Bread Baking For Beginners: Bread Baking Cookbook

By Angela Pierce

Bread baking is the process of making bread no matter what type of bread it is. This is usually done by bakers in bakeries but this process can also be done at home even if you are not a baker. In other words, you can bake your own bread at home if you want to. As a matter of fact, there are several advantages of baking bread at home. One, it is healthier. This is because you are the one baking your bread meaning you know and you have full control over the ingredients you are putting in it. Two, bread baking at home is cheaper. This is because you are not baking for profit and since you have full control over the ingredients, it is up to you to decide whether to use expensive ingredients or not.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
• Release date: Oct 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781630221973

Angela Pierce

Nashville, Tennessee native Angela Pierce has been a frugal woman all her life. And it seems that she's always searching for new ways to become even thriftier. Angela lives in a beautiful home on a half acre of land in a small role community almost 70 miles away from the nearest town with public transportation. She spends her time in her quiet abode figuring out ways to save money and writing books about her spartan lifestyle. For someone with such a public persona you would think she would want to live a little closer to civilization. But Angela says she actually loves her life the way it is. "Living in a small town is great for my writing and my budget. Before my husband and I moved to our home, we did a little looking around first. Just 20 miles from where we live, in a slightly larger town with more shopping and entertainment, our house would cost twice as much with only a postage stamp size yard." While not bestsellers, Angela's books about her practical, day-to-day life enjoy steady sales. After all, who doesn't want to learn about managing household and saving money? More than one reader has written her to say how much of an inspiration she has been to their quest to live better and more practical life. Angela says that the key to the frugal lifestyle is to involve the entire family. It's important that your spouse be on board, and that you teach your children the importance of conserving their resources and saving money from an early age. Although Angela has been a penny pincher from birth, that's not the case for her husband. She carried her miserly ways into her marriage, and though they never earned big salaries they live debt-free and have even managed to squirrel away a sizable nest egg. She considers herself a savvy consumer who doesn't waste her time, energy, or money on nonessentials. She says that being in control of her finances puts her in control of her life. Now who can argue with that?

Reviews for Bread Baking For Beginners

[keith.benjamin · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Considering that this book was identified as a beginner bread baking cookbook, I should not have been surprised at how elementary it was. I was surprised to find that the book did not contain exclusively yeast bread recipes; I was also surprised to note that the tips were not unique to baking bread, but may be generalized to all cooking and baking. I was fully expecting troubleshooting tips about what to do if your bread comes out too crumbly, or how to identify if you've let your bread rise too long. These are the sorts of tips that I would look for in a bread baking book. I received this book as part of the LibraryThing Member Giveaway program in exchange for my honest review.

[crumpkl · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I received a copy of this book from LibraryThing for an honest review. I was very excited when I received this book because I’ve always wanted to bake my own bread. I was sorely disappointed with this supposed cook book. I have never read a more terrible cookbook. Firstly, the author was extremely wordy in her introduction. She stated the same tip several different ways without adding onto her original tip. Also, some of her tips were completely useless. She has a specific tip about how to knead the dough but doesn’t really go into detail on how to knead dough. There are no pictures to show us beginners what to do and the last sentence even says to do research or ask for help from someone who knows how to bake bread. If we are given tips on how to bake bread, shouldn’t all of the tips be included in the book without the reader having to do extra research or find someone who can bake bread. This is not a cookbook.My other problem with this book is that the recipes are a total disaster. For one thing, the ingredients are sometimes not given measurements. One cannot bake without exact measurements (which is a statement listed in the tips and guides section of the book). Another problem with the recipes is that the steps to bake are confusing and useless. We are not given an oven temperature on any of the recipes. How are you supposed to successfully bake bread without an accurate oven temperature? Oh wait, you can’t. And it’s interesting because this is again another statement we are given in the tips and guides portion of the book. I also didn’t like the organization of the recipes. The very first recipe the author should have presented is the most basic of breads, a basic white bread or sandwich bread. That is just my opinion. The terminologies used in the steps also don’t make any sense. I’ve read my fair share of cookbooks and I have never heard the term “shaggy” referring to a mixture. Since I have baked for many years, I understand what the author means, however a true beginner to baking would be lost and confused. Also, in some of the recipes the author says “if using a bread machine,” and goes straight into what to do if you are using a bread machine. There is no alternate recipe if you are not using a bread machine. Isn’t the whole purpose of this book to learn how to bake bread without a bread machine? Again, this book makes no sense whatsoever. This book should not be published. It’s absolutely terrible. The editor/publisher should demand a rewrite at the very least. I have never read a more awful cookbook. This book isn’t even deserve to be called a cookbook. 0 out of 5 stars

[samantha.ann · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed this book. It had lots of helpful tips and tricks. It is very basic knowledge, going into this already knowing how to make bread I found this to be a little simple but I would recommend it for any one who wants to learn form the start.