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Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s Hardcover – July 25, 2023

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A decade-by-decade cookbook that highlights the best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from the 20th century

Friends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats of yesteryear.

Travel back in time on a delicious decade-by-decade jaunt as Dylan shows you how to bake vintage forgotten greats. With a big pinch of fun and a full cup of humor, you’ll be baking everything from Chocolate Potato Cake from the 1910s to Avocado Pie from the 1960s.

Dylan has baked hundreds of recipes from countless antique cookbooks and selected only the best for this bakebook, sharing the shining stars from each decade. And because some of the recipes Dylan shares on his wildly popular social media channels are spectacular failures, he’s thrown in a few of the most disastrously strange recipes for you to try if you dare.

A few of Dylan’s favorites that are going to have you licking your lips and begging for more include:
● 1900s Cornflake Macaroons
● 1910s ANZAC Biscuits
● 1930s Peanut Butter Bread
● 1940s Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake
● 1950s Tomato Soup Cake
● 1970s Potato Chip Cookies

Baking Yesteryear contains 101 expertly curated recipes that will take you on a delicious journey through the past. With a larger-than-life personality and comedic puns galore, baking with Dylan never gets old. We’ll leave that to the recipes.
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B. Dylan Hollis is a social media personality who has tasked himself with baking and tasting unusual recipes from bygone years. Born and raised on the island of Bermuda, he later attended college at the University of Wyoming to further a career as a jazz pianist and arranger. He stumbled into both baking and social media fame at once in 2020, when quarantine boredom led him to film an investigation of an old cookbook he had collected from an estate sale. Hundreds of recipes later, Dylan now entertains millions across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram with his unique style and fast jokes.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DK (July 25, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0744080045
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0744080049
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.86 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 1.03 x 10 inches
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B. Dylan Hollis is a social media personality who has tasked himself with baking and tasting unusual recipes from bygone years. Born and raised on the island of Bermuda, he later attended college at the University of Wyoming to further a career as a jazz pianist and arranger. He stumbled into both baking and social media fame at once in 2020, when quarantine boredom led him to film an investigation of an old cookbook he had collected from an estate sale. Hundreds of recipes later, Dylan now entertains millions across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram with his unique style and fast jokes.

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Great Recipes With Even Better Commentary!
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Great Recipes With Even Better Commentary!
If you're new to B. Dylan Hollis then you need to know the concept of the cookbook. These are recipes that have dated back to the 1900's that Dylan has brought back to the mainstream of social media. Don't expect to find "original recipes" by Dylan, but rather a journey to some of the finest recipes of the past that have been brought back to life. That being said, I've been wanting this cookbook since it first came out!-B. Dylan Hollis, I just read it cover to cover & was not disappointed! Not only are the recipes great but your one of a kind commentary really adds finesse to Baking Yesteryear. Huge fan & hope to see another cookbook from you in the future.*While names of recipes have been shown, in the photos I've included with this review, and one could simply Google search a recipe by name; please note that some these recipes have been "fine tuned" by B. Dylan Hollis. Therefore, a Google search will not always proved one with the exact recipe one would get from Baking Yesteryear. Yet, should you find yourself using the Internet to look these recipes up anyway, you definitely won't get an enjoyable read & not as many laughs. I highly recommend just purchasing it; Amazon does sell used copies, purchased mine for $6.04 & it looks, feels & smells brand-new. Yes, I smell baked goods & books too. If you know, you know. 📚🍰😉 Happy Baking!
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Snacky
5.0 out of 5 stars Does Right What It Says On the Cover!
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
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This book was a small gift for my girlfriend. Let's talk about it!
As a whole, you'll find interesting recipes that you may have never heard of before, going from the early 1900s all the way up to the 80s. They're even sectioned out by which era they came from! Beyond that there are 3 additional sections. "Dates" which is not a section of date-night-worthy baked goods, but instead focuses on recipes with, well, dates! Then there's the no-bake section, fairly self explanatory, and a lovely section to peruse if you, like me, are a gibbering oaf in the kitchen. Lastly is "The Worst of the Worst." Let's be real here, grandma and grandpa came from a time where food felonies were abundant. As was Jello and mayonnaise. And these are portrayed with the idea that, yes, even the author of the book knows they will be terrible.

