Cook's Illustrated Baking Book

The popular all-in-one baking book is now in full color!

Now you can find it all at your fingertips450+ definitive recipes for all your favorite cookies, cakes, pies, tarts, breads, pizza, and more, along with kitchen-tested techniques that will transform your baking. Recipes range from easy (drop cookies and no-knead bread) to more ambitious (authentic croissants and dacquoise) and our trademark expertise shines through each one. Discover why spreading the dough and then sprinkling the berries leads to betterBlueberry Scones, why cubed versus shredded extra-sharp cheddar cheese makes all the difference in our irresistibleCheese Bread, how we found three ways to squeeze more lemon flavor into ourLemon Bundt Cake, and how to keep the bestButtermilk Wafflesyour family will ever taste warm and crispy.

An illustratedBaking Basicschapter at the front of the book provides information on key ingredients and equipment and lays the groundwork for a lifetime of baking success. A shopping guide at the back recommends favorite go-to brands. These recipes represent all the wisdom of the bakers that came before us as well as all we've learned through literally thousands of trial-and-error sessions in our kitchens.