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    A cookbook titled Small-Batch Breads by Rebecca Eisenberg is shown. The cover features various types of breads and baked goods arranged around the book title and subtitle.

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    Small-Batch Breads

    50 Recipes for Loaves, Buns, and Flatbreads Made with One Cup of Flour

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    A rectangular loaf of focaccia bread with rosemary sits on a cooling rack. Fresh rosemary, a red-handled pair of scissors, and a bowl of salt are placed nearby on a light surface.

    Created to Make Bread Making Easier For You!

    When it came to writing my first cookbook, there was no doubt in my mind what it had to be about — all the small batch recipes you’ve been asking for since my mini loaf pan focaccia first went viral in 2021! It’s incredible what you can do with just one cup of flour. 

    Whether you’re serving just one or two, are looking to minimize food waste, or are a new baker just learning the techniques—a small bread is lower-risk than a large loaf. Maybe you don’t own a stand mixer, have a tiny kitchen counter, or you just like cute little things…no matter who you are, this cookbook is for YOU!

    About Small Batch Breads

    Using just one cup of flour, create sweet and savory bagels, buns, rolls, and pastries with 50 approachable and accessible recipes from the creator of The Practical Kitchen.

    Trusted food blogger Rebecca Eisenberg brings her baking expertise and accessible recipe writing to this collection of easy-to-follow recipes for sweet and savory small-batch breads made with just one cup of flour. Whether you’re brand new to bread baking or a seasoned baker, Small-Batch Breads is for you.

    Fifty easy-to-follow recipes including: 

    • 4-inch Sandwich Bread
    • Just Two Bagels
    • Mini Chocolate Babka
    • Soft Brown Bread
    • Just-Like-the-Tube Buttery Crescent Rolls
    • Single Scallion Pancake
    • “Limited” Garlic Breadsticks

    With 100+ step-by-step photos for guidance and minimal ingredients, Small-Batch Breads is the perfect housewarming, engagement, graduation, birthday, retirement, or holiday gift for any bread baker. 

    A hand spreads icing on cinnamon rolls in a blue square baking dish containing four rolls; two rolls are frosted. A small bowl of icing is in the upper left corner, and the dish rests on a knitted mat.

    Peek Inside

    Two pages from a cookbook showing a recipe for Irish Soda Bread. The left page shows a loaf of soda bread on parchment paper, while the right page provides ingredients, instructions, and step-by-step photos for making the bread.
    A loaf of chocolate babka sits on a round wire cooling rack. Beside it is a glass bowl with a pastry brush, and a green cloth napkin. A recipe for mini chocolate babka appears on the right side of the image.
    A recipe page for one large soft pretzel, including ingredients, directions, and three instructional photos showing how to shape the dough into a pretzel before baking. The recipe also offers a variation for two smaller pretzels.
    A recipe page for making two bagels from the book Small Batch Bakes. The left side lists ingredients and instructions. The right side has two images of hands shaping dough, a recipe note, and bagel variation ideas.
    A recipe page for four-inch sandwich bread with ingredients and instructions on the left, and four step-by-step photos on the right showing hands preparing and rolling out dough on a floured surface.

    What People Are Saying

    Small-Batch Breads is an accessible and engaging cookbook for beginner and experienced bakers alike. Rebecca Eisenberg explains her techniques well, she includes a wide range of recipes, and her recipes just work every time. But the thing I love most is that this cookbook is so fun to bake from. Highly recommended! — Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author

    Sometimes less is more, even when it comes to bread baking. Rebecca Eisenberg’s Small-Batch Breads is a perfect little book, whether for beginners looking to make great bread at home without fear of wasting flour or for more seasoned bakers looking to downsize their breads without downsizing results. — Andrew Janjigian, head baker at the Wordloaf newsletter and author of The Bread Baker’s Pocket Companion and Breaducation

    I really wish I had this book when I was first learning to make bread. Rebecca's excellent recipes, warm, witty style, and helpful guidance make crafting bakery-worthy loaves, rolls, and sweets approachable and fun. Scaled-down yields make it easier to bake more frequently without waste (though I would happily eat an entire full-size version of her luscious Mini Chocolate Babka — OMG). Whether you're looking to expand your bread-making skills, have limited kitchen space, or want to satisfy your carb cravings as they come without having to commit to a full batch, you need this book! — Gabi Moskowiz, author of Dead in the Kitchen: The Official Grateful Dead Cookbook 

