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★★☆☆☆
Disappointing but has potential
This was my first air fryer cookbook, and I hope any others I buy will be better than this. While all of the recipes are portioned for two people (which is perfect for my household), many of the recipes use ingredients in a way that would be wasteful (for example, 2 tablespoons of apple pie filling -- I'm not going to open a can of apple pie filling to use 2 T and throw away the rest!). Many of the recipes seem incomplete; I don't know if that was a problem from converting the print version to Kindle, or all editions have this issue. But for example, a good recipe book will, if a pan is required, state at the beginning what size pan is best and how to prepare it. This book NEVER states what size pan to use or how to prepare it. Instead, towards the end, the instructions will say to pour the batter into the prepared pan. Obviously, food will cook much differently in a smaller pan than a larger pan, so knowing the recommended pan size is critical to successful air fry the food. At least one recipe says to cut out four circles of dough, but then you only use two. What are the other two for? The instructions often say to spray the food with olive oil, but nowhere in the text does it say why olive oil, or if other oils can be substituted, or explains whether you should buy an oil spritzer or if the aerosolized oil is OK. Some instructions say to put a parchment liner in the fryer basket, but nowhere in the book does it state whether the liner should only cover the bottom or should extend up the sides. There is a helpful chart at the back with cooking times and temperatures for many foods that is probably the best feature of the cookbook. This book has the potential to be good, but the finished product is not. I hope this was just an oversight of the author/editor/layout person, and that an updated version will be released to fix the oversights.
February 2019 · Kindle Store
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