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Cookbook Buying Dec 9, 2016 19:50:28 GMT -5 | To Top

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Post by Catbatty on Dec 9, 2016 19:50:28 GMT -5

The price is right and it looks like it might be fun so - I'm gonna buy this (in ebook form). No, I know nothing about the book so it's just a gamble...

Baking for Two: The Small-Batch Baking Cookbook for Sweet and Savory Treats by Tracy Yabiku

www.amazon.com/Baking-Two-Small-Batch-Cookbook-Savory-ebook/dp/B01MDNZD1H/ref=pd_lutyp_qpp_351_7_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01MDNZD1H&pd_rd_r=H9PXT3H8R5HRP319K8KM&pd_rd_w=pndXj&pd_rd_wg=ev7Bp&psc=1&refRID=H9PXT3H8R5HRP319K8KM

Anybody ever made a recipe from one of these 'For 2' cookbooks? Opinions? (Is same work for less result great or not? We do love leftovers...and most baked goods can be frozen...but I'm thinking maybe it would encourage me to try various recipes without fear of failure/waste of ingreds.)

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Cookbook Buying Dec 26, 2016 9:48:42 GMT -5 | To Top

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Post by Varaile on Dec 26, 2016 9:48:42 GMT -5

I missed this thread when it was first posted, so reply is a bit late-ish.

Years and years ago I bought a Small Batch Baking/Baking for Two cookbook (actual name/author eludes me) because the concept was intriguing, there are only two of us in the house, and I don't want to fill up the freezer with small bags of goodies.

I made a few things out of it and then the cookbook languished on the shelf. In theory it was a good idea, in real life, it's just as easy to make a regular size batch of something and rarely do baked goods last long enough to need to be shuffled to the freezer. Cook book went away.

Hopefully you'll have better luck with this than I did!

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Cookbook Buying Dec 26, 2016 16:01:10 GMT -5 | To Top

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Post by mrswaz on Dec 26, 2016 16:01:10 GMT -5

I also missed this thread the first time around.

I think my problem with the first round of small batch baking cookbooks was that they required equipment that I didn't readily have on hand. Mini cake pans, small scale toaster oven pans, etc. I recall trying a cake recipe and while it was tasty, it felt like a lot of work for a small return in the end.

It's too bad the CLBB is really gone now. I remember a rather lengthy thread where this was discussed and recipes were shared.

Merry: I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.
Pippin: What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?

Catbatty Administrator I have made 1,259 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined September 2016 I've received 83 likes	Cookbook Buying Dec 31, 2016 16:59:31 GMT -5 \| To Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Catbatty on Dec 31, 2016 16:59:31 GMT -5 Thanks both of you. It does look like lots of work ... same, I mean... for FOUR muffins...or cookies, etc. (I am laughing my face off and I have a full cup on coffee in my mouth. Dunno why. And why I don't swallow.)

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