Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion

by Jeff Hertzberg M.D., Zoë François

Overview

From the authors of the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day series comes a holiday and celebration cookbook that uses the same groundbreaking quick and easy baking method.

Zoë François and Jeff Hertzberg shocked the baking world when they proved that homemade yeast dough could be stored in the refrigerator to use whenever you need it. Now, they’ve done it again with Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day, a cookbook with savory, sweet, healthy, and decadent recipes for every occasion.

Every culture has its great bread traditions for holidays and celebrations—traditional Christmas loaves from Ukraine, Greece, Germany, Italy and Scandinavia; celebration breads from France and Israel; Easter breads from the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Austria to name a few. The book is chock-full of fragrant, yeasted treats made for celebrations and special occasions. All the old standbys are here, plus delicious examples from around the world. All were too time-consuming and painstaking to make at home—until now.

In 100 clear and concise recipes that build on the successful formula of their bestselling series, Holiday and Celebration Bread will adapt their ingenious approach for high-moisture stored dough to a collection of breads from the four corners of the globe. This beautiful cookbook has color photos of every bread and includes step-by-step collages. With Zoë and Jeff’s help, you’ll be creating breads that rival those of the finest bakeries in the world—with just five minutes a day of active preparation time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250077561
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/06/2018
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	191,376
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Zoë François is a pastry chef trained at the Culinary Institute of America. Her love of bread has enticed her to travel, looking for the world’s best loaves. She also creates desserts on her pastry blog ZoeBakes.

Jeff Hertzberg, M.D. grew up eating great breads and then traveled the world looking for more. As his medical residency wound down, he started a years-long quest to figure out how to make dough that was convenient enough to use every day.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

The Secret

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Ingredients

3. Equipment

4. Tips and Techniques

5. The Master Recipe

6. The Basics

7. Small Loaves, Rolls, and Buns

8. Flabreads

9. Challah and Babka

10. Gooey, Sticky Goodness

11. Doughnuts

12. Christmas Breads

13. Easter Breads

14. Celebration and Brunch Breads

15. Fancy Stale Bread

16. Flaky Dough

17. Quick Jams and Fillings

Sources for Bread-Baking Products

Sources Consulted

Index

Editorial Reviews

07/16/2018
Pastry chef François and writer Hertzberg’s latest installment in their Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day series collects a variety of solid recipes for celebratory breads. The authors painstakingly address how they transform traditional, time-consuming breads into refrigerated doughs that require only five minutes of prep time, and explain how several factors, such as water temperature and resting time can affect the final product. The authors provide a repertoire of basic dough recipes that are repurposed for dozens of different holiday-inspired breads. Buttermilk bread dough, for instance, can be used to make soft dinner rolls, sticky caramel nut rolls, and ricotta-stuffed savory doughnuts. In addition to western European Christmas bread staples, such as panettone and stollen, the authors include recipes from around the world, such as Turkish Ramadan pita, Mexican pan de muerto, and Ukrainian chocolate-raisin babka bundt for Easter. With step-by-step photographs, this book is a real confidence-booster for home cooks who wish to sharpen their bread-making skills. Agent: Jane Dytsel, Dystel and Goderich. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for Holiday and Celebration Brea in Five Minutes a Day:

"With step-by-step photographs, this book is a real confidence-booster for home cooks who wish to sharpen their bread-making skills." —Publishers Weekly

Praise for Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day

“Zoë François and Jeff Hertzberg have amazingly demystified the arcane and delightful world of artisan bread. Now, on the heels of time sensitivity (Hello… 5 minutes??? Really? Yes!), comes a baking book for the health-conscious, and it couldn’t be more timely. Bottom line, I would crawl across a desert of broken glass to hop into their loaf pan.”—Andrew Zimmern, Travel Channel host, food writer, and radio personality

“[I]t’s a vast improvement over the laborious process of making artisan breads using classic methods . . . in their new book, Hertzberg and François have gone one step further . . . baking breads that use less sugar, healthy grains, fruits and vegetables, and are friendly to those with allergies or food sensitivities.”—The Associated Press

“We tried some of the recipes; we love ’em.… Honestly, this is the nicest, softest whole wheat sandwich bread I’ve ever made.”—PJ Hamel, KingArthurFlour.com

“This is the much-anticipated sequel to the wildly popular Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day… you’ll be able to use the no-knead storage-dough method with even healthier recipes… fabulous cookbooks… yummy but easy recipes!”—Mother Earth News

Praise for The Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day Series

“Every step of Zoë and Jeff’s adventures in bread has been fascinating and delicious for us, the home bread bakers who follow them, but this book might be their most exciting yet because they’ve incorporated years of readers’ questions, problems, and discoveries into every chapter. This is truly the all-you’ve-ever-wanted-to-know edition. And there are plenty of photographs . . . at last!”—Dorie Greenspan, James Beard Award-winning author of Around My French Table and owner of Beurre & Sel cookies

“Soon the bread will be making itself… The crusty, full-flavored loaf that results may be the world’s easiest yeast bread.”—The New York Times

“Hertzberg and François’ practical, common-sense method… is, quite simply, genius.”—Chicago Tribune

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