Baking Unplugged - Premium Baking Tools & Essentials for Home Bakers | Perfect for Cakes, Cookies & Pastries

This book is EXCELLENT. I checked it out from my local library because I was looking for some exceptionally good yet simple recipes to bake for my new baking business. I wasn't disappointed. It has every type of baked treat you would want to make (cookies, scones, coffee breads, quick breads, tarts, cakes etc. - see the table of contents) and all sorts of great tips on how to produce them. This book will be enjoyed by experts and novices alike. The beginning sections are very useful for their explanation of ingredients, tools and how to read a recipe, and there are a variety of recipes from your basics like brownies or chocolate chip cookies to more unusual ones such as Potato Chip Cookies. Rarely have I seen a cookbook that is so simple yet inspirational. It covers all of those basic recipes you want, but does it in such a thorough and delicious way. There are very few cookbooks where you like and want to try almost every recipe. This is one of them. Best yet, the author explains how to bake without using a lot of fancy equipment like mixers. I do have a counter top mixer, so I plan to continue using it, but I am very interested in paring down on electrical gadgets and just getting down to some good baking. I will be updating my review as I make the various recipes. So far her chocolate chip muffins got rave reviews, and I know from more than twenty years of baking experience that my family will love many other recipes in this book.