Ever wish you had your favorite bread recipes all in one place? Father Dominic Garramone, the Bread Monk of public television, knows how you feel and has done something about it! The Breadhead Bible is a compilation of Father Dom’s favorite bread recipes, spanning from the three seasons of his PBS program Breaking Bread to new recipes he’s developed in recent years. Now you can find old favorites like Basic White Bread, Tomato Basil Focaccia, Honey Oatmeal Bread, and Chocolate Raspberry Scones all in one volume. Also included are previously unpublished recipes like Cheddar Chive Drop Biscuits, Diabetics’ No-Caraway Rye, and Best Ever Crescent Rolls. As usual, each recipe delivers detailed, easy-to-follow instructions with tips and techniques, along with heartwarming stories from Father Dom’s monastery and family.

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Fr. Dominic Garramone, is a Benedictine monk of St. Bede Abbey in Illinois and host of the highly successful public television series, Breaking Bread with Father Dominic. Father Dominic offers reflections on how one simple activity -- baking bread -- can teach us to grow spiritually and live more meaningfully. Gain insight from everyday activities and live fully through meditation and prayer. With five new recipes, including Ice Cream Muffins and Oatmeal Cookies (with a very special story).

A "Breadhead" is a dedicated baker, someone who bakes often, who thinks and dreams about bread and is not afraid to experiment. In this new book by Father Dominic ("The Bread Monk" of public television fame), you'll learn more than just basic techniquesyou'll find out why yeast behaves the way it does, how to substitute different flours in a recipe, and how to take a simple dough and make it extraordinary for a special occasion. Starting with tools of the trade (you need less than you think), Father Dom takes you through the baby steps of baking all the way to beautiful loaves that will amaze and delight your family and friends. Special attention is paid to kneading-a stumbling block for many beginning bakers-and simple shaping techniques that can make your loaves look terrific. You'll find braided loaves, flatbreads, pretzel bread and bagels, dinner rolls that look like roses, butterfly-shaped breakfast treats, and a muffin recipe that uses a secret ingredient: melted ice cream! And all in Father Dom's funny and friendly style of instruction, with helpful photos and illustrations. Father Dominic Garramone, OSB, former host of the PBS cooking show Breaking Bread with Father Dominic, has written six cookbooks, most recently Thursday Night Pizza. His first children's book, Brother Jerome and the Angels in the Bakery, was the recipient of the 2011 Christopher Award for children's books (ages 8 to 10) and the 2011 Catholic Press Association 1st Place Award for children's books.

Whether you're famous for your cinnamon rolls, a newbie baker or just love culinary trivia, you'll find this book hard to put down. Father Dominic, "The Bread Monk" of public television, has collected his favorite tips and tricks for baking, like how to choose the best pans, what to add to yeast to make it work faster, and the easiest way to roll out pizza crust. Baking Secrets from the Bread Monk includes substitutes for common ingredients (yes, you can make your own self-rising flour), hints for kitchen organization and storage, and a plethora of fascinating historical facts and kitchen wisdom. What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who invented pretzels? What's the point of those slashes in a baguette? Father Dominic will put you in the know.

WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD AND IACP AWARD • Learn the art of bread making through techniques and recipes for making pizza dough, challah, bagels, sourdough, and more! “For the professional as well as the home cook, this book is one of the essentials for a bread baker’s collection.”—Nancy Silverton, chef and co-owner, Mozza Restaurant Group Co-founder of the legendary Brother Juniper’s Bakery, author of ten landmark bread books, and distinguished instructor at the world’s largest culinary academy, Peter Reinhart has been a leader in America’s artisanal bread movement for more than thirty years. Never one to be content with yesterday’s baking triumph, however, Peter continues to refine his recipes and techniques in his never-ending quest for extraordinary bread. In this updated edition of the bestselling The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, Peter shares bread breakthroughs arising from his study in France’s famed boulangeries and the always-enlightening time spent in the culinary college kitchen with his students. Peer over Peter’s shoulder as he learns from Paris’s most esteemed bakers, like Lionel Poilâne and Phillippe Gosselin, whose pain à l’ancienne has revolutionized the art of baguette making. Then stand alongside his students in the kitchen as Peter teaches the classic twelve stages of building bread, his clear instructions accompanied by more than 100 step-by-step photographs. You’ll put newfound knowledge into practice with fifty master formulas for such classic breads as rustic ciabatta, hearty pain de campagne, old-school New York bagels, and the book’s Holy Grail—Peter’s version of the famed pain à l’ancienne, as well as three all-new formulas. En route, Peter distills hard science, advanced techniques, and food history into a remarkably accessible and engaging resource that is as rich and multitextured as the loaves you’ll turn out. In this revised edition, he adds metrics and temperature conversion charts, incorporates comprehensive baker’s percentages into the recipes, and updates methods throughout. This is original food writing at its most captivating, teaching at its most inspired and inspiring—and the rewards are some of the best breads under the sun.