R K Arora convinced people that they could make amazing bread at home in her best-selling Bread Machine Baking-Perfect Every Time. She guided novice cooks every step of the way in The Kitchen Survival Guide and The Entertaining Survival Guide. Now in Basic Baking, Arora instills the same confidence in those who want to bake but may be too intimidated to get past the ingredients list. Basic Baking will teach you how to bake your first batch of brownies or tray of sugar cookies and have them turn out perfectly. If you don't know what "baker speak" terms like proofing or crimping mean or the difference between a baking tray and a cookie sheet, then this is the book for you