Reviews for Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book of Breads

The average rating for Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book of Breads based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-04 00:00:00 Christopher Norfleet My "go-to" bread book. It's quite outstanding. It's filled with great recipes, and great tips about baking bread. It doesn't get overly mechanical or technical, like other bread books do. Easy to understand with step by step instructions by hand, stand mixers, and food processors. With minimal effort, you're off to making great bread. I believe this is out of print. But if you can find it secondhand, I would highly recommend.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-01 00:00:00 Jerritt Gonzales This 700-page tome on the wonders of bread has sat in my to-read pile for years now--what better time to take a look than during quarantine? I skimmed through and jotted down pages and recipes of interest. This book has an incredible variety of bread on offer, from sandwich loaves to rustic boules to rolls to quick breads of all kinds to vegetable-stuffed to how to build your own backyard bread oven. One of the great surprises was that most of the recipes include three versions: by hand, by Kitchen-Aid mixer, or by food processor. And hey, here I have a new big food processor... and lo and behold, I currently have a batch of brioche dough rising in my fridge. That will be the first of many recipes I try from this book.