1001 Muffins: Biscuits, Donuts, Pancakes, Waffles, Fritters, Popovers, Fritters, Scones and Other Quick Breads

Excellent book that has recipes using anything you could think of from applesauce to bacon to cherries the list goes on!

I'll never have to find another muffin recipe. I like baking muffins at least once a week. The few I have made from this book were very good. I like that some muffins have more than one recipe because people have different tastes, one is bound to satisfy.

As the creator and managing editor of the popular online family magazine Families-First, I had the opportunity to interview Gregg Gillespie and to read his book. His book 1001 Muffins etc is an amazing collection of delicious and simple recipes. It is a beautiful book, full of gorgeous photos, and tips on how to make your baking the best it can be. Families-First hosts a weekly event called Recipe of the Week and we always receive many happy letters when we feature one of Gregg's muffins, pancakes, bread or popovers recipes. I have made a number of Gregg's recipes and my family loved them. In fact, they shout, keep going you only have 995 recipes to go! I reccommned this book for every kitchen, this one book will give you all you could ever need- it's a treasure chest of yummy goodies!

This is the most wonderful cookbook I have come across in years. Not only does it have full-colour pictures, but each delightful creation is right next to the recipe! One minor complaint is that there is no real consideration to lower-fat muffins. Substitutions can be made, if you know how to go about it. Still... It's fantastic. I wish all cookbooks were laid out this way.

I have many cookbooks, but this is by far the most well done cookbook I've seen in years (no pun intended.) This large book contains recipes and a substitution chart--not detailed chapters on how to bake quick breads, etc. Over 494 color pages of recipes for quick breads grace this book. There are a staggering 273 pages for muffin recipes alone; two recipes per page. The remainder of the book contains various recipes for biscuits, doughnuts, pancakes, waffles, popovers, fritters, scones, and other quick breads. Each recipe is accompanied by a full color picture of the final product and well-written steps. Also included in this book are recipes for sauces and spreads to accompany the muffins. It's almost worth buying the book just for these additional recipes.There arn't any funky ingredients. Most are common ingredients normally found in a well-stocked kitchen.Buy one of these books for a baker friend, she/he will appreciate the gift and never need another quick bread recipe book again.Awesome book! :)

As I write this, a batch of Orange Marmalade Muffins (page 213), are finishing in my oven. I have searched for a very long time for a comprehensive collection of muffin recipes. This collection is a real treat. With recipes ranging from 100 Year Old Muffins to Zucchini-And-Sweet-Rye Muffins with Olives, there truly are recipes in the book for everyone.One of the many features of this book that is delightful, is the addition of sauces, spreads and toppings to enhance many of the final products. For instance, the Chicken-Rice Muffins with Vegtables (page 91), offers an easy Cucmber Dill Sauce recipe to enhance the flavors of these unusual taste treats.Along with the easy to make muffin recipes are recipes for scones, cobblers (just like Grandma's), biscuits (try the Patriotic Biscuits with cranberries and blueberries - page 268), waffles, coffes cakes, doughnuts, fritters, traditional quick breads, pancakes and popovers. Quite a piece of work, this!Each recipe has a color photograph of the finished product to assist you in the very difficult task of actually making a choice of which recipe to bake. Each page contains only two recipes that are easily read, due mainly to the no-nonsense instructional style of the recipes. Anyone can do these recipes.By the way, the Orange Marmalade muffins have finished and are now cooling on racks - they look and taste fantastic!Thank you Mr. Gillespie and Ms. Young for this baking treasure.