Part-Time Baker

Fantastic book, as soon as I read it there are over a dozen recipes I want to make now, so many more I plan to make in n future too, I will be purchasing a copy for my kitchen as this is such as useful cookbook, so many great ideas, useful tips and information, well laid out, easy instructions and very appealing to the eye. Highly and thoroughly recommended

Beautiful pictures, easy to navigate. Recipes vary in difficulty but seem to be straightforward and clearly written

This fun cookbook is perfect for anyone who has limited time but wants to bake and enjoys recipes. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend!

I love baking, love quick and easy recipes and love eating and sharing my delights. And this yummy cookbook will help me with all of this and more. All the recipes are drool-worthy and fun to make. I will be working my way through every recipe in this book and I know my family and friends will be delighted with the rewards.

A great book with easy to follow recipes that use everyday ingredients. There are classics with a twist and the photos, well all I can say is YUM! I'm going back to the kitchen now to do some more baking!

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Could Florence stop by???every single baked good made my stomach growl and mouth drool. I loved that there was a late night baking chapter! The pictures are incredible, the recipes have just the right amount of ingredients and directions. I can't wait to order this book!
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

Easy to read recipes, appreciate the photos of the food. The recipes appeared delicious!! However, all seem to very high in calories! I will use several of the recipes but probably will not bake these recipes regularly due to high calorie counts!

I was pleasantly surprised by the recipes in this book. You get more than just basic recipes and the same flavor profiles. I would have never thought French toast could be savory. Florence takes you through new possibilities of what can be done in a small amount of time. Guiding you through what has been learned through her expertise and sharing it with the reader/baker. You can sense the joy in sharing these recipes through the explanations. There is also great care in multiple options being provided for weights and measurements. The book is great for beginners and advanced bakers alike, giving options for both to learn something new.

Love the simplicity of the recipes and the color pictures that go with it! Makes it less intimidating when I can see what my final product will look like!

Very cute cookbook with nice recipes. Liked the layout and photos very much. Have bookmarked some for future bakes. Would make a great gift.

A recipe book that promotes real baking many based upon yeasted dough recipes; it just emphasises how easy it is to make bread, scones, pastry as well as delicious cakes and buns. I've cooked like this all my life (alongside a full time job and children) and have always wondered why on earth people but ready-made. The author really helps newcomers by giving times actually required to prepare, prove when necessary and bake. Ingredients all easy to source, simple recipes and sometime helpful alternatives. Very nice illustrations and, all in all, a useful cook book. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy.

Beautifully captured photographs, easy to follow directions and absolutely delicious recipes. This cookbook is easy to use and will be one that I reach for often.

Love to bake, but don’t have much time to spend in the kitchen? If so, you’ll definitely want to pick up an excellent baking book, Part-Time Baker: Simple bakes without the stress, by food blogger, Florence Stanton (tasting-thyme.com.

There are dozens of mouthwatering recipes that bakers actually will want to make at home. The variety is amazing, and there are many unique bakes that are unexpected and are “must makes” for anyone who loves fresh and delicious baked goods for any occasion.

The recipes are written in the traditional manner, with the ingredients listed, followed by step-by-step instructions. There are also excellent and interesting comments at the beginning of each recipe, along with helpful tips. Anyone – with beginning to advanced baking abilities – can create picture perfect baked goods in shorter periods of time.

Many of the recipes come with beautiful, professional photographs which makes it difficult to decide what to make next. Every time readers peruse this cookbook, the queue of dishes to prepare will grow longer.

All told, bakers everywhere will want to add this fabulous cookbook to their cookbook collection. There is nothing to dislike about this book and it has become a new favorite. It makes a good gift for a bride or beginning baker, and some of the recipes will become classics.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

As a person who sees viral recipes and is constantly tempted by reels on Instagram but lacking a deep knowledge of baking this cook book is heaven sent. Giving step by step instructions to recipes with straight forward easy to handle ingredients this cookbook can make anyone feel confident in baking something delicious. Really enjoy the way this cook book doesn't just focus on after dinner desserts but has recipes for breakfast, lunch, teatime, and late night treat options. I mean a savory leek and potato turnover?! Say less.

I love baking but sometimes I find it hard to find the time to these recipes will help me to make more easier and with less stress or rushing.

A lovely no-nonsense baking book with lots of tempting recipes to try, mainly sweet but with a few savoury offerings. Gorgeous colour photos accompany most of the bakes to tempt the reader to giving the recipes a go. I'm always on the look out for simple quick bakes for our monthly village coffee morning and will certainly be trying some in this book for our next event as there are quite a few different ideas to try. Although the publication is obviously for America the quantities are also in pounds and ounces plus grams for this side of the Atlantic and there are no strange ingredients in the mix.. Clear and easy to follow methods with nothing taking too much time.

I am a cook book addict and love baking. Due to the title of this book I thought it would be run of the mill and nothing very exiting. It is far from that. It has fabulous recipes and lots that I want to bake, there are lots that I have not seen before and great favour combinations that I cannot wait to bake and eat. I will be buying this book.

Rating: 5 stars ⭐️

If there’s one cookbook I would recommend, it’s definitely this one!✨

The book in itself is beautiful and the recipes are really easy to understand and make.

