Artisan Breads: Practical Recipes and Detailed Instructions for Baking the World's Finest Loaves

Learn to bake beautiful, aromatic breads for any occasion!

In this beautifully photographed book, master baker Jan Hedh teaches us the basics for baking delicious artisan breads right in our own ovens. Hedh offers a cookbook full of his favorite recipes from daily loaves for sandwiches to delectable sweet breads for special occasions. Included are:

• Garlic baguettes
• Sunflower seed bread
• Raisin and hazelnut loaf
• Pita bread
• Pumpernickel
• Almond potato bread
• Asparagus bread with parmesan cheese and walnuts

This cookbook also includes master tips on how to bake bread for maximum taste and aroma, the proper way to knead dough, the type of flour to use, and the correct baking time and oven temperature. With his wide breadth of recipes from all over the world—including Italian, French, Swiss, German, Arabic, and of course Swedish breads—this book is a must-have for all those who love to bake.

Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Jan Hedh is known throughout Sweden as a beloved baker and confectioner and is internationally recognized within the food industry. He works as a partner in the artisan bakery Peter's Yard.