The Bread and Biscuit Baker's and Sugar-Boiler's Assistant

A working baker's course from 1890 — bread, biscuits, gingerbreads and sugar-boiling, in three hundred numbered recipes.

About the Book

1890Published
Robert WellsAuthor
44Recipes

Robert Wells, practical baker, confectioner and pastrycook of Scarborough, wrote this Assistant for the baking trade (Crosby Lockwood, second edition, 1890). Its three hundred numbered recipes run from household bread to sugar-boiling and chocolate work.

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