the best baking cookbook?!
my 5 yr. old grandson and i love to bake cakes and cupcakes. would love to have suggestions on the best recipes for baking only. you guys have helped me many times before, love this site for my go to when in need of suggestions or recipes.
p.s. started grandson out in his highchair with flour and milk and he hasn't stopped since. loves it!!!!!!!!!!!
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13 Comments:
Is this an easy level or middle of the road, I am guesing not expert.
JerzeeTomato at 11:41AM on 05/12/09
Baking Illustrated (the baking cookbook by Cook's Illustrated) is excellent.
producestories at 12:18PM on 05/12/09
I'd go with some type of cooky compendium that may include brownies. The recipes are usually pretty easy, the product is in kid-friendly sizes and with brownies or bar cookies, it's even easier.
What a nice grandparent you are!
Also get him started kneading bread (tactile experience AND you get a tasty product!). By the time he's ten, he'll be flipping pizza dough through the air like a champ and he'll likely make the best baguette within 100 miles.
therealchiffonade at 12:18PM on 05/12/09
grown-up cookbooks please............
i bought grandson, aka "caleb", his own cake decorating kit from wilton, he decorates his cake or cupcake and i work right beside him. it's sooooo much fun.
if you have kids of your own or grandkids you must try this, time flies and we laugh and have such a good time.
plus were making memories.
jobug_tincher at 12:34PM on 05/12/09
Dorie Greenspan's, "Baking: From My Home to Yours."
HANDS DOWN!! Nothing in it has ever failed me, and it is all truly delicious. I've made many a Dorie convert.
lizaj at 1:05PM on 05/12/09
I agree with Baking Illustrated--none of the recipes have ever failed me, and it has a great variety.
hungry dog at 3:42PM on 05/12/09
Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook is really nice. She includes everything from very traditional, classic baked goods (chocolate chip cookies, banana bread, etc.) to more challenging recipes (wedding cakes). The pictures are beautiful, the instructions are clearly given, and she provides many of the recipes with simple variations to suit your particular taste. It's a great go-to, won't let you you down cookbook.
kimberlymac at 3:58PM on 05/12/09
Any of Maida Heatter's books, and Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook. The Fannie Farmer Baking Book is also a good choice.
MMinNYC at 4:26PM on 05/12/09
maida heatter! that's the name of the baker -- i used to have her baking cookbook and i lost it. her 62nd st. lemon cake is SO good.... now i can try and replace it.
i just couldn't remember her name. thank you MMinNY!
pooch at 6:18PM on 05/12/09
Definitely "Baking From My Home to Yours" by Dorie Greenspan
marsel at 12:24AM on 05/13/09
I like the Greenspan book and the Fanny Farmer Baking book. The latter is a bit more practical and "homey' And the Grenspan book has some great recipes for occasions..
If you follow Greenspan's blog - she posts the columns she prepares for Parade - a Sunday supplement - and they are good everyday recipes. I've tried several with success.
suegsf at 3:53AM on 05/13/09
Another great one is Williams-Sonoma Baking.
jbeach at 2:25PM on 05/14/09
I love Jim Fobel's Old Fasioned Baking Book, you can pick it up cheap. It's not flashy and doesn't have photos but has lots of great classic recipes.
karen r at 2:44PM on 05/14/09