The Harvest Baker

by Ken Haedrich

[Eve1972]

Great cover on this one. Visualy pleasing and eye-catching. Great compostion and typography. The photos on the cover are from the recipes found within.

This is a really superb little cookbook. It's full of mouthwatering photos. It has an eye pleasing and clean layout of the recipes. It makes great use of typography and color. The recipes are straightforward to follow, and there are tips and extra information about ingredients sprinkled throughout.

The book starts out with a preface by the author followed by a very informative section titled TOOL TALK that includes an excellent array of things one might need to get started on their baking journey

The book is broken into four different parts...

For The Love of Bread (Muffins, Biscuits, and Scones, Quick Breads, and Tea loaves, Yeast Breads, Rolls, and Buns)

Crusty Entrees (Harvest Pizzas, Flatbreads, Calzones, and Other Stuffed Breads, Quiches, Tarts, and Pot Pies)

The Harvest Bakers Sweet Tooth (Cookies, and Bars, Pound, Coffee, Upsidedown Cakes, Sweet Pies, and Crostatas)

Top It Off (Sauce, Glaze, Streusel)



And here are just a few of the yummy recipes you will find within...

-- Whole Wheat Blueberry Beet Muffins
-- Sweet Potato Buttermilk Biscuits
-- Stuffed Spinach And Feta Cheese Scones
-- Roasted Carrot Tea Loaf
-- Shaker Fresh Herb Bread With Walnuts
-- Hand Method Pizza Dough
-- Pepperoni And Veggie Pull-Apart Pizza
-- Grilled Flatbread With Hummus And Veggies
-- Oat And Cornmeal Pie Dough
-- Carrot And Leek Pie
-- Bacon And Egg Breakfast Pie
-- Tomato Slab Pie
-- Biscuit Crusted Chicken Pot Pie
-- Vegetable And Beef Hand Pies
-- Rosemary Lemon Shortbread Cookies
-- Fresh Mint Brownies
-- Pecan Pumpkin Spice Cookies
-- Blueberry Gingerbread
-- Blackberry Upside-Down Cake
-- Moravian Sugar Cake
-- Maple Glazed All Pear Pie
-- Fresh Strawberry Crostata
-- Quick Summer Tomato Sauce
-- Mint Sugar
-- Chocolate Glaze