All of these recipes have a small, insightful blurb preceding them, in every single section, and they are well-written, witty, and very enjoyable to thumb through, even if you have zero plans to make a single thing from this book.
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Autumn
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing recipes and a very enjoyable read!
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024
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Super tasty food, easy and simple to make and i dont fall asleep reading them. Even if youre not a baker you should get this book. Everyone should get it, its great! Im looking forward to him making another one with more amazing recipes. i feel silly for not buying the book sooner, i kept thinking "why bother, i dont bake much anymore unless theres some event" but with this book i want to bake just for the sake of baking, or just to see if some of these recipes actually work, and they do, and they taste way better than youd think. Its made baking fun for me again. Buy it! Do it now
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Rachel S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating recipes!
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
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What a great book! So many interesting recipes, it's like a window into the past. These recipes are classics and, thankfully, simple to make. A great gift for a baker!
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Ben
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent recipes with simple instructions
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2024
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I normally don’t bake or cook very often but the recipe’s in this book are intriguing enough to want to make without being absurdly complicated or hidden behind twelve pages of backstory, just a funny one or two at most paragraph introduction that’s never boring.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great cookbook
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024
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Being a Facebook fan of Dylan and seeing him make recipes from this cookbook made me want to purchase it. I’m enjoying reading the book and trying recipes for myself. A fun purchase.
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Laura
5.0 out of 5 stars Dylan tested hundreds of recipes!
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024
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I didn't keep this book, it ended up being a gift. But I did read it (it can read like an actual book) and enjoyed reading all the recipes. I love that Dylan included a chapter on recipes so bad you shouldn't attempt it, since Dylan already did. So happy he got it into print and it's selling well!
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Elizabeth O
5.0 out of 5 stars Very nostalgic!
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024
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Beautiful cookbook full of nostalgic recipes and humor. Loved the pictures!! I had already bought one for myself and this was a gift for my dear friend who showed me my first Dylan Hollis video. His humor carries through into this obvious labor of love. Highly recommended.
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Arcus
5.0 out of 5 stars Actually a fun read.
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2024
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The author presents these crazy wonderful and sometimes truly awful recipes with a great since of humor, and the photos are very well done. Brought back some memories of my mother and her willingness to try some truly crazy things. Tomato soup or sausage cake being two of my faves.
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Elis
5.0 out of 5 stars I just loved it
Reviewed in Mexico on October 24, 2023
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It is a good easy reading book!

Nice recipes
Nice photos!
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Jagtar Singh
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome baking book - it's like reading a TikTok!!
Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2023
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If you know B. Dylan Hollis, then you know what this book is all about. If you don't know B. Dylan Hollis, I'll wait while you go watch a few of his videos.

Seriously, go watch. I'll still be here.

Now that you're back, you see what I mean. He's a great presenter and character and his quirky nature comes though delightfully in written form. I haven't even baked any of the recipes in the book yet; I'm just so engrossed with his writing and the incredible artwork on the pages.

I do wish that Dylan had arranged the recipes inside the decades in order of easiest to hardest, because that would allow me to focus on those recipes which are within my skills, but that's no deal breaker.

Can't wait for his follow-up in a few years. I hope he challenges himself and his readers with something completely different though. Like international foods maybe?? I have to wonder what it would be like if Dylan and James May ever got together in a kitchen -- I'm sure some massive hilarity would ensue.
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Alick
3.0 out of 5 stars Expected too much
Reviewed in Belgium on March 13, 2024
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Being a fan of the related YouTube site I found the book a bit of a disappointment
Nothing wrong with the book apart from the chapter on dates, I feel I just expected too much
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Lucy Saints
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fantastic
Reviewed in the Netherlands on February 24, 2024
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I love history and love cooking, so this was a no-brainer to buy.
All the recipes are clrear with extra information if needed.
A great book!
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Amazon Kunde
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceeding already high expectations
Reviewed in Germany on February 5, 2024
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The reason for my purchase were the YouTube short and videos on Dylan's channel. My friend, who is a huge fan, really wanted the book and therefore it made the perfect Christmas gift.
I expected the book to be a well produced recipe collection, instead it is a gorgeous collectors item which doubles as a recipe collection.
There is so much personality seamlessly incorporated in between the baking instructions, in form of fantastic pictures, a overall cohesive design and, my favourite, context and jokes preluding most recipes themselves.
When I brought this book I didn't expect it to carry over the charm and personality of the original videos, but, and this can't be overstated, it does!
When it comes to the value as a recipe book, I enjoy the way the recipes are in oder of Timeperiode in the front as well as listed in an alphabetic index in the back.
All measurements are given in cup sizes as well as gramm/liter, which is simply great.
Since this was a gift, I could not yet test out any recipes in person, but the book found a home were it is lovingly on display and I'm sure I get invited to sample a cake soon. Haha.
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