Best Artisan Bread Recipe Book

The web is full of bread baking useful information. There are many sites that offer tips, troubleshooting, recipes, product recommendations, and whatnot. However, books have depth and potential drill-down to details that are sometimes lacking or overlooked on the web. There are Master Bakers all over the world who perfected the art of artisan bread for years and these are exactly the people you want to learn from. Perhaps you will not find yourself baking a 38-page bread recipe of the La Tartan Bakery but you can certainly draw inspiration from this artwork and take something from it to perfect and upgrade your craft.

In this post, you can find the books that are on my list. In my honest opinion, they are the best tutors a home baker can possibly have. I do not have all of them, but like any self-respecting library, you do not buy everything at once but gradually build an impressive body of knowledge. Between us, it also looks good on your kitchen display or as a “coffee table book” in the living room. If it’s gluten-free bread baking books you are after, check out this article here that is dedicated to gluten-free bread baking books. On the other hand, if you are a bread machine enthusiastic looking for bread maching baking books this is the article for you.

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Easy Sourdough Artisan Bread Recipe (ready In 1 Day)

At the end of the day, when you are about to make a choice, the bigger the selection the harder the choice. All these books are filled with techniques, theories, recipes, and beautiful promising illustrations. It can be overwhelming.

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This book, which includes recipes, personal stories and “living” images from the baking process, pays homage to all kind of European bread and gives plenty of recipes from all over Europe, all in simple language and very easy to understand instructions.

Homemade Artisan Sourdough Bread Recipe

The author followed ancient practices for baking bread and adapted them to our current days. He makes very good combinations of ingredients such as fruits, nuts, olives, raisins and more in the bread so if you like these types of bread that’s definitely a bonus.

His explanation of how to build a sourdough starter is simply eye-opening as well as many of the baking techniques he reveals in the book. In this context, one must mention the explanation of the bread kneading that encourages the baker to switch from relying on a mixer to kneading by hand.

I have to say It is very fun to hear how Lepard learned the different techniques or recipes over the years, where and from whom, it certainly adds enjoyment and personal touch to the book.

Rustic Italian Bread An Easy Recipe That I Inherited

My only reservation: I’m not sure this is the book is for the beginner home beaker. You will be better off with knowing a few of the basics first.

The book is built much like a textbook, each chapter deals with a different concept of bread baking (the chapter on fermentation alone is worth the read). Despite the no-nonsense approach I still found it to be entertaining and fun to read.

The books give a good basis for everything bread baking related and various types of dough. Ken Forkish delves deeply into the details that other books skip or ignore.

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You can learn a lot of formulas here for most of the Artisan bread home bakers likes to bake, and a deep understanding of the science behind baking and the Ingredients we often use. He goes down on the baker’s mathematics, why a recipe is built in one form or another, how to identify mistakes, etc. An added bonus is the Beautiful visual aesthetics of the book.

This is an excellent book for the novice home baker. It is very practical and explains the basics of dough in a very simple and easy way to understand, accompanied by step-by-step illustrations and an encouraging tone by the author (important!)

The book takes into consideration that most of his readers are beginners bakers and therefore does not require any exotic ingredients so that all recipes can be made in the home kitchen without the hassle of trying to hunt down special flours etc.

Artisan Bread (easy Homemade Recipe)

If you end up buying this book and you liked it (I know you will ) I strongly recommend you get Bertinets’ next book titled “Crust”, the characteristics of the book “dough” are valid for “Crust” as well and it will take you another step on your journey to understanding the process of baking so you can perfect your Craft.

This book by Chad Roberston from the famous La Tartine bakery in San Francisco, one of the best bakeries in the world by far (check out our article on best bread bakeries in the world here), deals with Sourdough bread and has the characteristic of a textbook.

This means that unlike a classic recipe book where you can skim and choose a different recipe each time, the structure of the book is built so that certain concepts and techniques are mentioned in a specific recipe and to implement them you need to read this particular chapter before proceeding to the recipe you wish to make.

Artisan Bread Cookbook: Easy Guide With Artisan Bread Recipes, Sourdough Bread Recipes, Sweet Pastry With Minimal Kneading

The book provides in-depth and detailed explanations of each possible technique, and the recipes themselves are long and detailed. The results are spectacular (and as for equipment, does not require much from the reader). In this case, you will get along just fine if you have a dutch oven and a proofing basket. (check out our recommended products page here for some great buying tips)

If you had a positive experience out of this book you are welcome to continue forward with Tartine Book No.3, But keep in mind that the challenge is bigger, the recipes are more complex and the ingredients are harder to come by at times.

This book has already been released in its 15th edition and it should tell you something about the classics it has become.

No Knead Cranberry Walnut Bread With Honey

The book is good for both beginners in intermediate bakers and is about master baker Peter Reinhart, who in turn goes to learn from the French master bakers their tricks and methods while teaching pastry students in a culinary college.

The book provides comprehensive theory and practice about everything that is bread. The science behind baking, different types of bread, challah, bagels and so on, different kinds of grains, tips, and techniques on how to fix and improve problematic bread.

This book is not meant to skim through rather be read and studied deeply. If you invest the time in it, it will improve your baking abilities in a noticeable way.

Easy Whole Wheat Artisan Bread Recipe

This name says it all: this book explains the science behind the bread. Why does this or that happen? Does it matter what fat you use? How gluten affects the texture of the bread? and much more.

The book answers the questions in depth with diagrams, quotes from important studies, chemical reactions and so on. The beauty is that it does so in a simple language so you do not need a science degree to follow the material.

It is important to understand that this is not a recipe book, although there are recipes in the book, but a deep long explanation about each of the ingredients and steps in the process of preparation of bread and why it behaves as it does.

Easy No Knead Overnight Artisan Bread

This is a book for people who have a deep passion for bread and strive to know more. I have to tell you, it sometimes requires more than one reading until all the material sinks in and is understood.

This book provides the theory and science behind bread baking in depth, topics such as hydration ratios, protein content in various proofing temperatures, retardation, and bread flours are covered in detail. It also reveals entertaining stories of bread bakers throughout the country.

This book also has a how to build a modern optimized wood-fired brick oven for people those who have space and money for it. An interesting read but not always practical none the less.

No Knead Artisan Bread

Suitable for serious bakers and wood-fired oven enthusiasts. Even if you do not plan on building a brick oven this book is still a great read.

For those who like to bake healthy bread, I give a warm recommendation for this book by Peter Reinhart who entered the list for the second time ( the first being “The Bakers Apprentice “) with this book that provides 50 formulas and recipes that teach how to get the best out of the grains to maximize their taste in the loaf.

The book deals with whole grain and milling. It contains many recipes with sprouted flours including sprouted gluten-free grain (but with sugar, so anyone who advocates gluten-free and sugar-free may be disappointed).

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Each recipe has quite a few options and