I absolutely love bread. I love eating it, I love baking it. And for some reason I love punching down the risen dough. It’s an excellent stress-reliever. Ciabatta has been on my list of things to make for a long, long time. Then, a couple of months ago I pulled out my flour-covered copy of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘bread’
February 8, 2010
Buttermilk Cheddar Biscuits
These biscuits were a eggcellent (ha. I’m so clever) addition to a simple Sunday morning breakfast. They come together very quickly have a deliciously simple taste with a wonderful, fluffy yet slightly crusty texture. Buttermilk Cheddar Biscuits print this recipes Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 1/2 [...]
September 17, 2009
Soft Pretzels
One of my earliest vivid memories is shopping with my mom at our dinky little mall (now a small strip mall) when I was 4 or 5 years old. I loved going to this mall with her- partly because I learned the art of shopping at an early age (something I’ve already taught to 2-year [...]
September 9, 2009
Garlic Knots
I could write an ode to garlic. But I’m not a very ode-writing kind of girl. So making these delightful knots will have to suffice. Ingredients: For the knots: 3 cups bread flour 1/4 cup milk 1 tablespoon sugar 2 teaspoons instant yeast 1-1/4 teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup + 2 tablespoons [...]
August 17, 2009
Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
I’ve been looking for a 100% whole grain pizza crust for quite some time. I love, love, LOVE this crust, and I’ve often made it w/ half wheat bread flour & half white, but the 100% wheat version was bleh. When I saw this recipe, I saved it immediately and it did not disappoint. My only [...]
August 16, 2009
Oatmeal Sandwich Bread
I really enjoy making bread (which you can probably tell, as that seems to dominate my blog most of the time). However, I’ve grown to prefer wheat breads over white breads which usually require a pre-ferment process, thus requiring some advance planning. A few days ago I was really wanting to make some bread right [...]
August 4, 2009
Light wheat bread
This bread is one of my favorites for a few reasons. It’s delicious, of course, but also I find that my favorite wheat breads require a soaker or pre-ferment to be made the day prior and I usually don’t think ahead enough to make that! This one fits the bill nicely in that it can [...]
August 3, 2009
Multigrain bread
A few months ago my mom bought me Peter Reinhart’sThe Bread Baker’s Apprentice as a gift. I’d been borrowing it repeatedly from the library (then accidentally on purpose, forgetting to return it on time). Finally, when the library started calling my house to tell me that other people were waiting for this book, I decided [...]
February 8, 2009
Quick Focaccia Bread
When I was planning out the menu last weekend for when our friends came for dinner I knew I wanted to make a bread to go with the pasta. I debated between a focaccia and ciabatta bread. After looking through numerous recipes I decided on this one because it was fast. I knew with everything [...]
January 12, 2009
Bagels
I’m a huge bagel fanatic but it never occurred to me to make them myself until I started going through ideas for my 25 in ’09 list (which, incidentally, I’m still working on and welcome new ideas). I was so excited for this to be the first thing I cross off my ’09 list and [...]
