There are so many great tips and recipes in The Thrifty Baker, I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in low cost delicious recipes that utilise what you have on hand and easy to make. I can't wait to test out the Chai Butternut Cake and the Chocolate Hazelnut Cream Pie recipes, yum! They sound amazing and look easy for any skill level. Love the cover and design of this book, it has really nice fonts and layout inside.

This lovely baking book presents 65 recipes for the novice to the advanced baker, with detailed instructions and excellent photos. The front matter includes tips for specific techniques and ingredients, so is unintimidating for the beginner. Ms. Dossou’s focus on affordable bakes is unique — each recipe estimates the cost per serving and she also covers using leftovers, and minimizing waste and cooking time to cut down on cost. She shares tips for amping up flavor and creating nutritious bakes that don’t cost a fortune.

The recipes themselves deliver— they are mouthwatering, and I look forward to making many more of them.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Some great recipes in here
I expected it to be a little bit more on the cheaper ingredients side
Lots of recipes still had an abundance of ingredients and that's not what I was expecting
Maybe I was wrong...

Hermine Dossou presents 65 recipes in this delightful cookbook. The Thrifty Baker is organized to provide maximum accessibility. The recipes are well-organized and neatly written. Each recipe is coded by total time, baking time, servings, and frugality of recipe per serving, and all of this is right below the title! Unlike most online recipes, you won't be scrolling through an entire autobiography just to get to the list of ingredients. I really enjoyed this cookbook, and will definitely be looking for a copy once it hits shelves.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me an eARC to read in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Although many of the recipes sound interesting, the publisher took minimal time to prepare the book for American bakers. There are far better books out there.

Paging thru this beautiful book with so many tantalising recipes had me salivating and wanting more. The presentation and clear explanations would make it a worthy addition to a cookbook collection

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to purchasing it for myself as well as a Christmas gift.

I absolutely love the concept of this book, especially in the current economic climate. The book is packed with great tips to save on costs of the ingredients and cooking time/electricity etc. The stuffed bun recipe looks like a fantastic way to enjoy leftovers and I am looking forward to trying them! Fantastic addition to any bakers bookshelf.

I have looked through many cookbooks from Great British Bakeoff contestants and this is another excellent one. There are some great recipes, useful tips, and plenty of pictures to make you want to try them all.

The Thrifty Baker is a cookbook with 65 delightful recipes by Hermine Dossou, who was on The Great British Bake Off in 2023. It focuses on budget baking, which is a godsend for so many people struggling with the cost of groceries these days!

There are recipes here for breads, tea cakes, cookies, pastries and tarts, and a variety of other desserts. I love that she includes prep time, baking time (per batch), and general cost category each recipe is in. Many recipes also have additional tips included.

I love the fact that Hermine includes so many gluten-free recipes. It would have been nice for there to be a separate place that these were listed, as they're interspersed through the book. However, they are all listed under 'gluten free' in the index, so they are easy enough to find if that is what you are looking for.

Overall, great variety of recipes, even quite a few that are gluten-free that look amazing, and beautiful pictures to showcase everything. Definite winner!

Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to review this eARC in exchange for my honest review on the book!

When I stumbled across Hermine Dossou's cookbook, I was excited and immediately intrigued. Too often, baking can be cost prohibitive to those working to hone their skills and try new recipes, so I appreciated that Dossou focused on keeping costs low AND using ingredients that are readily available in most grocery stores.

Upon first read, I appreciated the introduction and her personal history with inexpensive baking as well as the helpful tips on additional ways to cut costs without losing flavor. The accompanying pictures to walk through the basic processes are a good guide for both amateur and seasoned bakers. I am particularly looking forward to trying the French-style macarons and also the white chocolate and raspberry curd tart for larger events.

Additionally, I appreciated that each recipe is coded by total time, baking time, servings, and frugality of recipe per serving--and RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE! In too many other cookbooks or recipes, I have to search for the total time needed and number of servings, and for a busy baker and individual, it can be frustrating. So, thank you for including that information right at the top under the title of each recipe. The extra tips and additional ways to be thrifty are also simple and to the point allowing each baker to customize and fit their needs as necessary.

I can already tell that Dossou's cookbook will be well-used in my home, and I look forward to gifting it to other bakers once it is officially released and published.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me an eARC to read, review, and test out -- all reviews and thoughts are my own.

