The Amish Cook's Baking Book Review

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The Amish Cook's Baking Book ReviewI was given this cookbook from a relative who knew that I loved to go get authentic Amish food whenever I visited her in Indiana. While I cannot make these recipes to the caliber of the wonderful Amish ladies up north this cookbook has been really useful in making some lovely dishes.
First a bit of background about this book: Some people have commented on the little stories that are dispersed throughout this cookbook. The reason for this other than obviously providing interest is that these recipes are mainly just a compilation of stories and recipes written by Lovina that are published in various newspapers in the Midwest. From what I was told her mother originally started the column and after she passed Lovina took over the role of writing the column.
As far as the recipes go I feel like they are pretty fool proof. I read one review that complained that sometimes ranges instead of exact measurements were given. I have actually found this to be useful. For example some of the breads may taste better with more or less flour depending upon the oven you are using. Hence, when Lovina suggests 6-7 cups of flour for a recipe you have to either be intuitive enough about food to know when you've used the right amount or you may just want to make up the recipe using various amounts of flour to find what you like best. Regardless of how you make up the recipe though, I have always found that the resulting food is always quite tasty.
One thing I have found is that a lot of the recipes call for allowing the breads to rise multiple times. I have discovered that my recipes often turn out better if you simply place the bread in the proper pan or tin and then let it rise once in the container before cooking. This allows you to get lighter and fluffier rolls and breads. Also, when testing the bread pay more attention to the hollow sound of the bread when you thump it with a knife than the color. Most of these breads remain a very light color even when fully cooked.
As a whole this cookbook has allowed me to save some money by making my own breads every week and I have gotten tons of compliments on every recipe I have cooked from here. The book has great pictures that give you a goal to work toward as you are cooking and the little stories dispersed throughout provide an interesting look at the Amish community. This isn't necessarily a cookbook for a complete cooking novice...but most novices probably shouldn't be attempting baking anyway since it is more of a challenge than other forms of cooking.The Amish Cook's Baking Book Overview

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