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| Bob's Red Mill Baking Book: More Than 400 Recipes Featuring Whole & Healthy Grains | 
 enlarge | Authors: John Ettinger, Bob's Red Mill Family, Peter (fwd) Reinhart
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 119322
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.5 x 1.4
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5636
ASIN: B000PHWDNA
Publication Date: November 2006
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 A celebration of unusual grains & flours November 30, 2008
For those familiar with Bob's Red Mill flours, grains, cereals, etc. from the natural foods section of the grocery store, it is tempting to discount this cookbook as "just a commercial" for Bob's Red Mill, Inc. That would be a mistake. It appears that the "Bob's Red Mill(R) Family" likes eating unusual grains as much as they like selling them -- and they have pretty good tastes to boot.
Many of the recipes are for "standard" baked goods, but not the standard recipes for them. For example, the "plain" Irish Soda bread is a gluten free version, but we usually make the Whole Wheat Irish Soda bread (which is a bit chewier than "normal", but delicious and better for you). Some of the recipes are vegan -- but most are not (milk, eggs, or butter). Some of the non-vegan recipes veganize readily (e.g., whole wheat vegetable oil pie crust becomes vegan if you substitute soy milk for cow's milk).
I have not found a loser recipe yet (although, as with any cookbook with over 400 recipes, there are hundreds that I will never try because they don't speak to me). Lately (this is being written three days after Thanksgiving), I have been tired of standard pastry crust for pies, so I have been trying alternates. My favorite so far is the almond oat crust, although the spelt crust deserves honorable mention.
All in all, I find this a very useful cookbook when I am looking for an unusual (but trustworthy) recipe or a way of using exotic flours. Thank you Bob (the "Red Mill(R) Family") for this wonderful celebration of whole & healthy grains,.
 Skip this one October 21, 2008
I am an avid baker and am always looking for ways to incorporate whole grains into my diet. This book has recipes for a great variety of grains - more than just whole wheat. However, I've been trying recipes from the Bob's Red Mill Baking Book for over a year, and am consistently disappointed - they just aren't reliable. If gluten is a problem for you, this book might be worth looking into. If not, go for the King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking Book instead - recipes are wheat-based but always delicious.
 Wish I had read the reviews! April 26, 2008
The first review of this book is very accurate. I too have lots of experience with bread baking & was hoping for whole grain delicious breads to off set the high price in the grocery store. After making 2 of the whole grain recipes, I could see that the ingredients were off in their ratios & neither breads very good. It is too costly all around to use recipes that don't work & taste bad. I emailed Bob & asked if they actually made the recipes &/or did they scale down large batch recipes. I won't risk my money, time, fuel costs on another recipe in this book.
 A cook-book the whole family will find easy January 27, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I thought I was "allergic" to wheat, but instead I found if I made my own bread and other products, without the added ingredients used in keeping them fresh, I could enjoy wheat again. Recipes in Bob's Red Mill Baking Book are easy and healthy. I've tried Bob's Whole Wheat Honey Bread on page 43 toasted with Camejo's peach jam. yummmm. This cookbook mentions the kneading aspect of bread making and in the fact that it's not necessary. This makes bread making easy enough for the whole family.
BonTon January 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am so glad to have added this to my collection. A great cookbook for great products.
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