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A beautiful and thoughtful baking book with 100 recipes for delicious treats and desserts from the founder of the Saveur Award–winning Vanilla Bean baking blog.

Readers find the Vanilla Bean blog while hunting for the perfect chocolate cake or cinnamon roll recipe, or another everyday favorite. They stay for founder Sarah Kieffer’s simple approach to home baking, the utterly transporting, dreamlike quality of her photography, and her evocative storytelling.  Most of all, the Vanilla Bean blog celebrates the soulfulness of baking.

Kieffer mastered the art of home baking while working in tiny kitchens in the back of coffeehouses and bakeries in Minnesota. She began the Vanilla Bean blog to create a culinary heritage for her family, but soon became passionate about making the joys of baking accessible for all. With recipes that help simplify the process behind complicated techniques, Vanilla Bean has built a dedicated following of several hundred thousand loyal readers and won several awards, including the Reader’s Choice Award for best baking blog from Saveur.

The Vanilla Bean Baking Book is Kieffer’s debut cookbook, with 100 delicious tried-and-true recipes for the home baker. From everyday favorites such as Lemon Bread and Peanut Butter Cookies to inventive twists on classics such as Burnt Honey Buttercream Cake with Chocolate, Coffee Blondies, and Apple-Blackberry Turnovers, these irresistible treats will delight and inspire.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01CZCW2M4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avery (November 8, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 8, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 88420 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 334 pages
Reviewer: Kat L
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Gorgeous book filled with creative recipes
Review: I've made the chocolate oat bars, blackberry-white chocolate cake, chocolate sugar cookies, coffee blondies, olive oil sugar cookies with pistachios and lemon glaze, pumpkin pound cake, and orange-cranberry Bundt cake so far, all of which turned out beautifully. People pleaded for seconds and especially raved about the Bundt cake and both sugar cookies.There's a common thread of flavors in the recipes - cardamom, coffee, chocolate, (burnt) honey, pumpkin, lemon, raspberry, and mint. While there are some "typical" dessert recipes here (banana bread, chocolate chip cookies, apple pie), there are some stunning, original desserts here as well, like the lemon meringue cake, yellow cake with burnt honey buttercream and bittersweet chocolate, pear-chocolate galettes, olive oil sugar cookies, lime-mint bars, blackberry-white chocolate cake, chocolate ganache cupcakes with basil buttercream, just to name a few of the ones I'm most excited about.The styling of this book is similar to the blog, with easy-to-read font, appealing white space, and a lovely photo of the finished treat accompanying every recipe. The recipes include weights and volumes. The directions are easy to follow and whenever Sarah directs you to something a bit out of the ordinary (like reverse creaming) or more challenging (meringue frostings), embedded in the header/directions is an explanation of why. For things like her chocolate braided bread and cream cheese danishes, there are very clear pictures of the steps to take to succeed with the dough. She explains the process in such a way that making her beautiful creations seems doable, this isn't just a book of pretty pictures that will never get used.Unfortunately, while some of the recipes are contained on the same page, a lot of them spill over to a back page, which makes it a lot more difficult to use in the kitchen when you have to flip back and forth. Especially if you're doing something that requires a lot of care or is messy.For the curious, there are a number of repeated recipes. There are many fantastic, new ideas in here, so I definitely think this book is worth it, but there is some overlapping content between the blog and the book:The chocolate bread is basically the same as her blog's chocolate loaf cake, but the ingredient list is reordered. The intro even reads exactly the same. The coffee blondies are the same, but the recipe in the book has been halved. Same for the banana bread (although there's a mix of sugars now). The maple cinnamon granola is identical and the peanut butter chocolate granola recipes are the same minus a missing 1/2 cup of oats in the book. There's a pumpkin pound cake in the book and the blog too, but the recipe has slightly different ratios of ingredients. The blog and book versions are different for Sarah's "the chocolate cake" and her spice cake with coffee buttercream. The most overlap is in the no-churn ice cream chapter. Almost all the recipes in the book (~7 of the 9) can be found online, except in the book they have 2 oz of cream cheese to "add some tang". I get that there may be some overlap between a blog and that blog's book, but I do wish some explanation was provided for why those specific recipes were repeated here, especially in the ice cream chapter.Edit: 11/16/2016 - I really love this book for the recipes and I definitely think it's worth buying. I adjusted the stars from 4/5 to 5/5 because the actual results are incredible, which is ultimately what's most important in a cookbook, but I do think it's worth knowing about the recipe formatting and undiscussed repetition of recipes.

Reviewer: Fushia Rose
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Comprehensive Tome on Sweets!
Review: This book is chalk full of excellent recipes. Nicely photographed and has an index, which is important to me. Highly recommended!