Delicious recipes for bread, cakes for tea, biscuits & cookies, pastries & tarts, desserts and special occasions. The ingredients are in grams, ounces and cups, which is very handy, and there are many pictures so that you see what it looks like. I always like that; because seeing a dish helps me decide whether it looks like something I’d like to eat. There are several gluten-free recipes but unfortunately not many without sugar. Of course you’d expect sugar as a staple ingredient when you bake, but I would love a cook book that had recipes without the use of refined sugar. How revolutionary that would be! But this definitely is a good cook book in its own right.
I received and reviewed an advanced copy of this book and I am grateful for this opportunity. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I LOVE THIS! Baking doesn’t *need* to be expensive. Delicious pastries and confections can be made on a budget and Hermine has proved that.

The equipment and ingredients section is so helpful, even for someone who’s been baking for years. Having the recipes in grams, ounces, AND cups is a huge help. I’ve always hated when people just show ingredients in grams. The instructions are also very easy to follow.

It also helps that the recipes look so good and aren’t overly complicated. I can’t wait to test some of these recipes out on my family.

Did not know the writer. Amazing photos and easy to follow recipes, mainly sweets. Tried out two cakes.Highly recommended.

Synopsis (from Netgalley, the provider of the book for me to review.)
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The Thrifty Baker presents 65 delicious, affordable and impressive recipes, complete with gluten-free options, plus advice, tips and hacks covering many areas of shopping, baking and cooking. Filled with clever ideas and useful features, the book is written with realism and empathy that comes from the heart, from a lived experience. It isn’t just a book of great recipes, but an essential manual for anyone baking today.

A great little book that can get you into affordable eats – lots of ideas on how to wow on a budget and the ubiquitous GLUTEN FREE is here as well … sigh. 99% of the world must have turned coeliac overnight. I wish that there was less talk and more recipes, but that is me and there is no way personally that I could make these items for under 65 cents unless I bought my staples 500 pounds at a time...it reminds me of my grandmother's recipes that call for "2 cents worth of baking powder", "10 cents worth of flour"! #shortbutsweetreviews

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of The Thrifty Baker.

This was one of the best cookbooks about baking I've ever seen.

I didn't know the author was on The Great British Bake Off in 2023 but after reading the recipes, I'm not surprised she wrote a cookbook because she's awesome and so are her recipes!

First, her recipes are easy to follow that contain ingredients you can find anywhere.

Second, the photos are so beautiful! They even came through on my cell phone.

Third, her recipes are uniquely original! I've never heard of sardine soda bread before. I love sardines and soda bread so I'm going to give this a try.

Usually, I just drool over the photos but The Thrifty Baker was one of the few cookbooks I've read this year that had creative recipes I'd never heard of that made me want to try making.

The author not only wowed the judges on The Great British Bake-Off, she's wowed me too!

Wonderful book for any baker, and me, who barely bake!

Loved everything about this. Opened with really helpful advice. Gorgeous recipes. Beautiful pictures. Give her a show of her own please!

I remember Hermine from The Great British Bake Off and remember loving her bakes so was delighted to be able to review her book. As expected wonderful recipes to follow with thrifty tips along the way. I'm always on the look out for baking recipes to support the baking stalls at various village events and this book certainly contains a few inspirations.

I love the French inspiration too and having mastered Madeleines recently will be trying her Orange and Brown Butter ones over the weekend along with Palets Bretons and Speculoos, family favourites when in France. Not all the recipes are sweet though as there is a Bread section and one on Pies and Tarts with sweet and savour. Plus, there is a comprehensive introduction with sections on equipment, ingredients and techniques, all perfect for a refresher or for a less experienced baker, or even a novice. As with all baking books there will be some recipes the reader will have certainly seen and maybe baked before but there are enough new ideas. Stunning colour photographs accompany some of the recipes for further inspiration.

Bake and enjoy

Great recipe book with astonishing pictures! All the recipes were simple and delicious. Also really affordable. Personally have liked the cinnamon rolls recipe and will try it out.
What i really liked that in the beginning of the book some tipps for the baking, ingredients and all the tools were given.

Would really like to have it as a hardcopy.

This was an absolute pleasure to look through! I’ve read many cookbooks, and this stood out as having DELICIOUS, yet simple and affordable bakes page after page. I found myself bookmarking every page, each recipe just as delicious and tempting (if not more) than the one before. There’s a mouthwatering photo of every single recipe featured, which I love! It means you know what you’re aiming for. There’s something for absolutely everyone in here, from the beginner baker, to the more practised, from something simple, to the more elaborate and adventurous. There are top tips, clear step by step instructions, and a fabulous intro to each recipe in the book. There’s even thrifty money saving tips for each recipe, as well as an early chapter in the book.
My only wish is that I had a physical hard copy, as this is definitely a cook book I want on my shelf. Would wholeheartedly recommend.
Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion, White Lion Publishing and Netgalley for an eARC of this book to read and review.