The Vanilla Bean Baking Book: Recipes for Irresistible Everyday Favorites and Reinvented Classics Kindle Edition

I've made the chocolate oat bars, blackberry-white chocolate cake, chocolate sugar cookies, coffee blondies, olive oil sugar cookies with pistachios and lemon glaze, pumpkin pound cake, and orange-cranberry Bundt cake so far, all of which turned out beautifully. People pleaded for seconds and especially raved about the Bundt cake and both sugar cookies.There's a common thread of flavors in the recipes - cardamom, coffee, chocolate, (burnt) honey, pumpkin, lemon, raspberry, and mint. While there are some "typical" dessert recipes here (banana bread, chocolate chip cookies, apple pie), there are some stunning, original desserts here as well, like the lemon meringue cake, yellow cake with burnt honey buttercream and bittersweet chocolate, pear-chocolate galettes, olive oil sugar cookies, lime-mint bars, blackberry-white chocolate cake, chocolate ganache cupcakes with basil buttercream, just to name a few of the ones I'm most excited about.The styling of this book is similar to the blog, with easy-to-read font, appealing white space, and a lovely photo of the finished treat accompanying every recipe. The recipes include weights and volumes. The directions are easy to follow and whenever Sarah directs you to something a bit out of the ordinary (like reverse creaming) or more challenging (meringue frostings), embedded in the header/directions is an explanation of why. For things like her chocolate braided bread and cream cheese danishes, there are very clear pictures of the steps to take to succeed with the dough. She explains the process in such a way that making her beautiful creations seems doable, this isn't just a book of pretty pictures that will never get used.Unfortunately, while some of the recipes are contained on the same page, a lot of them spill over to a back page, which makes it a lot more difficult to use in the kitchen when you have to flip back and forth. Especially if you're doing something that requires a lot of care or is messy.For the curious, there are a number of repeated recipes. There are many fantastic, new ideas in here, so I definitely think this book is worth it, but there is some overlapping content between the blog and the book:The chocolate bread is basically the same as her blog's chocolate loaf cake, but the ingredient list is reordered. The intro even reads exactly the same. The coffee blondies are the same, but the recipe in the book has been halved. Same for the banana bread (although there's a mix of sugars now). The maple cinnamon granola is identical and the peanut butter chocolate granola recipes are the same minus a missing 1/2 cup of oats in the book. There's a pumpkin pound cake in the book and the blog too, but the recipe has slightly different ratios of ingredients. The blog and book versions are different for Sarah's "the chocolate cake" and her spice cake with coffee buttercream. The most overlap is in the no-churn ice cream chapter. Almost all the recipes in the book (~7 of the 9) can be found online, except in the book they have 2 oz of cream cheese to "add some tang". I get that there may be some overlap between a blog and that blog's book, but I do wish some explanation was provided for why those specific recipes were repeated here, especially in the ice cream chapter.Edit: 11/16/2016 - I really love this book for the recipes and I definitely think it's worth buying. I adjusted the stars from 4/5 to 5/5 because the actual results are incredible, which is ultimately what's most important in a cookbook, but I do think it's worth knowing about the recipe formatting and undiscussed repetition of recipes.

This book is so well written and so well thought out. The pictures are beautiful too! The pan banged chocolate chip cookie recipe is TO DIE FOR! I bought this for my bestie and I will just die if I don’t end up with one of my very own for my collection! Originally saw an option to get this baking book in spiral bound, but I don’t see it anymore...hoping it comes back because that’s what I want! Great job, Sarah Kieffer! People, buy this book!!!

Wow! Finally a book I have lusted for...........I have gotten so tired of paying a lot of money for baking books that end up just recycling recipes ie. how many chocolate chip cookie recipes does one need? Sarah does go after flavor which is what I want...she deepens the flavors of almost everything she bakes. Her peach pie is a good take in intensifying flavors by taking the peach juice and reducing it down to heighten the flavor, then pouring over the pie just before it goes into the oven. Or her basil infused buttercream....yum...her pinot noir chocolate cake! I love recipes that are new to me, challenge me and give me new ideas. This book does all of that and more.

