SIMPLY GREAT BREADS by Daniel Leader

 

Simply Great Breads: Sweet and Savory Yeasted Treats from America's Premier Artisan Baker by Daniel Leader

Wine in pizza crust?! I love this book! Beyond the intrigue of using wine instead of water when making my pizza dough, it was the great taste I achieved that sold me on this method. The recipe from this new book is a charmer. My rediscovered passion for making yeasty treats is well catered to by the easy to follow recipes that yield complex tasting breads, sweet breads, rolls, and variations thereof.

 
One of my favorite weekend projects is to make a Breakfast Basket of breads so I was delighted to see the very first chapter of Daniel's book dedicated to the same. I tried the Brioche Muffins: excellent. And I am now looking forward to playing with his variations on that theme, including trying Fig Brioche Muffins. 

Although Daniel specializes in organic baking with whole grain breads, he provides classic "regular dough" recipes for bagels and ciabatta as well as guidance on making not so well-known breads like Navajo Fry Bread and Mana'eesh.

My mood recently was for something very homy and comforting, so I tried making his Angel Biscuits from the book. I liked that the night before I could simply combine a few ingredients and then in the morning add a few more ingredients and pop it in the oven to yield heavenly light flaky biscuits which I slit open, slathered with sweet butter and added a dollop of fresh jam (also a recipe from his book!). I was so happy! They were perfection. 

For newbies to bread baking, Simply Great Breads: Sweet and Savory Yeasted Treats from America's Premier Artisan Baker is a wonderful quick introduction that strips away the mystery of the process. For experienced bread makers, it is a delight in that it offers the platform of basic proven recipes that can be added to and experimented with. This is a valuable addition to anyone's cookbook collection.

 

Comments

[Andrea]

I've eyed this cookbook several times.....will be picking up a copy. Can't wait to try the Brioche Muffins.

[amrito55]

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