I posted a couple of weeks ago about how Santa was very generous this last Christmas. And he was!Having had a couple of weeks to digest the volumes I noticed a big change with this years crop of books. Most of them now list the weights of ingredients. 6 oz flour…8 oz Sugar… 2 Grams Yeast.
Seems North America is catching up to Europe.
This is a great thing. As baking is tasty chemistry… anything that can make the final outcome more predictable is a great thing! Now if we can finally get the temperature of the perfect room temperature butter…..
June 27, 2013 – Just a quick follow up note:
- I have been reading some cook book reviews that express concern over the weights given in recent editions of some cookbook
- it appears, in some cases, average values may have been used in translating some “cup” measurements of ingredients rather than the recipe being tested using a weight measurement
- understandably untested weight measurements may cause undesirable results
- I recommend proceeding with caution with any recipe that lists weights as a second measurement
June 2020:
- The Coconut Cream Pie in the Dahlia Baker book is amazing and I go back to it frequently
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| Bouchon Bakery Book – 2012 |
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| The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook – 2012 |
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| Fika Cookbook – 2012 |
