Notes about Recipes in this book

• Easiest-ever drop biscuits

  • NicoleBrown on October 02, 2024

    Another winner from this book! These were so simple to make & taste delicious! Used them to go along with a soup we were cooking from another recipe.

  • Justagirleatingcake on March 11, 2026

    My favorite biscuit recipe for when I'm in a hurry. I usually add cheese and then I pad it out into a rectangle and cut into squares to bake

• Cast iron orange-herb biscuits

  • Lepa on July 31, 2024

    These biscuits are tasty and easy to make. We enjoyed them with butter and marmalade.

• Blueberry biscuits

  • rosyannposy on July 23, 2023

    Really good, would definitely make again. Better than blueberry muffins!

  • Lepa on July 05, 2025

    These are so unique and delicious! My family loved them and I appreciated the less sweet/more buttery taste profile. My biscuits were a bit too brown after 35 minutes. I checked my oven thermometer and the temperature was accurate so I would watch these closely after 30 minutes.

• Jalapeño-cheddar cornbread

  • sophia_csi5ki on March 18, 2026

    So good! We used polenta, and our own cornmeal and three large jalapeños.

• Three-ingredient bread

  • FromScratch on November 21, 2023

    Recipe is incorrect. When originally printed in Cook's Country, it called for 12 ounces beer, not 6 ounces. Using only 6 ounces beer with 3 cups of flour will just result in a brick.

• Pumpkin bread

  • NicoleBrown on November 07, 2024

    I did not buy this book for its quick bread recipes, but we have so much pumpkin purée this year! My family requested pumpkin bread thus I made this one. A big hit with the household! I ended up using leftover cream cheese frosting from a cake I had made for the top of the loaf vs the icing suggested in this recipe.

• Double-chocolate banana bread

  • rosyannposy on July 23, 2023

    Very tasty and easy to put together. Moist and nice deep chocolate flavor. Did decrease sugar to 2/3 cups and it was sweet enough. Will make again.

• Dutch oven pull-apart rolls

  • DDPGirl001 on August 29, 2025

    Delicious and spectacular presentation to guests

• Chive spiral rolls

  • yaleksly on July 07, 2024

    Very pretty take on a favorite of mine, chive rolls! Didn't have a hard time shaping this dough as they instructed. Will be making this again in the future for dinners to jazz up the usual dinner roll.

• Fluffy dinner rolls

  • Lepa on December 28, 2024

    These were extraordinary- probably the best rolls I have ever made. These will be my go-to from now on. I cooked the flour on the stovetop and that worked well- for those of you who don't have a microwave.

• Thai curry butter fan rolls

  • yaleksly on July 08, 2024

    These were pretty good but in warm weather the shaping can be a bit finicky due to the Thai curry paste filling being a bit too melty. Would recommend ensuring a floured surface for rolling out to get clean strips and cuts. Otherwise tasty! Wish it was spicier, but that'll be down to the curry paste I bought.

• Hoagie rolls

  • NicoleBrown on August 05, 2024

    Turned out so well! Made them to go along with the Nicoise Sandwiches from Cook this Book! I subbed avocado oil in place of the vegetable oil because that was what I had on hand.

• Pretzel buns

  • NicoleBrown on August 22, 2024

    Another winner from this book! My family liked these even more than the brioche buns I made. Dumping the buns into boiling water was a little terrifying. I tried the slotted spatula, but what ended up working best was just picking them up with my hands and carefully placing them in the water. Otherwise my buns were becoming misshapen. At the halfway rotation time they did not look even close to mahogany- KEEP FAITH! Like magic at full bake time they were a beautiful deep brown.

• White sandwich bread

  • NicoleBrown on July 27, 2024

    Made this for my kids when we were out of bread. They sang my praises. Not my personal favorite from the book, but a good basic!

  • gootenbeez on April 02, 2026

    Nice plain sandwich bread recipe. Its nothing ground breaking but feels like it's going to be a good recipe to have in your back pocket to make a bread.

• Cinnamon raisin swirl bread

  • NicoleBrown on July 26, 2024

    I think I messed up when shaping this bread and the loaf turned out bulbous and ugly. Luckily the taste was still good! We love it toasted with cream cheese, butter, or homemade strawberry chia seed jam!

• Sandwich bread with everything bagel crust

  • NicoleBrown on August 03, 2024

    Made this to go with some avocados about to ripen on my counter. I “cheated” and used jalapeno everything bagel season I purchased from Aldi instead of making my own. I had a bit of a hard time getting seeds to stay on the sides of the loaf pan. Getting the loaf out of the pan was also a bit of a mess with the seeds. But still a great tasting loaf!

  • Mtbike5280 on January 05, 2025

    This is an amazing white bread recipe made better with an everything bagel crust. This is one crust, no one would want you to cut off their sandwich. I found that the recipe worked really well and made a delicious bread.

• Easy sandwich bread

  • rosyannposy on July 23, 2023

    Have made this recipe twice. First time with weight and it wasn't nearly wet enough so added extra water. Still came out great, nice flavor and texture. Second time with volume and it seemed to match description in recipe much better. Also came out great second time. Will make again when I am low on bread and don't have tons of time. Kids like it too.

