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The King Arthur Baking Company's All-Purpose Baker's Companion (Revised and Updated)
The King Arthur Baking Company's All-Purpose Baker's Companion (Revised and Updated) | King Arthur Baking Company
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Trusted recipes, revised and updated for a new generation of home bakers. Comprehensive in scope, authoritative in style, and offering clear, practical, and encouraging instruction, The King Arthur Baking Company's All-Purpose Bakers Companion is the one book youll turn to every time you bake. In it, the experts from King Arthur lead home bakers through hundreds of easy and foolproof recipes from yeast breads and sourdoughs to cakes and cookies to quick breads and brownies. Winner of the 2004 Cookbook of the Year Award by the James Beard Foundation, this dependable cookbook has been reinvigorated with new photography, recipes, and revisions to keep it relevant to todays modern baker. Decades of research in their famous test kitchen shaped the contents of this book: 450+ recipes, a completely up-to-date overview of ingredients (including gluten-free options), substitutions and variations, and troubleshooting advice. Sidebars share baking secrets and provide clear step-by-step instructions. Techniques are further explained with easy-to-follow illustrations. The King Arthur Baking Company's All-Purpose Bakers Companion is an essential kitchen tool.
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JenniferEgnor
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Potato Chip Cookies (‘Kettle Cooked‘ and with oats)
This is quirky and I love it! They‘re chewy from the oats but crunchy. Sweet, but salty. I used the longer cook time because I prefer crunchy cookies.
Tweaks: I cut the sugar in half.
Recipe here: www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/potato-chip-cookies-recipe

dabbe My husband LOVES King Arthur! He's making sourdough bread with flour from them as I type this. 🤩🤗😀 6mo
JenniferEgnor @dabbe me too! I‘ve been using their products for years. They just announced on their socials they have a new book coming out: a bread book! 6mo
dabbe @JenniferEgnor Oh, lordy; I'll have to get it for him! Thanks. 🤗 6mo
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Tamra
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Husband‘s request - brownies. Any bets on how long the pan will last?

I‘m not a baker beyond the basics and this companion is perfect support. Lots of helpful advice in it. #Mtcookbook

TheKidUpstairs Those look delicious! 7mo
Ruthiella Can‘t go wrong with your basic brownies! 😋 7mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 7mo
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Aimeesue My guess is Not very. 7mo
mabell Looks yummy!! 7mo
BookmarkTavern Amazing! 🤩 7mo
GingerAntics I doubt they‘ll see Monday! 7mo
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Tamra
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Husband‘s request and I happened to have all the ingredients on hand. Now the fam‘s sweet teeth are all satisfied for the weekend!

This challenge is doing wonders for checking my books before the interwebs. 😊 #Mtcookbook

TheBookHippie Yummmm 7mo
Deblovestoread Delish! 7mo
mabell I wonder if this was the same recipe as their 2023 Recipe of the Year? I made the original and the chocolate version (that was rich!) 7mo
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Tamra @mabell I don‘t know - but it‘s definitely rich! Half of the volume is the crumb. 😮 7mo
mabell Yes! That must be the same! They came out with 10 variations last year, and one was Crumb Lovers - with double the crumb! And we thought the original had too much 😂 A really yummy recipe! I think I‘ll try it again next weekend! 7mo
Tamra @mabell go for it! Happy to enable. 😉 My family loves it, but it‘s an easy win because they like sugar. Me, not so much. I‘d prefer a bag of Cheetos.😂 If you don‘t have the book I‘m happy to post a close-up pic of the recipes or email it to you. (edited) 7mo
mabell @Tamra That would be great, thank you! I‘m curious to see what the version in the book is like! Would you like to post it in the google doc? Or email it? (purple_3@yahoo.com) Whatever is easiest for you 😊 7mo
batsy I'd love both a slice of that cake and Cheetos 😂 7mo
Tamra @mabell I keep forgetting about the Google doc! I uploaded a photo to it. Let me know if it doesn‘t appear on your end. 😄 7mo
Tamra @batsy ☺️ 7mo
Cathythoughts Now I‘m hungry 🙈!! ♥️ 7mo
mabell Terrific! Thank you! 7mo
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elkeOriginal Yum! 12mo
Aimeesue Mmmmmmmmm! 12mo
BookmarkTavern King Arthur Flour has a cookbook?!? 12mo
Tamra @BookmarkTavern oh yes and it‘s a staple for me. Highly recommend for basic baking recipes. (edited) 12mo
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Tamra
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This guide is worth the $ several times over.

