Bread Baking Basics: Recipes for Mastering Bread, Dough and Flour (Making Bread for Beginners, Homemade Bread)

Make the Perfect Loaf with this Bread Baking Guide

#1 New Release in Rice & Grains and Breakfast Cooking

Bread Baking Basics by Gregory Berger explores the art of getting started and trying something new through making your first loaf of bread. With quotes, essays, photographs, illustrations, and recipes, this bread cookbook helps you feed your stomach—and your soul—through home baked bread.

The best—and easiest—way to make the perfect loaf. Baking new things can be intimidating. But if you never try, you’ll never get to taste the flavors of hard work and success. Practice the art of making bread through new skills that mirror life in surprising ways. Learn confidence while discovering the science of food. Find abundance while trying new and tasty recipes. Explore healthy living with healthy foods, all in Bread Baking Basics.

From making sourdough bread to pizza dough, learn new, simple, and classic recipes for bread. Author Gregory Berger knows what it’s like to try something new. He started making bread as a personal hobby on a whim. Now, he’s an award-winning baker who has learned to make the perfect loaf—and has created recipes for some of Sacramento’s top restaurants while at it.

In Bread Baking Basics, Gregory shares the skills and life lessons he’s learned from his journey, including:

  • The do's and don’ts of making Sourdough bread starters and sour moments
  • Healthy toast recipes and healthy, local eating
  • Creative salad and pizza ideas alongside lessons on moderation and enjoyment

If you found bread baking cookbooks like Bread Baking for Beginners by Bonnie Ohara, Mastering Bread by Marc Vetri, or Bread Bakers Apprentice by Peter Reinheart helpful, you’ll love Bread Baking Basics.

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Bread Baking Basics: Recipes for Mastering Bread, Dough and Flour (Making Bread for Beginners, Homemade Bread)

Make the Perfect Loaf with this Bread Baking Guide

#1 New Release in Rice & Grains and Breakfast Cooking

Bread Baking Basics by Gregory Berger explores the art of getting started and trying something new through making your first loaf of bread. With quotes, essays, photographs, illustrations, and recipes, this bread cookbook helps you feed your stomach—and your soul—through home baked bread.

The best—and easiest—way to make the perfect loaf. Baking new things can be intimidating. But if you never try, you’ll never get to taste the flavors of hard work and success. Practice the art of making bread through new skills that mirror life in surprising ways. Learn confidence while discovering the science of food. Find abundance while trying new and tasty recipes. Explore healthy living with healthy foods, all in Bread Baking Basics.

From making sourdough bread to pizza dough, learn new, simple, and classic recipes for bread. Author Gregory Berger knows what it’s like to try something new. He started making bread as a personal hobby on a whim. Now, he’s an award-winning baker who has learned to make the perfect loaf—and has created recipes for some of Sacramento’s top restaurants while at it.

In Bread Baking Basics, Gregory shares the skills and life lessons he’s learned from his journey, including:

  • The do's and don’ts of making Sourdough bread starters and sour moments
  • Healthy toast recipes and healthy, local eating
  • Creative salad and pizza ideas alongside lessons on moderation and enjoyment

If you found bread baking cookbooks like Bread Baking for Beginners by Bonnie Ohara, Mastering Bread by Marc Vetri, or Bread Bakers Apprentice by Peter Reinheart helpful, you’ll love Bread Baking Basics.

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Bread Baking Basics: Recipes for Mastering Bread, Dough and Flour (Making Bread for Beginners, Homemade Bread)

Bread Baking Basics: Recipes for Mastering Bread, Dough and Flour (Making Bread for Beginners, Homemade Bread)

by Gregory Berger
Bread Baking Basics: Recipes for Mastering Bread, Dough and Flour (Making Bread for Beginners, Homemade Bread)

Bread Baking Basics: Recipes for Mastering Bread, Dough and Flour (Making Bread for Beginners, Homemade Bread)

by Gregory Berger

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Make the Perfect Loaf with this Bread Baking Guide

#1 New Release in Rice & Grains and Breakfast Cooking

Bread Baking Basics by Gregory Berger explores the art of getting started and trying something new through making your first loaf of bread. With quotes, essays, photographs, illustrations, and recipes, this bread cookbook helps you feed your stomach—and your soul—through home baked bread.

The best—and easiest—way to make the perfect loaf. Baking new things can be intimidating. But if you never try, you’ll never get to taste the flavors of hard work and success. Practice the art of making bread through new skills that mirror life in surprising ways. Learn confidence while discovering the science of food. Find abundance while trying new and tasty recipes. Explore healthy living with healthy foods, all in Bread Baking Basics.

From making sourdough bread to pizza dough, learn new, simple, and classic recipes for bread. Author Gregory Berger knows what it’s like to try something new. He started making bread as a personal hobby on a whim. Now, he’s an award-winning baker who has learned to make the perfect loaf—and has created recipes for some of Sacramento’s top restaurants while at it.

