Bread-Bakers v101.n016.10

Someone asked for recommendations for the definitive
bread cookbook and I submit James Beard's "Beard on
Bread".  Very good primer on bread baking and
excellent recipes for baking by hand.  I usually use
my bread machine's dough cycle to get things going
through the first rise then I take over to shape and
bake.  I recently used his homestyle white bread
recipe to make one loaf, five hamburger buns and three
bratwurst size buns.  Delicious!