The new and improved Clueless Baker will show beginners how easy it really is to bake from scratch!

This down-to-earth guide reveals the secrets to baking successfully and makes it fun at the same time. The Clueless Baker contains more than 100 foolproof recipes along with all the need-to-know baking basics at your fingertips. You'll feel like a pro in no time. You'll be creating scrumptious desserts, delicious breads and yummy cookies and treats that you'll be proud to serve to your family and friends. No stress! No sweat!

Revised and updated, it includes:

• More gluten-free recipes, as well as suggestions on how to convert conventional recipes to be gluten-free
• More recipes using whole grain flour and recommendations on using whole grain flour in place of white flour
• Clear and consistent ingredient lists
• Updated with some cool new recipes, including Red Velvet Cake, Key Lime Pie and a goofy 3-minute microwave chocolate cake that you bake in a coffee mug.

The Clueless Baker still includes the following invaluable features: Baking: The Eleven-Step Program, The Essential Clueless Baking Cupboard and The Baking Glossary.

Evelyn Raab is the author of the wildly successful Clueless in the Kitchen. Her popular Cooking with Kids column has appeared in Today's Parent magazine. She attributes her culinary expertise to her sons.

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With a healthy mix of humour, practical tips and straightforward recipes...Raab guides novice bakers through the Eleven-Step Program to success.

Ottawa Citizen

With decent recipes, a good attitude and a plan, Evelyn Raab thinks novice bakers can turn out delicious treats and have fun doing it. In The Clueless Baker: Learning to Bake from Scratch, Raab reveals the secrets she says will lead to scrumptious cakes, cookies and breads with a dash of humour. (Her) step-by-step advice provides neophytes with enough knowledge and comfort to bake like a pro.

Charlottetown Guardian

[Review of previous edition:] This is a very good book for beginning bakers, with clear, easy-to-follow recipes, but it is the tips and asides that elevate it to valuable.

Repository

[Review of previous edition:] This delightful primer on baking ... encourages novices and entertains experienced bakers with a remarkably thorough treatment on home baking ... Its anybody-can-do-it approach is well suited to student who enjoy independent forays into their parents' kitchens.

VOYA [Voice of Youth Advocates]