Bread Illustrated

Master the Art and Science of Bread Baking

This cookbook demystifies bread baking, showing bakers of all skill levels how to make crisp-crusted, chewy-crumbed loaves, rolls, sweet breads, and more.

Bread Illustrated is a fully illustrated handbook with more than 100 meticulously tested recipes that will enable you to bake artisan bakery-quality bread at home. Each recipe is a hands-on tutorial with a timeline and photos that break down the recipe step by step, because seeing the process from start to finish helps make any recipe more approachable. For added assurance, troubleshooting sidebars accompany many of the breads, so you'll know how to avoid common pitfalls.

"I want to start at the beginning and make each and every recipe in the book."

— International Falls Journal

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