This would be a perfect gift for someone that likes to bake/cook! 🧁

Thank you to Netgalley, Florence Stanton and the publisher for providing me with this copy. All opinions are my own.

If you're looking to make something delicious to eat but short on time, then this is the book for you. Each recipe tells you how much time you need, ingredients, and an easy to follow step by step. With plenty of cheats and tips, this book is great for beginners. I can't wait to get cooking with some of the amazing recipes in this book!!

I love to bake and love it even more when its easy baking! There are some amazing recipes in here that I have already ear marked to bake... these include Mini Egg Hot Cross Bins, Lemon & Passionfruit cake and Husband Tart and I have many more that I want to do. There is a lovely savoury selection too. I have already tried the Ultimate Chocolate Brownie and the kids will confirm they are amazing! I am now following Florence on instagram where she has loads of amazing recipes! fab book

The introduction was lovely, it has a really positive outlook on food and matches my own thoughts on baking so I felt I was already off to a good start with this one from the get go!

I really like the section on general tips and advice on ingredients and equipment. Sometimes I find you read a recipe and they expect you to know every technicality or possible outcome that they, a seasoned baker, already know so I like how this book provided that information at the start.

Baking is one of my favourite ways to get out of my own head but with my chronic pain and mental health it can sometimes feel like a chore rather than a hobby I thoroughly enjoy so I was excited to see what this book promised and happy to see it delivered. These are nice, simple recipes with clear directions. The cook time and total time are provided and are usually quite short and I thought the suggestions/tips were a nice touch.
I'm not sure if it was intended but this is a fantastic recipe book for disabled people, I always think myself and hear from others about how most recipes are too complicated and take too many spoons to follow so I will definitely be recommending this!

I love that the recipes are actually things I want to make. Maybe I'm just a really picky eater but I can't even count how many recipe books I've gone through and only one or two things appeal to me but I found myself enjoying almost every recipe here

I like that the recipes are made to be versatile, you can easily swap ingredients for something you would prefer/can access more easily. I find a lot of recipes are fairly strict on ingredients so this was nice to see and I think takes the pressure off. There is a nice mix of savory and sweet, fancy foods and casual eating. Something for every meal/event!

Part of what I liked about this was the language and format, it feels like reading a recipe a friend wrote for you not just a recipe book. Overall I really like this recipe book, I'm glad I got the opportunity to read this ARC and intend on buying the physical copy to try some of these recipes!

I loved this little book - It is my wish to bake and I always find it difficult as most baking requires a lot of time, technical cooking skills and a lot of items!
so this book really appealed to me as she has given some very yummy sounding recipes with the time mentioned - most were 20-30 mins, and a list of ingredients which are available in my region and the number of things required to make any 1 dish is not a long list.
Also, the way she has explained the recipe was simple, and as a beginner, it makes me feel confident to try them.
It is my endevour to learn some baking this year, and i am glad I found this book right at the start of my year :)
also, the photos are really nice - If my baking looks even half as pretty, it is a win for me :)

Initially I was surprised that there weren’t as many recipes that I had expected from a baking book however after taking the time to read through all the recipes I’ve concluded that the best recipe books are the ones that have bakes that I can’t wait to cook and this one certainly fills that criteria. The red lentil dal inspired sausage rolls look incredibly moorish and the ingredients have immediately been added to my shopping list for this week. I particularly appreciated the timings for each part of the bake with the ‘hands on’ time being a genius addition!

Holy yum! Thank you NetGalley for the advanced reader copy. I can not wait to dig in to so many of these recipes. I just read through the cookbook during an ice storm and there is no way this will be a coffee table book- it will have a place in my kitchen for sure.

As an amateur baker (at best) I found this book beyond helpful! The instructions are clear, the technique is sound, and so much of the science behind baking is explained concisely. I would recommend this book to any beginner who is starting out on their baking journey. The recipes features are all attainable and some even offer realistic shortcuts as to not be so overwhelming. The author describes these recipes as things she could reliable make at the end of a long day and not have it be a time consuming chore, and having tested a couple recipes out myself I agree! I especially love the range of options from common staples to mouth watering showstoppers, it's the perfect way to expand your palate and your skill as you grow comfortable with the art of baking.

This was a great cookbook for me. I always want to be creative but it all seems overwhelming. This book made it so easy that even I can handle it. My favorite was the Ultimate Chocolate Brownies and the Mini Pina Colada Loaf Cakes. We really enjoyed trying these recipes. They are detailed and well explained, very clear to understand the page and how to follow and includes mouthwatering photos. You will enjoy this book and will want to bake everything you see. Enjoy.

The vibrant and beautiful pictures draw you in from the get go. The majority of recipes are accompanied by a stunning picture, I have read other recipe books before, but there is something about the visuals of this book which make you want to try every recipe.

But it was the cinnamon sugar popovers with honey that stole the show. The recipes were relativelty simple and straightforward and this is what makes the part time baker. The recipes realise that we all do not have chef standard kitchens and the time to dedicate ourselves to chef standards. We all are part time bakers, unless you are a qualified baker. We all dabble with dough, and battle with batter. This recipe book holds a collection of recipes which will soon be my go to for sweet treats and also tried and tested savoury bakes.