Reviewer: MLHeide
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best Book on Baking I Could Find
Review: I'm not someone who buys a lot of baking books, so when I choose one, I do research and test out one of the recipes.In order to do this without spending a fortune, I requested 25 books on baking from my local library. Some were from 10 years ago, others were from the current year. "The Vanilla Bean Baking Book" was the most recently published book out of the 25 I checked out. I tried going through two recipes in each book (easy enough to do if you're baking every morning). A few of the other books had decent results. And I may have gained a few pounds in this process. But by far, the best book of the lot was this one.Not only are the recipes spot-on (which is the point of a baking book, right?), but the pictures are simple, elegant and constructive. There's no design that's gobbed on the page like sloppy frosting. There's not a hint of clutter throughout and the recipes are thought out, thorough, and solid. The simplicity and the beauty of the layout also appeals to me, and frankly, motivates me to bake even more.Also needing a mention for this baking tome: the carefully crafted prose that accompanies the food. Like a conversation that lingers long after the crumbs are scooped from the plate, Kieffer's stories remain in the mind, an effect possible from the sweetened light lit that graces these pages.

Reviewer: Nina Kent
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A must have!
Review: This book is seriously an essential must have for anyone who appreciates delicious homemade baked goods! I own lots and lots of cookbooks and have been a dedicated farm to table home chef, but Sarah's cookbook is filled with fabulous new recipes I haven't seen elsewhere that are not complicated and probably... some of the best desserts I've ever baked. I might've written a previous review, awhile back, when I had only made a handful of her terrific recipes... but I have made many more since then and every one is a winner! Thank you Sarah for producing an original baking book filled with delectable recipes! It's so fun to bake from your book... even your basic recipe of granola is irresponsible:)

Reviewer: Lydia Kendrick
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Booked arrived with one corner badly dented. Not packed well
Review: I think my headline says it all. Apart from that, it's a super baking book.

Reviewer: Lisa H
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: New Favorite
Review: This is, hands down, the prettiest cook book I've ever seen. The photos are ridiculously lovely. And the recipes are somehow even better than the photos -- I've baked up several of them already. The directions are clear and easy to follow, even for this (very) nominal baker. Every single thing that I've made from this book has turned out gorgeous and delicious, which seriously never happens to me. I've brought THE Chocolate Cake to several parties to rave reviews. Now that we're coming into summer, I can't wait to try the ice creams. Added bonus: the cookbook reads like a memoir... such lovely prose and evocative stories. BUY THIS! You will not regret it.

Reviewer: MrsJMc
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love, love, love
Review: If you haven’t tried the vanilla bean blog cinnamon roll recipe your missing out on the best I’ve ever tried! That recipe made me want this cookbook and man am I thrilled. The pictures on EVERY recipe are perfect and there are a bunch of recipes I can’t wait to try. Based on the cinnamon roll recipe I’m confident in this author’s skill and I’m excited to bake more with her. Tons of recipes!

Reviewer: Amanda
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great cookbook
Review: Great cookbook with lots of great recipes

Reviewer: Bibis
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Receitas bem explicadas,com variações das mesmas e ilustradas com fotografias. É aquele livro que te deixa com vontade de experimentar todas as receitas que ali estão !! Vale a compra

Reviewer: Diane M. Schuller
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is now my favourite cook book for any type of sweet or dessert -- especially if company is coming.I use it continually.Every single recipe I've made so far has become a new favourite and company always rave over each of them. Examples of recipes I've made so far include: her pie pastry; the amazing Chocolate Sugar cookies; Pumpkin-Olive Oil Bread; Coffee Blondies; Sweet Dough; Maple-Cinnamon Granola; and a few others.I mistakenly thought this book was only for a more experienced home baker but most of the recipes that I've encountered are definitely ones that an inexperienced home baker can do if following the recipe. I also appreciate that, for any level of home baker, she gives some excellent how-to advice and some detailed how-to for certain things. For instance, the difference between certain types of pastry and how to make them, complete with a series of photos. And for those interested in creating cakes that go from looking plain to wow, she has provided some detailed information on how you can create a cake that is a thing of beauty, complete with photos -- and it has flavour.One chapter I didn't even realize was included until I bought the book is on no-churn ice cream! I have a dynamite recipe for one kind of no-churn ice cream and in browsing through her chapter, her recipes look very close to the one I have been making. So I can hardly wait to try a few of hers -- next time company is coming.She never assumes anything and includes a great intro with pages of how-to tips for baking as well as detailed notes on ingredients. And, for fun, at the end of the book she even has her list of "music to bake by".By now, I guess you can tell I really like this cook book. You'd be correct.If you like to make delicious desserts or baked goods for family and friends, especially if you want to impress, this book will make you smile too. And if you buy it as a gift, the recipient will wow you with their creations from this book.

Reviewer: baking girl!
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Delicious and inventive baking recipes. I've made the chocolate sugar cookies and one of the no-churn ice creams so I could make ice cream sandwiches which were divine! If you're into baking and are looking for recipes which are a bit different, but not too crazy, I would highly recommend this book.

Reviewer: Cupcake
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book is a secret weapon with an unassuming cover. It is jam packed with good recipes, and it will set you up all the way from casual baking to tea time scones, to late night chocolate chip cookies, to beautifully frosted, simply adorned cakes. There are a million baking books out here but this one truly feels like a keeper.

Reviewer: Lindley G
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A used book in EXCELLENT condiiton, can hardly wait to delve into some scrumptious, sinfully rich and easy to make recipe!