Surprises Come In Small Packages!
Written: Jun 27 '00
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Pros: Very Creative and Unusual Recipes, Reviews of Several Bread Machines, Small Format Makes the Book Uncumbersome
Cons: None!!
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| ClaireKS's Full Review: Madge Rosenberg - The Best Low-Fat, No-Sugar Bread... |
This "little" book (it only measures about 6 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches) was truly a surprise. In comparison to all of the other larger, more "fancy-looking" bread machine books, the contents of this volume are amazing.
The author (Madge Rosenberg) is a New York bakery owner, and has taken her own favorite recipes and adapted them to the bread machine. This is what first made me decide to give the book a thorough perusing. As I looked at the ingredients for each recipe, I noticed that the creativity in even the most common of breads would make each one a new and tasty treat.
The book has a built-in, covered spiral binding which is a big help when laying the book open, and the paper grade is thick, promising few rips and tears over time.
One of the things I found most interesting is that the author lists several brands of bread machines and provides an excellent review on each one. Next, she gives an explanation of the various ingredients used throughout the book, and for the less common ones, had the foresight to list suppliers where we can purchase them.
Also included are instructions on measuring correctly, common problems and solutions, how to freeze and store the various types of breads, and even several really helpful hints (such as placing your bread into a plastic bag along with a stalk of celery, to keep the bread fresh).
The recipes themselves range from deli-style breads (such as sourdough pumpernickel, delicatessen rye, onion rye, potato rye, and malted rye), to sweet breads (such as bananas and cream bread, blueberry and oat, whole wheat coffee breads, lime and coconut bread, and summer fruit bread), to multi-grain and salt-free breads (such as Anadam bread, salt-free Tuscan, barley and oat, bran and raisin, buckwheat, bulgur dill, and granola raisin), to some really out-of-the ordinary, exotic types of breads such as a South American Quinoa bread, Baba Au Rhum, Black Forest bread, Butterscotch whole wheat, Chelsea bread, cheese Brioche, Pandoro de Verona, East African Sambosa, Finnish Rusk, and even Chinese Meat buns.
These are only a few of the wonderful recipes that are contained in this book, and I for one am going to try out every single one of them!
Recommended:
Yes
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