Home Baked Comfort (Williams-Sonoma) (revised): More than 100 over-the-top delicious baked creations from your own kitchen plus tales of the sweet life from bakers across the country Hardcover – October 14, 2014

Home Baked Comfort is a must have baking book for your cookbook shelf. These easy to follow and mouthwatering recipes hits you right off the bat and makes you want to jump on in to the baking progress. I do have to warn this is not low fat so beware if your one that watches your weight.I’m a real mom that loves to bake. I have just about every cookbook and baking book I can get my hands on. One thing I’m though is picky about my cookbooks and what stays on my shelf. I want easy to follow recipes because I don’t have the time to try to figure out what someone is trying to say and no matter what I try it won’t work. I also need something different because I have so many cookbooks and baking book now it gets hard to find that something different. I was totally surprised that this baking had everything I look for. I enjoyed making the recipes as much as I enjoyed looking and reading them.I loved the topic about baking they covered here are a couple. I loved the Ten Tips for becoming a better baker and enjoying it. I totally agree with them use fresh ingredients. I myself find most people stress when it comes to baking the thing is it’s not all that hard to do and the reward of your efforts is wonderful. The basic thing I had to grasp is don’t buy cheap butter, flour or etc. and make sure your ingredients are fresh. A couple of extra dollars goes along why in baking, believe me I found out a longtime ago you can’t cut corners and want the best quality product to come out of your oven.I also loved the Top Baking Tools I Cannot Live Without. I have to agree with them on the stand mixer, there is no way I would want to go without mine. Heck, my husband thinks I would kick him out of the bed for the mixer and you know what he might be right LOL.Now last thing, there are several bakeries that participated in this cookbook and they get to tell a bit about themselves, here is one. There is one bakery in Portland, Oregon that puts out 1000 loves and 1500 rolls a day and they use 10,000 pounds of bread flour a week, so you know these guys have got something right. Hopefully one day I can visit a few of these places.Here are a few items to bake in each sectionBreakfastAngel biscuits “wonderful”Orange-berry muffinsGooey Cinnamon rollsBreadsLemon-blueberry Drizzle breadKitchen Sink Corn breadAnything goes pizzaCookies & BarsCoconut-lime shortbreadChocolate chip cookies with almonds and orange zestCakes & CupcakesApple -whiskey cakeTriple Decker birthday cake “This cake is to die for! I have a very picky daughter that doesn’t like chocolate and she loved this.”Pies & TartsThe midnight gazetteBlueberry-almond crispCustards & Soufflé’sSpiced persimmon puddingButterscotch custardsOkay, so there you have my opinion. Now, if you excuse me while I go and hunt down my husband for my upcoming birthday present. I’m in need of expanding my cookbook collection, since I only got an ecopy that expires in a few days.

I really like this cookbook. Recipes seem easy enough, the ones I've tried have been great and for the most part, I'm interested in all the recipes. There are maybe a handful that don't interest me, but it's based on personal taste not recipe quality. I've tried the Chewy chocolate meringues, Sour Cherry toaster tarts (actually I made them mini because they were for a dessert party and what a hit!!), Super Banana bread, etc. All delicious.Some other things that I like about the book:"Bakers Notes" with most recipes this is a little advice area about ingredients, how to change things up a bit, etc. Nice for the rule following baker like me who doesn't understand how to modify or vary recipes (read: cant!).Following up on that, is the back which lists basic recipes. This is awesome for me because as a very detail oriented/recipe follower, when a cake recipe is given in a book, I get hung up on whether or not I can un-tweak it or not. It lists basic cakes, frostings and glazes, sauces doughs etc.Also, a standard volume based pan size chart. It's very thorough too, no more searching the internet to see how many pans to convert a square to round cake etc.The little single-page-length blurbs about the different acclaimed bakeries around the countries are nice touches. I'm glad that the one on Smitten Kitchen is small, I haven't tried that recipe, and it doen't look bad, but even though her website is visually and verbally attractive, the food has consistently fallen short (save for the recipes she lists that are from other sources). I may try it someday when I'm not worried about a kitchen flop.The Comfort part of the book holds true. The sweets are perfectly sweet, not too much, there is a pleasant mix of savory interspersed and of course cakes, breads, breakfasts, desserts, snacks and the photography is just lovely. Very "down on the farm in Grandmas kitchen with a big cup of fresh milk or steaming coffee."Now about me: I'm a very good baker. not professional, but very good. Just mentioning this to give some idea of where I come from as a baker. We throw dessert parties at my home just so our friends can get a fix of our (my Hubs helps set up) desserts instead of waiting for birthdays or holidays. So they are sought after.

I found out about this book several months ago while it was an exclusive Williams-Sonoma purchase. A fellow blogger had contributed a recipe to it and when I peeked through the pages I knew I had to have it for my collection. As soon as it was released on Amazon.com, I snatched it up!I've already tried a few recipes from the book and they've turned out great. They are simple with clear instructions, and a good amount of pictures to recipes. I also like how the book is divided into various recipe categories:- Breakfast- Breads- Cookies & Bars- Cakes & Cupcakes- Pies & Tarts- Custards & SoufflesI also like that this isn't your typical 'desserts-only' cookbook. As you can see from the sections, it covers sweet and savory, baked comfort classics. I've found that the recipes have all been solid across the board - from savory breakfast items, to sweet and decadent desserts.It's a great item to add to your cookbook library.

This is a fantastic cookbook and I want to make about every recipe in it. Great easy recipes with her comments about the recipes and easy to follow instructions. The Angel Biscuits are great and as well as the Super Banana Bread. I'm hoping to make the Apple-Whiskey Cake soon. It sounds delicious as do many of the recipes. If you like to bake, here's your go to cookbook!

First recipe was the lemon blueberry loaf cake that I found online. Was so good bought the book, used. Saved a bunch as Willisms Sonoma waned $34.95. I got a brand new, non opened, "used" book thought Amazon for $6.95 and $3.99 shipping and handling. Love it even more now! Yum!!

Fabulous book. I had loaned my original copy to a friend who didnt return, so sent off for another. Very good reliable recipes.

Gran libro contenente ottime ricette per realizzare diversi piatti al forno. Il prodotto ha tutte le caratteristiche ricercate ed è molto utile per molti spunti culinari.

Viele leckere Rezepte mit metrischen und Cup Mengenangaben. Würde ich wieder kaufen! Home Baked Comfort Muß für Fans des amerikanischen Backens. Besonders die Cookie Rezepte sind toll