Cranberry bread in June because in the autumn I hoard cranberries in my freezer. 😋

DivineDiana Looks delicious! ❤️ 1y
Emilymdxn That looks so delicious it makes me want to try some! 1y
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JessClark78 I keep cranberries in the freezer too! 1y
jlhammar Looks amazing! 1y
Lcsmcat Looks yummy! 1y
Hooked_on_books My mom would approve! She loves to bake and is a King Arthur believer. 1y
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Tamra
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3 guesses as to what‘s for NYE dinner 😋

My daughter (12) and her friend are having packaged pizza crusts to make their own pizzas, but they won‘t notice the difference unless you tell them. 🤫

mrp27 A perfect NYE dinner! 2y
LeahBergen Perfect! 😍 2y
Cathythoughts Lovely 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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Tamra
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Let the pumpkin season begin! 🎃

Tagged book is a staple. 🧡

IndoorDame Yum! 2y
LeahBergen Ooo! 🎃 2y
BarbaraBB What kind of cake did you bake? It looks delicious 2y
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Leftcoastzen They look yummy! 2y
TheBookHippie This is on my counter as well!!! 2y
Gissy Mmmmm🎃🥧😋 2y
Tamra @BarbaraBB it‘s a pumpkin spice quick bread. Bread in name only! 😆 2y
Tamra @TheBookHippie perfect timing! 2y
BarbaraBB That sounds fantastic. I know banana bread of course but the addition of pumpkin sounds great! 2y
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No recreational reading this week aside from bits & pieces of The Matrix on audio at night. I baked pumpkin bread from this baking bible though. 😋 Tomorrow morning I‘m giving orange cranberry bread a go.

ChasingOm Yummmmm! I love all of those flavors, lol. 3y
Tamra @ChasingOm highly recommend this book! Dangerous though for sure. 3y
LeahBergen Yum! 3y
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Bklover I‘m baking a cross of them both tomorrow - pumpkin cranberry bread! Looks delicious! 3y
JamieArc Ill have to check out this book. The tagged is my bread baking bible. 3y
Ruthiella 😋 Looks delicious! 3y
Cathythoughts It does look delicious 👍🏻👍🏻 3y
ChasingOm Just added to my Christmas list! 😄 3y
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There was only research today . . . So it‘s breakfast for dinner 😇

📚💛 📚💛📚💛📚💛📚💛📚💛📚💛📚💛📚

BkClubCare Flaky. Goodness. 3y
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Tamra
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Do yourself a favor and make these banana chocolate chip muffins! The whole-wheat makes them healthy right?

Recipe: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/banana-chocolate-chip-muffins-recipe

rambiepaige I just made some a couple nights ago, what a coincidence! 😋 4y
Ruthiella The whole wheat AND the bananas make ‘em heathy! 😃 4y
Tamra @rambiepaige funny! Aren‘t they delicious? 4y
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Tamra @Ruthiella yes, they are fruit & whole grain. 😹 4y
rambiepaige @Tamra very much so, they didn‘t last long around here! 4y
Mimi28 They look beautiful but I am allergic to bananas, lol, and a lot of other yummy stuff too, lol. 4y
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Love this baking Bible! Cranberry bread is perfect - not too sweet.

Cathythoughts Cake looks really good ! This book looks tried & trusted 👍🏻❤️ 4y
Tamra @Cathythoughts I‘m not much of a baker, but this is a book that offers a lot of approachable recipes for anyone who dabbles and just wants to feed the family after school snacks. 😁 4y
IamIamIam 👀 Going to have to keep an eye out for this one! 4y
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Tamra @IamIamIam do you have the book? 4y
IamIamIam @Tamra Surprisingly, this isn't part of my collection yet but I'm always on the lookout for great used cookbooks or gift ideas! 4y
Tamra @IamIamIam You might check it out from the library to make sure it‘s a good fit. It‘s a bit of an investment new. I see on Abe Books you can get a copy for $21 in the US. 👍🏾 4y
IamIamIam @Tamra That's not terrible!! I usually make a list for our summer trip to Connecticut & the Book Barn visit. 😁 My birthday is coming up, though, and I love the recipes they print in the catalog. I'll definitely stop by the library to take a look, though! Definitely post anything else you make! 4y
Tamra @IamIamIam this would make yourself a nice gift! The recipes seem to be well tested, tried & true. I make the oatmeal honey bread at least e/o day on the bread machine. My husband says it‘s the best ever. I didn‘t know they had a catalog, I need to check it out. 4y
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I‘ve tried to get started with sourdough before, but the voice of this cookbook finally got through to me. The recipes are precise (the chocolate cake recipe specifies the size for round vs square pan) and the sourdough advice is both scientific AND low pressure. Reading this makes you feel both well educated and reassured. All the 🌟s!

Christine I really love their online recipes for similar reasons. Must check out the book! 4y
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Tamra
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Pickpick

Because I have no self control. I love the scientific explanations and tips!

This baker‘s companion doubles as a door stop. 😉

mandarchy Oh no! I should be gluten free... but now I want this book to go with all of the flour I ended up with in the pandemic-panic. I didn't mean to buy so much, but my son had an OT assignment to make playdo and every store was out - except Costco. 4y
Daisey This sounds like one I would love! 4y
Lauram The cinnamon rolls! ❤️ 4y
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Tamra @Lauram they do sound so good! I‘m not that ambitious of a baker, but maybe down the road when I have more time. 😋 4y
Tamra @Daisey check it out from the library if you can to see if it works for you! 4y
Tamra @mandarchy yikes! Maybe you can bake & freeze for your son? 4y
readordierachel Ooooh 😍 4y
Tamra @readordierachel it‘s worthy of adoration. It is a book that should last anyone a lifetime and pass along. 4y
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