    "Warm, fresh bread is one of life's greatest pleasures. With Small Batch Breads, Rebecca Eisenberg has made bread baking at home more accessible than ever before! Armed with this book + a bag of flour, bakers of all levels can enjoy baking bread at home." — Erin Jeanne McDowell, author of The Book on Pie

    Small-Batch Breads makes learning to bake bread feel so approachable. By starting every recipe with only one cup of flour, Rebecca Eisenberg encourages bakers to experiment and build confidence with the help of beautiful step-by-step photos, thoughtful instructions, and helpful tips throughout. — Kristin “Baker Bettie” Hoffman, author of Baker Bettie’s Better Baking Book

    Rebecca's recipes are always incredibly well tested, science-backed, and super reliable. This book is the most amazing back-pocket guide, both for beginner bakers and those looking to expand their small batch bread repertoire. Plus she uses weight measurements, that's an instant purchase for me. — Erin Clarkson, cloudykitchen.com

    How wonderful to have such an approachable and joyful guide to bread baking. Whether you’re an expert or a novice, Rebecca Eisenberg is the friend you want in the kitchen. Small-Batch Breads is a delight to bake from, to eat from, and to read. — Aubrey Gordon, New York Times bestselling author and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast

    Small-Batch Breads is the cookbook you did not even know your library was missing. With every delicious recipe (think Onion Poppy Seed Bialy, Loaf Pan Focaccia, and Just-Like-the-Tube Buttery Crescent Rolls—yum) calling for only one cup of flour (one cup!), not only is this the perfect book for those overwhelmed by the large quantities of dough most bread recipes produce or for those without freezer space to accommodate all the inevitable leftovers, but it also makes bread baking 100 percent less intimidating (and dare I say easy peasy) when you can do it on a smaller scale—and with the wonderful Rebecca Eisenberg guiding you every step of the way. - Jessie Sheehan, author of Snackable Bakes

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    A woman with glasses and dark hair stands in a kitchen, wearing a black shirt and holding a whisk in her right hand. She faces the camera and smiles slightly. White cabinets and kitchen items are visible in the background.

    About The Author

    Rebecca Eisenberg is a food blogger, recipe developer, and trained pastry chef who founded the popular baking blog The Practical Kitchen in 2019. Her recipes have been featured on BuzzFeed, King Arthur Baking, and The Kitchn. Thanks in part to her viral small-batch bread recipes, she has built a community of devoted social media followers and newsletter readers. She currently lives in Boston with her husband and daughter.

    Four plates with baked pastries, two triangular and two square with jam filling, are arranged on a beige surface. One plate has a fork and a partially eaten pastry. The plates are light blue and pastel green.
    A variety of golden-brown biscuits, some round and some square, are cooling on a black wire rack placed over a green tiled surface.
    A pepperoni pizza on a wooden board with three slices missing; two of the missing slices are on small plates. Nearby are bowls of grated cheese, red pepper flakes, a pizza cutter, napkin, and glasses of water.
    A plate with pieces of flatbread, a bowl of hummus with a knife, sliced yellow bell pepper, halved radishes, and sliced cucumber on a light green tablecloth.
    A loaf of twisted chocolate babka sits on a black cooling rack. In the background, a small bowl with a pastry brush and a folded green cloth are visible on a white surface.
    Breakfast scene with sliced cinnamon swirl bread, sliced peaches, braided bread, butter, honey jar with dipper, knives, and mugs of tea with lemon on a tablecloth with pink stripes.
    A hand spreads icing on cinnamon rolls in a blue square baking dish containing four rolls; two rolls are frosted. A small bowl of icing is in the upper left corner, and the dish rests on a knitted mat.
    Two hands shape a piece of dough into a pretzel on a white surface. The person’s left hand wears a gold ring on the ring finger.
    A table set with English muffins, butter, marmalade, and two glasses of orange juice on a yellow checkered tablecloth. Some muffins are split with spreads, and blue-patterned napkins are beside the plates.
    A plate with two bagels, one topped with smoked salmon and cream cheese, sits next to a cup of tea, a bowl of cream cheese with a knife, and two pretzel buns on a cutting board with a container of coarse salt.
    Round and sliced loaves of bread on a cooling rack and cutting board, with a jar of flour, a small bowl of flour, a jar of jam with a spoon, a loaf pan, and a bread knife on a marble countertop.
    A table with a wooden tray holding a baguette, a sliced roll on a board with butter and jam, and a plate of sliced bread topped with a chopped nut and olive mixture. Knives and a striped towel are nearby.

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