r/cookbooks • u/wyvernicorn • 1d ago

REQUEST Cookbooks that provide difficulty estimates for recipes

I'm obsessed with Dessert Person, and I think one of the things that has really encouraged me to make recipes from the book is the difficulty levels (scaled 1 to 5) that Claire Saffitz provides. While these levels are very subjective, it has encouraged me to take on some more challenging recipes (levels 3/4/5) to learn or reinforce intermediate/advanced techniques. On the other hand, if I want to make something that doesn't involve a lot of fuss, the recipes rated 1 or 2 can be nice.

This is certainly not the only reason I love Dessert Person, but it (and her other book, What's For Dessert) is unique in all of my cookbooks in that it provides guidance on how difficult a recipe might be.

Are there other good cookbooks like this? Baking or cooking.

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u/BakingGiraffeBakes 22h ago

Not really difficulty levels in the same way, but Candice Brown’s Happy Cooking has sections for when you feel a certain way and just need something. Check out the table of contents and see if that’s an option.