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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This is quite similar to the Pizza Bite recipe but I think I liked this one a touch more, mostly for the bread. I wasn’t a huge fan of the pizza dough from the Bites recipe but the frozen bread dough was pretty tasty. (Is it wrong for me, the...
Ingredients: 2 1/3 cups warm water (about 100°) 1 ½ tbsp. instant yeast ¼ cup honey 4 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted 2 ½ tsp. salt ¼ cup rye flour ½ cup toasted wheat germ 3 cups whole-wheat flour 2 ¾ cups unbleached all-purpose flour Directions: In the bowl of a...
I made these a few weeks ago when we had dinner with some friends. She was in charge of the chili (which was amazing, by the way) and I was in charge of the bread and dessert. I don’t think I gave the rolls enough time to rise (I started...
I searched high and low for a good cheesy garlic biscuit recipe to go with our Cajun chicken pasta tonight (which, again, was heavenly. One of my new favorite foods for sure). I finally came across these at allrecipes.com and decided to give them a try. They were very tasty,...
I first made this bread a few months ago and I really enjoy it. While the American Sandwich bread still holds a special place in my heart (and a weekly spot in my kitchen), this bread is a great one to break up the routine. It is fully with a...