If you could only have one book on baking..

lilmisskitkat

Be-ro book or Mrs Beetons family cookbook - both of which were my grans and i love them, no nonsense, easy recipes None of that fussy 'delianess' lol

Kate xxx

hollydays

I think my mum had one called The Dairy Book of Homebaking,or something similar.

moanymoany

Crazychik wrote: »

My dad has recently moved house and gave me a box of items for the car boot. After having a mooch through, I happily came accross an old baking BE-RO book which belong to my Gran.

Since then, Ive not put it down. And have made at least 4 of the items. Its easy to read instructions/methods/ingredients are idots proof.

I was a chef in the army and despite me spending £100's on different books, (and believe me - I have few) I wont be letting this BE-RO book go out of my sight! Only wish I discovered it sooner!

My lovely neighbour Mary let me photocopy her bero book. It is such a good basic.

My absolutely fave is an old Good Housekeeping book I bought for 5p at a school fair. It has a green hardcover and I use it often.

poohzee

:j Have found the Be Ro website whilst looking to buy the book and it has lots of recipes on it

http://www.be-ro.com/f_insp.htm

lil_me

I have a few cook books but none of them baking ones really, I use a lot of online ones, printing them off to put in a folder then I can pick and choose ones I like.

thriftlady_2

hev wrote: »

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I don't know if you have seen those postcard sized cook books they have in tourist shops 'Favourite Lakeland Recipes', 'Favourite Teatime Recipes' etc. I have never had a failure from one of them (and I am not a brilliant cook) and I have over 30 of them.

Ha! beat you -I've got 47 of them:D They are good, really simple and all in imperial measurements only

magni

Another vote for Mrs Beeton here:D

nuttywoman

I use my old Be-Ro cookbook as well, never let me down yet.
In a second hand bookshop recently i managed to get hold of a Fanny Craddock cookbook for £1. Horrible recipes but good for a laugh!
val

topmum

Mine has got to be

Glasgow Cookery Book by Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science

It is a basic no nonsence old fashioned cook book. My Grandmother had a copy, my Mum had a copy and now I have a copy.

It covers the basics such as how to prepare and cook vegetables to some good old fashioned baking recipes.

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angeltreats

Hello lovely OSers, hope you're all well

I'm trying to be organised this year and do my Christmas shopping early. I have a friend who really wants to learn to cook and bake, and I've already decided to buy her Jamie's Ministry of Food, but I've got it from the library and there's very little about baking in there.

Does anyone have any books specifically about baking that are aimed at complete beginners? All the books I have (even my beloved Mary Berry) say things like "cream the butter and sugar, add the eggs slowly so it doesn't curdle, if it does add a bit of flour" type of thing, but my friend wouldn't know what it meant to cream the butter and sugar, or what something would look like if it curdled. She also has no equipment like mixers or a vast selection of baking tins so it would preferably be stuff she could make with a wooden spoon, a mixing bowl and a silicone baking tin as I know she's bought one or two of those.

I wish I could teach her myself but unfortunately I live in a different country!

Any suggestions would be great, and board guides please feel free to merge if I've missed a similar thread, although I did search and I couldn't find anything specifically about baking books, just cookbooks in general.