One thing I did not do last year in 2020 is bake my own bread – I managed to miss that trend. Luckily I can catch up with a bunch of bread baking cookbooks coming out this year. Even if we have to stay inside during the cold season, we will be more prepared!
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If you want to start baking bread this coming fall and winter, take a look at these bread cookbooks! There are books for sourdough, gluten-free, vegan, and ordinary bread!
1. Bread Baking for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Baking Kneaded Breads, No-Knead Breads, and Enriched Breads
Bonnie Ohara
I am a huge fan of the Bread Baking for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Baking Kneaded Breads, No-Knead Breads, and Enriched Breads. Mostly for the step-by-step photos Ohara has provided throughout!
You learn about a whole variety of breads, such as: foccacias, pizza, rustic bread, to brioche, challah, and sourdough.
This cookbook ultimately helps you learn the bread basics. It also encourages us to be creative after we get the basics down. Most of these recipes are very generic, giving you the option to give it your own flair.
If you’ve never made bread in your life, Bread Baking for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Baking Kneaded Breads, No-Knead Breads, and Enriched Breads is perfect for you!
2. The First-time Bread Baker: A Beginner’s Guide to Baking Bread at Home
Emmanuel Hadjiandreou
The First-time Bread Baker: A Beginner’s Guide to Baking Bread at Home cookbook is fairly straight forward. There are a few chapters with entry-level baking recipes that are perfect for everyone – even kids!
The chapters included are:
- Getting Started
- Breakfast Bakes
- Everyday Loaves
- Occasional Treats
Emmanuel Hadjiandreou studied with Gordon Ramsay! Now he teaches bread-making classes at The School of Artisan Food in Nottinghamshire. He definitely knows how to break things down in a way that’s easy to understand.
I am excited to try the 60 minute soda-bread recipe and muesli bread! It looks so tasty!
3. Baking with the Bread Lady: 100 Delicious Recipes You Can Master at Home
Sarah Gonzalez
You will never get bored with the Baking with the Bread Lady: 100 Delicious Recipes You Can Master at Home cookbook! There are so many amazing recipes to choose from.
If you are an all-around baker, this is definitely the cookbook for you. They’ve included recipes for all kinds of bakes. That means we have recipes for cakes, scones, and bread to keep your oven busy all year around!
I was sincerely surprised at how easy each recipe is. Many recipes take only a half an hour to prep, then you throw it in the oven and let that do all the work. Even for some of the elaborate sweets such as the Maple Pecan Cinnamon rolls.
The photos are to die for in Baking with the Bread Lady: 100 Delicious Recipes You Can Master at Home cookbook!
4. Bread Machine Easy: 70 Delicious Recipes That Make the Most of your Machine
Sara Lewis
Do you have a bread maker in your home that you hardly use? Check out the Bread Machine Easy: 70 Delicious Recipes That Make the Most of your Machine cookbook! Once you master your bread machine, you’ll never want store-bought bakes again.
Dust off your bread machine and dive right into this cookbook. We learn how to make the perfect bread with the help of your appliance. This includes dairy-free and gluten-free recipes, too!
What I love most about a bread machine is you just need to prep your dough and throw it in. Everything is timed and temperature perfect, so even if you’re at work you can come home to freshly baked bread.
Bread Machine Easy: 70 Delicious Recipes That Make the Most of your Machine cookbook provides sweet and savory recipes that are perfect for all year around!
5. Gluten-Free Bread Baking for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Baking Artisan Loaves, Sandwich Breads, and Enriched Breads
Silvana Nardone
Just the thought of making gluten-free bread feels daunting. You don’t want a crumbly or gummy bread! That’s why I am eager to try Gluten-Free Bread Baking for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Baking Artisan Loaves, Sandwich Breads, and Enriched Breads cookbook.
This is strictly for beginners. They go over how to make bread without any kneading and making sourdough starters that are gluten-free.
There are all kinds of recipes in here, such as sandwich breads, pizza, brioches, and so much more. It almost brings me to tears that I can make some of the breads I absolutely miss from regular flour!
Making your own bread from this cookbook means that it will be healthier. Gluten-free commercial bread can be really unhealthy with a lot of filler. Or alternatively, be really expensive and tiny! You can save yourself money and your health by making it on your own.
For complicated bakes, there are pictures throughout the Gluten-Free Bread Baking for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Baking Artisan Loaves, Sandwich Breads, and Enriched Breads cookbook! This will be really helpful so we can get the texture and flavor right!
I am so excited to make my own sourdough bread, it is one of my favorites. I haven’t had sourdough in many years! What is your favorite kind of bread?
~Kaiti