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Baking recipes

Breads, pastry and the doughs that reward a weekend. 656 recipes, in a suggested order.

Baking rewards weighing rather than guessing, and every recipe here gives metric measures first; a digital scale will do more for your results than any other tool. Cakes, biscuits and tray bakes sit alongside the breads and pastry, and the times on the cards include proving and cooling where the method needs them.

The 656 recipes come from 57 cuisines; the largest groups are American (244), British (107), Italian (52), Australian (36) and French (33). Of these, 53 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Buttercream Frosting (10 min), Royal Icing (15 min) and Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies (17 min). For 383, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 323 easy, 282 medium and 51 hard.

As written, 627 are vegetarian, 45 vegan, 37 gluten-free and 70 dairy-free. Another 6 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.