Baking From Scratch Book

The Clueless Baker: Baking from Scratch, Easy as Pie

by Evelyn Raab
(Firefly Books, softcover)

If your mom's idea of a kitchen appliance was the telephone and her favorite recipe was the local pizza parlor's number, this book is for you. If your baking experience ended in trauma when your Easy Bake Oven caught on fire, this book is for you. If you break out into a cold sweat in the baking aisle when the Duncan Hines boxes end and you're entrenched by bags of sugar and flour, you must buy this book. Read it, use it and spill on it ... over and over.

There's nothing fancy here, just good, plain versions of baking's bulwarks. Troubleshooting guides after each hurdle anticipate beginners' mistakes and offer between-the-lines guidance that step-by-step recipes just can't give. It's as good as having Grandma in the kitchen with you, only she's funnier. Pick this one up, start spreading flour around your kitchen and have a ball.

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The Clueless Baker: Baking from Scratch, Easy As Pie
by Evelyn Raab
Firefly Books, October 2001
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