The Better
Homes and Gardens All-Time Favorite Bread Recipes from 1979 is one of those
thin, hard-backed cookbooks that are found in stacks at thrift shops and flea
markets. Many of those books may seem
out-of-date, but they have the virtue of not using too many mixes and
convenience foods.
I, of
course, can’t resist a bread book, so I picked this one up for ½ off the $1
sticker on it at our local church thrift shop.
It was worth the investment – it had lots of reliable recipes for quick
breads, including waffles, pancakes, biscuits, muffins, cornbread, and the not-so-usual-anymore doughnuts, fritters and popovers, yeast breads, sour dough
recipes and some spreads for breads.
I liked the
step-by-step illustrations for beginners, and plenty of photos. Even Myrna found a couple of recipes to share.
Here a few:
Three C Bread
Date Apple Coffee Bread
Pimiento Cheese Braids
Cheddar Cheese Biscuits
Eggnog Cherry Nut Loaf
Here a few:
Three C Bread
Date Apple Coffee Bread
Pimiento Cheese Braids
Cheddar Cheese Biscuits
Eggnog Cherry Nut Loaf
I have to chuckle so often when one of the books you feature (old, out-of-date ones like this bread book from Better Homes and Gardens) is one I have on my shelf and can't bear to part with. When you post a picture of their covers, I feel like either you're in my kitchen . . . or I'm in yours. Love it!
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