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Bread Baking book suggestions

Posted on 11/30/20 at 2:41 pm
Posted by 314stunna
NYC
Member since Aug 2015
977 posts
Posted on 11/30/20 at 2:41 pm
Anyone have suggestions on good books that teach the art of baking bread from home?
Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
15109 posts
Posted on 11/30/20 at 3:00 pm to
Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast or Tartine Bread. There’s several great websites/blogs like theperfectloaf.com and kingarthurbaking.com for recipes and techniques.
Posted by 3oliv3
Member since Aug 2016
759 posts
Posted on 11/30/20 at 3:05 pm to
The Bread Bible is a go-to of mine. Extremely detailed step by step directions.
Posted by hungryone
river parishes
Member since Sep 2010
11987 posts
Posted on 11/30/20 at 3:08 pm to
Sure, I've got plenty for you. Your local public library likely has many of these, too. I own everything below & use them often:

--for absolute beginners who need a comprehensive overview and want a solid background in some of the science of baking: Peter Reinhard's Bread Baker's Apprentice LINK

--for someone who knows the basics, but who wants a reference/resource cookbook with many solid recipes, all written in weights & with baker's percentages to be scalable to commercial size batches (no photos) : Jeffrey Hamelman's Bread LINK Author was head baker at King Arthur Flour for many years.

--for someone who wants to learn how to make rustic, lean, European style loaves without kneading or using a mixer: Ken Forkish's Flour Water Salt Yeast LINK
--for a semi-skilled baker who wants french style recipes: Eric Kayser's Larousse Book of Bread LINK
--for someone who uses all the tools--mixer, breadmaker, food processor, etc and wants diverse, interesting recipes but not a "technique" focused cookbook: Beth Hensperger's The Bread Bible LINK

Finally, if you didn't spend your Covid Check and want to geek out on all things bread over the holidays, you can plunk down $500 on Myhrvold's Modernist Bread, complete with its stainless steel slipcase. LINK It's fascinating and gorgeous, but the recipes are needlessly complex and I don't really cook out of it. As a source of inspiration and entertainment, it's great tho.

Finally, don't overlook the websites The Perfect Loaf LINK for sourdough baking and The Fresh Loaf LINK for a community of bakers, messageboard, recipes, etc. TFL has a very active group of contributors who are more than willing to help you troubleshoot a bake, share a favorite recipe, etc. It's kind of an old-school web based community, if you're old enough to remember how messageboards once functioned.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
29108 posts
Posted on 11/30/20 at 4:37 pm to
The Enchanted Broccoli Forest is a cookbook from the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, NY, and it has a step by step explanation of bread making which I found to be very helpful when I first began baking bread about 35 years ago. It's also entirely hand written and illustrated, which makes it kind of hippy-cool, kind of like the old VW repair books.
Posted by 314stunna
NYC
Member since Aug 2015
977 posts
Posted on 11/30/20 at 7:46 pm to
Thanks for the responses yall
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