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If you are a seasoned bread maker looking for tasty new bread recipes or baking techniques including how to bake bread in an air fryer or slow cooker or if you are new to breadmaking, this complete guide is for you. With more than 35 years of experience as a recipe and food writer, author Kathryn Hawkins understands the importance of providing clear, concise, and easy-to-follow instructions for creating the perfect loaf of bread. Chapters include the history of bread and breadmaking, essential ingredients, and breadmaking techniques including kneading, proofing, knocking-back, shaping, baking, cooling, and storing. The book also features over 25 sweet and savory recipes including the classic tin-baked white loaf, Irish soda bread, Babka, cinnamon rolls, wholewheat loaf, focaccia, Bao buns, cornbread, and a variety of gluten-free and vegan versions.

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Making your own bread by hand is a simple pleasure and a great starting point for anyone looking to become a little more self-sufficient. Making bread can be therapeutic and creative and is achievable with even a basic level of culinary skill. Filling your kitchen with the delicious smells of baking bread is reward enough in itself but it is important that the finished product tastes great too. Food writer and culinary stylist Kathryn Hawkins covers the basic steps to get you started, including essential equipment and simple breadmaking techniques. Also included are 40 tasty bread recipes, from plain white to whole wheat loaves, sourdough to French baguettes, as well as recipes for flavored bread and international fare from every corner of the globe, including brioche, pita bread, naan, stolen, and soda bread. Charming artwork, simple instructions, and informative writing make Breadmaking an invaluable guide for anyone who’s always wanted to make warm, delicious bread in their own home while becoming a little less reliant on processed, pre-packaged food. Get started today, and get ready to enjoy a lifetime of hot, fresh bread straight from your own oven.

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Pastry is one of the most comforting foods and is used the world over. In Comfort Pie, Kathryn Hawkins shares recipes for all the different types of pastry and for 70 glorious pies. There are large family pies as well as individual ones, pies for parties and pies for dessert. Easy step-by-step instructions make every pie within reach of the average home cook.The book includes recipes for sweet and savoury pies, and for pastries and tarts. From beef and onion 'clanger' to sausage and apple plait, and from ratatouille pie to plum and almond crostata, there is something for everyone.Also included are dishes from all over the world, from American apple pie to French tarte aux pommes, and from Tunisian tuna bricks to delicate sweet pastries from the Middle East.

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Prepare quickly, cook slowly and savour every mouthful. * 80 easy-to-follow recipes * Slow cooker options * Triple-tested for success * Full colour photo for each recipe * 3 chapters: Meat-free; Meaty Mains; Puddings, Bakes & Cakes * Cook's tips * Nutritional information * Lie-flat format.The slowly cooked meals in this fantastic cookbook are easy, fuss-free and delicious with melt-in-the-mouth textures and intense flavours. Every recipe can be cooked either on the hob or in the oven and also, where appropriate, in a slow cooker. Each recipe has a full colour photograph, straightforward instructions, cook's tips and nutritional information, but most importantly, it tastes incredible. "With this collection of fab recipes you can Cook it Slowly every day!"

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The Quick After-Work Cookbook features easy, speedy recipes with big satisfying flavours that just hit the spot! Each of the exciting recipes can be on the table in half an hour or less. Take store cupboard `staples,’ add a few fresh ingredients and prepare delicious food that’s good for you too. With a gorgeous photograph for every recipe, nutritional information and plenty of cook’s tips, it’s practical as well as inspirational. And at only £8.99 it’s the go-to midweek cookbook that won’t break the bank. * 80 easy-to-follow triple-tested recipes * Mid-week meals * Children’s teas * Desserts

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