  • NicoleBrown on July 21, 2024

    General family noise going on around me as I made this. I lost count of my whole wheat tablespoons and accidentally added in an extra tablespoon of butter (failed to see the, “divided” note). Definitely not the prettiest, but everyone agrees it still tastes good! I’ll try again with the correct recipe and see how it goes. It does come together pretty quickly!

• English muffin bread

  • NicoleBrown on October 30, 2024

    Super easy bread that does not require any shaping + super quick rise time. Followed instructions exactly. Recipe just said, “warm milk” but not a temperature so I guessed based on past breads I’ve made. Taste is great! Froze the second loaf, but my family has gone through half the first one on the first day. Savages.

• Buttermilk dill bread

  • NicoleBrown on July 19, 2024

    Turned out great! Got to use fresh chives from our garden.

  • racheljmorgan on March 06, 2025

    Fantastic. Very soft but still sliceable. Good dill flavor with just enough salt. Substituted 1/2 tsp onion powder for chives. Fast riser, done in 31 min at 350F.

• Oatmeal sandwich bread

  • NicoleBrown on August 29, 2024

    I like this one a lot! A little chewier/heartier than the regular white sandwich bread. Only my youngest (and pickiest) kiddo was not a fan.

• Furikake Japanese milk bread

  • NicoleBrown on November 07, 2024

    A bit of a stressful, messy experience that had a happy ending. This dough was WET. I did leave out the furikake. I let my mixer knead it for 9 minutes and then i kneaded it some more on the counter using quite a bit of flour in an attempt to make it less of a mess. Even after its second proof it wouldn’t say it “slowly sprang back” when i touched it. It just wanted to stick to me some more. But it had risen to the top of the pan so I tossed it in the oven. To my surprise it turned out great (to my eye anyway) and my family loves the taste. Will try a different milk bread recipe if/when I bake again though!

• Whole-wheat sandwich bread

  • bwhip on April 04, 2023

    This bread turned out great for us, with good flavor, great shape and a nice texture for toast and sandwiches. I have a larger loaf pan, so added 50% to all of the ingredient quantities and it worked out perfectly, baking at 350 for 52 minutes.

  • NicoleBrown on September 25, 2024

    I think this will be our new staple bread! Kids did not even realize it was homemade compared to the regular whole wheat we buy (…is that a compliment? ??), and I loved the flavor. I did make this in a bit of a rush & skipped toasting the wheat germ. Next time I’ll try it to see if I notice a difference to make the effort.

• Cranberry walnut bread

  • NicoleBrown on December 01, 2024

    Baked this for Thanksgiving leftovers! So far the Turkey commercial sandwich we made using it as been my favorite! Also good with cream cheese. Followed the instructions. An 18 hour rise time worked for my schedule. Pretty easy bake, just time consuming (a lot hands off, but you still need to make sure you’re home for the next step). Very similar to the no-knead style breads I’ve made in the past.

• Seeded oat bread

  • bwhip on April 08, 2023

    I loved this bread, one of my favorites I’ve ever made. I made it in a large loaf pan so we could have that shape, and thus added 50% to all of the ingredient amounts. I preheated to 425 and reduced to 400, to adjust for the revised shape and size, and it turned out excellent. Nicely chewy, with wonderful character and flavor from all of the seeds. Excellent bread for us.

• Cocoa cherry rye bread

  • KPmusmag on May 07, 2023

    We really enjoyed this bread. It is unusual, slightly bitter in a pleasant way with a burst of sweetness from the cherries. Will definitively be making this again.

• Thin-crust pizza

  • todd_e99t1d on March 16, 2026

    I’ve made a lot of pizza crust, but I keep coming back to this one. Definitely worth it.

• Mana'eesh za'atar

  • yaleksly on February 24, 2024

    These are excellent, though I realized recently that the dough is very akin to the New York style pizza dough from Serious Eats. Handles very similarly and the proportions aren't too far off, so I actually decided to keep the dough in the fridge for about two days and it baked up just as well as it did on the first day.

• Pan-grilled flatbreads

  • bwhip on April 23, 2023

    These were good, though I prefer my usual flatbread recipe (Baco Bread from the Baco cookbook). These were kind of thick and chewy by comparison. Flavor was good, with just a bit of wheat flour in the recipe.

• No-knead brioche

  • lela_bugsms on February 08, 2026

    Delicious. Perfect, easy recipe. And you can take your time with the first rise in the fridge (per the recipe’s guidance).

  • lela_bugsms on April 05, 2026

    Perfection once again.

• Brioche burger buns

  • NicoleBrown on July 26, 2024

    I questioned myself a few times while making these, but they turned out amazing. My family celebrated me and sang my praises. Will bake again!

• Chocolate babka

  • bwhip on November 04, 2024

    Delicious! We really enjoyed this. Not too difficult to prepare - make the dough the night before, and finish it up the next morning. Very good instructions, and it turned out perfectly. Nicely chocolatey! We did add the optional orange zest, which made it even better. Also delicious reheated by the slice in the toaster oven.