recepies

彼女らしいわかりやすい説明でパンを作ることの楽しさを思い出させてくれるような本です。具体的には、生地の硬さをマシュマロのような…と表現したり、生地の扱いを時計の針の方向で説明してくれたり:)英検3級レベルの私でも楽しく読んでます。ピザのレシピを本とにらめっこしながら作ったら、めっちゃ美味しかった！！ It is a nice book that reminds me of the pleasure of making bread with her easy-to-understand explanation. Specifically, expressing the hardness of the dough like marshmallow ... or explaining the handling of the dough in the direction of the hands of the clock :) My English level is 3 grade level of Eiken. But I 'm really enjoy this book:)I try to made her pizza recipe! It was really delicious! ! sorry!my poor English!