One Tin Bakes Easy

"I love a good sequel. He had One Tin Bakes last year. This is One Tin Bakes Easy , which I think was inspired in part by people being at home so much. The premise is the same. Everything is made in a nine-by-13-inch tray. The recipes are a little more streamlined than the recipes last year. He has a whole chapter on five-ingredient recipes, which is great. And he has included a lot more recipes that are designed to be gluten-free and vegan in this book, which people are always interested in. This is not just swapping stuff. These are recipes specifically designed to be vegan and gluten-free. “Like he says in the intro—easy doesn’t have to be boring” Like he says in the intro—easy doesn’t have to be boring. You’re not looking at this book and going, ‘Oh, no, these are really too simple.’ You look at these and you say, ‘I want to make that’, ‘I could make that’—it’s very accessible. I made this chocolate-dipped honeycomb, which was super easy and fun. It really shows you how much you can do in that style of tin, whether it’s a cake or a bun or scones—his croissant bread pudding looks great. I think that’s also appreciated because bakers in particular feel like they have to have every type of specialty tool—I’m guilty of that myself. But seeing how much can be done in this one tin really can open your eyes. A lot of the equipment needed for these is fairly straightforward. There are some recipes for cookies or cakes that are thrown together in a food processor, which I think is also great. You don’t even need a stand mixer for some of them. And he shot his own photos and they look great. I’m definitely going to hold on to this one."