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If you love American cookies and muffins this book should appeal. It is written especially for the British home baker, with over 60 fun and simple recipes. All measures are by weight or in fluid ounces, and the ingredients are readily available at local shops or supermarkets. And for the first time we find out why Americans call a biscuit a cookie and a fairy cake a muffin. Apparently it has to do with the American Revolution! The book gives detailed information about the required ingredients and utensils, and step-by-step explanations of how to make cookies and muffins. The book is full of helpful hints, especially for anyone new to baking. When making the banana, nut and rolled oat cookies, for example, Peter's tip is "do not mash the bananas with your feet, they are really hard to get off the floor!" This book takes a humorous approach to baking and is as much about having fun in the kitchen as making tempting American treats.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a fantastic book!
Not only is it in lbs and grammes, for us Brits, but it is so easy to follow.
I have tried nearly half of the recipes in the book and all, without exception, have turned out fantastic.
The instructions are so easy that my children help me to bake and we have tried many more adventurous things than we would normally.
Even when I do not have quite the right equipment the recipes adapt so easily to different size, or shape cooking containers.
There is even a fantastic recipe for a 'No bake, Tray bake' - Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch - its quick, easy, cheap to make and my kids ask for it in their lunchbox every day!
I have tried many baking and cook books, but this is definately at the front of my cooking shelf.
Not only is it in lbs and grammes, for us Brits, but it is so easy to follow.
I have tried nearly half of the recipes in the book and all, without exception, have turned out fantastic.
The instructions are so easy that my children help me to bake and we have tried many more adventurous things than we would normally.
Even when I do not have quite the right equipment the recipes adapt so easily to different size, or shape cooking containers.
There is even a fantastic recipe for a 'No bake, Tray bake' - Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch - its quick, easy, cheap to make and my kids ask for it in their lunchbox every day!
I have tried many baking and cook books, but this is definately at the front of my cooking shelf.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was given this book for Christmas and have mad about 70% of the recipes in it. The muffins are always delicious and the cookies are excellent. Te only problem is that they disappear really quickly. Watch out for some of the times though - but that's true for every book i think. Also the brownies are quite dry (both recipes) so you may want to take them out early or look for a different recipe.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This has to be the thinnest cookery book in my collection and is no thicker than most magazines.
A very easy book to use as it is intended for the UK audience although I believe the author to be American. You will not find any cup measurements here just the familiar grams and mls. Most, if not all, ingredients should be readily available and the only things you may have problems with may be the correct sizes of muffin trays or cases. You may find some recipes slightly too sweet; American tastes tend towards that direction. It will not affect the results too dramatically if, having tried a recipe and finding it a little too sweet if, at the next, instance you slightly reduce the quantity of sugar used.
Not as wide a variety of recipes in comparison to other similar offerings but they will probably include some ingredients that you will not be able to obtain here and then use US measurements, which some cooks do not like to use.
A very easy book to use as it is intended for the UK audience although I believe the author to be American. You will not find any cup measurements here just the familiar grams and mls. Most, if not all, ingredients should be readily available and the only things you may have problems with may be the correct sizes of muffin trays or cases. You may find some recipes slightly too sweet; American tastes tend towards that direction. It will not affect the results too dramatically if, having tried a recipe and finding it a little too sweet if, at the next, instance you slightly reduce the quantity of sugar used.
Not as wide a variety of recipes in comparison to other similar offerings but they will probably include some ingredients that you will not be able to obtain here and then use US measurements, which some cooks do not like to use.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Delicious
You just can't imagine how many compliments I got from this muffins, and it's all thanks to this book. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mónica
Cookie & Muffin Recipes
Buy this book at your peril, you will want to have a mass bake and then sit down with a coffee and eat the whole batch. The recipes are easy to follow. Read more
Published 20 months ago by iancott
Fantastic Book
This book is great every recipe very easy, I've had this book for nearly 10 years and made nearly every recipe and never had one go wrong! Read more
Published 21 months ago by lilacthehood
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