Book of American Baking by Various
"Book of American Baking" by Various is a practical guide covering various branches of the baking industry, written in the early 20th century. This comprehensive work includes sections on cakes, buns, pastries, pie baking, bread-making, and other miscellaneous topics, serving as an extensive resource for both professional bakers and home cooks. The book aims to equip readers with a wide array of recipes and techniques essential for successful baking across different categories.
The opening of the book presents the table of contents, outlining four main parts: Cakes, Buns and Pastry; Pie Baking; Bread-Making; and Miscellaneous. Each section contains numerous recipes accompanied by detailed instructions, emphasizing practical techniques and ingredient proportions for baking a variety of baked goods. The recipes range from classic cakes, such as Angel Cake and Ginger Snap Cookies, to foundational baking principles for bread-making, demonstrating the book's broad utility in the baking field. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Various |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 10028343 |
| Title |
Book of American Baking A Practical Guide Covering Various Branches of the Baking Industry, Including Cakes, Buns, and Pastry, Bread Making, Pie Baking, Etc. |
| Credits |
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TX: Technology: Home economics |
| Subject | Quantity cooking |
| Subject | Baking |
| Subject | Baked products industry -- United States |
| Subject | Baking -- United States |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 49797 |
| Release Date | Aug 28, 2015 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 315 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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