In Bread Baking Basics, Gregory shares the skills and life lessons he’s learned from his journey, including:

  • The do's and don’ts of making Sourdough bread starters and sour moments
  • Healthy toast recipes and healthy, local eating
  • Creative salad and pizza ideas alongside lessons on moderation and enjoyment

If you found bread baking cookbooks like Bread Baking for Beginners by Bonnie Ohara, Mastering Bread by Marc Vetri, or Bread Bakers Apprentice by Peter Reinheart helpful, you’ll love Bread Baking Basics.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781642505702
Publisher: Mango Media
Publication date: 06/15/2021
Pages: 170
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Born and raised in Ohio, Gregory Berger moved West, first to Chicago then to San Francisco, before settling in Sacramento. He owns a design studio in Sacramento called Pomegranate Design that focuses on graphic design for non-profits and the restaurant industry. After reading a book about sourdough bread, he took up baking as a hobby. Since then, baking has become a passion and a side hustle. He has won blue ribbons for the past 4 years for his breads at the California State Fair, has created bread recipes for some of Sacramento’s top restaurants, and has baked buns and rolls for charity events like the Sacramento Burger Battle and the Sacramento Sausage Fest.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Bare Cupboard Baking 8

Start Today 10

Part 2 Let's Go 12

Bread Basics 13

Notes on Equipment 14

Notes on Ingredients 17

Notes on Terms and Techniques 18

A Quick Breakdown of Baking a Loaf of Bread 19

Part 3 Fresh Breads, Daily 24

Just a Loaf of White Bread 26

Whole Lotta Wheat Bread 29

The Easiest Burger Bun 30

Furikake Pita Breads 33

Big, Fat Biscuits 34

Soft Pretzels & Pretzel Bites 37

Blueberry Almond Muffins with Crumbly Top 38

Chocolate Cherry Almond Scones 41

Japanese Milk Bread 42

Hokkaido Milk Rolls 45

Señorita Bread 46

Tin Can Bread 49

Quick and Easy Flatbreads 50

Part 4 Rise Up! 52

No-Knead Artisan Cheddar Jalapeno Bread 54

Green Onion Pullman Bread 57

Perfect Pizza Crust 61

Challah 62

Blueberry Donuts 65

Blueberry Cream Cheese Babka 66

Croissants Two Ways 69

Pain au Chocolat 74

Ham and Swiss Croissants with Thyme 75

Buttermilk Cinnamon Rolls with Cinnamon Icing 77

Conchas 78

Lemon, Rosemary, Tomato Focaccia 81

Candied Orange Pretzeled Bagels 82

Candied Orange Peels 83

Part 5 Gluten, Out! 86

Gluten-Free Baking 88

Gluten-Free Focaccia 90

Gluten-Free Pizza Dough 93

Gluten-Free Artisan Loaf 94

Part 6 This Is Commitment 96

Wait! Are You a Scientist? 99

Sourdough Starter 101

Award-Winning Sourdough 105

Cinnamon Raisin Sourdough 110

Lemon, Rosemary, and Pine Nut Sourdough 111

Coconut, Cherry, and Walnut Sourdough 112

Cheddar and Jalapeno Sourdough 113

Sourdough English Muffins 114

Sourdough Crackers 117

Part 7 Bread Ideas 118

Bread Ideas 120

Breadcrumbs 122

Croutons 123

Fried Green Tomatoes with Pickled Corn & Peppers 124

Sweet Pickle Remoulade 124

Quick Pickled Corn & Chili Pepper Relish 125

Watermelon, Tomato Panzanella 127

Heirloom Tomato Vinaigrette 127

Grilled Soft Pretzel with Turkey and Cheese 129

Open-Face Tomato Sandwich 130

Avocado Toast 132

Focaccia BLT 133

Corn, Chiles and Tomato Toasts 134

Lemon Ricotta Spread 137

Japanese Eggplant Spread 138

The Summer Classic Burger 141

Corn & Chile Peppers 141

Tiny Potato Party 142

Savory Bread Pudding 145

Berry Bread Pudding 146

Concha Bread Pudding 149

Pizza, Pizza! 150

Salami, Pineapple, and Corn Pizza 151

Pear, Brie, and Onions 152

BBO, Pickled Corn and Peppers, Sausage 152

Potato, Bacon and Blue 153

Fig, Goat Cheese, and Bacon 154

Pretzel Tray Dippers 155

Honey Mustard 155

Jalapeño IPA Cheese 155

Ranch! 155

Señorita Bread Waffles 159

Strawberry Shortcakes 160

Acknowledgements 162

About the Author 163

My Favorite Bread Resources 164

Index 165

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