I bought the spiral bound because I prefer my books to lay flat while I’m busy cooking. I paid more for the spiral bound, $35. I was sorely diappointed. Pages are flimsy, cheap, and stick to the spiral binding so I have to PULL each page with noticable effort instead if just being able turn a page. There are quite a few photos of finished cakes but inages are washed out due to cheap paper and printing. There is paper dust all over the spiral binding and table from the paper after just a few minutes of looking through book. The paper is so thin and cheap feeling I doubt it will hold up to expected light stains that come using a cookbook.Recipes look good though, quite a variety to typical to unusual. If recipes are not as good as they look I will update my review.

This is, hands down, the prettiest cook book I've ever seen. The photos are ridiculously lovely. And the recipes are somehow even better than the photos -- I've baked up several of them already. The directions are clear and easy to follow, even for this (very) nominal baker. Every single thing that I've made from this book has turned out gorgeous and delicious, which seriously never happens to me. I've brought THE Chocolate Cake to several parties to rave reviews. Now that we're coming into summer, I can't wait to try the ice creams. Added bonus: the cookbook reads like a memoir... such lovely prose and evocative stories. BUY THIS! You will not regret it.

I love this book! Precise and easy to follow instructions. I love that there are measurements in grams as well. The flavors are balanced and wonderful. Many go to recipes and favorites are from this book. The Danish recipe is delicious!

This book is amazing! It doesn't only have recipes, but also has "how to prep" your bakeware, dough and other items. I baked the vanilla raspberry cake from the cover and two words from my son - "dang mom!" Elevated my baking skills.

I don’t get the complicated recipes, for they surely can be made just as delicious with way fewer ingredients and sugar. I wouldn’t know how the recipes taste though since the cupcakes turn out concave everytime. I’m an experienced chef and just fall back to Stella’s Bravetart book instead.

Delicious and inventive baking recipes. I've made the chocolate sugar cookies and one of the no-churn ice creams so I could make ice cream sandwiches which were divine! If you're into baking and are looking for recipes which are a bit different, but not too crazy, I would highly recommend this book.

This is now my favourite cook book for any type of sweet or dessert -- especially if company is coming.I use it continually.Every single recipe I've made so far has become a new favourite and company always rave over each of them. Examples of recipes I've made so far include: her pie pastry; the amazing Chocolate Sugar cookies; Pumpkin-Olive Oil Bread; Coffee Blondies; Sweet Dough; Maple-Cinnamon Granola; and a few others.I mistakenly thought this book was only for a more experienced home baker but most of the recipes that I've encountered are definitely ones that an inexperienced home baker can do if following the recipe. I also appreciate that, for any level of home baker, she gives some excellent how-to advice and some detailed how-to for certain things. For instance, the difference between certain types of pastry and how to make them, complete with a series of photos. And for those interested in creating cakes that go from looking plain to wow, she has provided some detailed information on how you can create a cake that is a thing of beauty, complete with photos -- and it has flavour.One chapter I didn't even realize was included until I bought the book is on no-churn ice cream! I have a dynamite recipe for one kind of no-churn ice cream and in browsing through her chapter, her recipes look very close to the one I have been making. So I can hardly wait to try a few of hers -- next time company is coming.She never assumes anything and includes a great intro with pages of how-to tips for baking as well as detailed notes on ingredients. And, for fun, at the end of the book she even has her list of "music to bake by".By now, I guess you can tell I really like this cook book. You'd be correct.If you like to make delicious desserts or baked goods for family and friends, especially if you want to impress, this book will make you smile too. And if you buy it as a gift, the recipient will wow you with their creations from this book.

Everything I've made from this book so far tastes wonderful. However, the recipes are sometimes a little unnecessarily finicky. The apple pie recipe looks divine but also like it would take 6-8 solid hours to make. I have not attempted it. This book is for the baker who obsesses about the difference that adding the flour mix to the sugar and butter versus adding the sugar and butter to the flour mix, makes in a cake or someone who needs to know exactly how many times to fold over the pie crush dough before rolling it out for the pan. I will continue to bake from it but for quick and easy recipes, this is not your book.

This book is a secret weapon with an unassuming cover. It is jam packed with good recipes, and it will set you up all the way from casual baking to tea time scones, to late night chocolate chip cookies, to beautifully frosted, simply adorned cakes. There are a million baking books out here but this one truly feels like a keeper.

Receitas bem explicadas,com variações das mesmas e ilustradas com fotografias. É aquele livro que te deixa com vontade de experimentar todas as receitas que ali estão !! Vale a compra