Something about that wide open crumb structure set my bread-loving taste buds aflame with exultation. I recently purchased: Earlier this week we posted about our house cured and smoked bacon, which got me thinking… Doesn’t Zen offer a bacon and potato ciabatta-like loaf as a part of their bread selection? Yes, yes they do, and… Continue reading Bacon Infused Ciabatta
Category: Bread
Sweet Potato Buttermilk Dinner Rolls
I first saw these rolls posted them on her blog a few months ago. They are an adaptation of the Williams Sonoma’s potato rolls that I have seen on other blogs recently. I bookmarked them even though I didn’t think I would make them because husband does not like sweet potatoes. I find this annoying… Continue reading Sweet Potato Buttermilk Dinner Rolls
Pane Rustica Recipe
From the title you have probably already assumed that this bread recipe requires no particular baking skills or equipment. I have made this Italian Bread many times with great success. There is no kneading, no bread machine, no mixer – just flour, water, yeast, salt and little elbow grease for mixing. Here is what you’ll… Continue reading Pane Rustica Recipe
The Trick to an Amazing Crostini
Are you popular? Good looking? Affable? Adored and looked up to by your peers? Brilliant? All of the above? I know, I know, life is hard (and we have SO much in common). If you possess any or all of the aforementioned qualities, and/or your house is located conveniently in the path of your friends’… Continue reading The Trick to an Amazing Crostini
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
These cinnamon rolls were made during our recent battle brioche that my husband has been posting about this week. How do you have brioche dough in the house and not make some cinnamon rolls or sticky buns? The answer is you don’t. I used the winning brioche dough. However, I made the rolls following the… Continue reading Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Making Brioche
I had the opportunity last weekend to finally commit the time required to try out all of their takes on a classic French bread: brioche. I followed their brioche recipes and methods exactly as outlined (except where noted) and then compared the results. In this the first installment, I will discuss a unique brioche recipe.… Continue reading Making Brioche
Amazing Bavarian Soft Pretzel Recipe
I think this is because it is rare to be able to get bread, even from a bakery, that is as good as bread that you eat straight out of your own oven. Bread and cheese is a match made in heaven. I decided to make some Bavarian soft pretzels and cover them with Gruyere… Continue reading Amazing Bavarian Soft Pretzel Recipe
A Trick about Bread
Bread doughs develop plenty of gluten if properly kneaded and in appropriate flour to water ratios. Missing the additional water from a dry(er) butter will do little to no damage whatsoever. While the additional butterfat will coat some of the flour molecules and prevent them from stringing together, the difference will be modest at most.… Continue reading A Trick about Bread
A Tale of Competition
I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone to the new blog! Thankfully, the planets aligned in such a way yesterday that our little blog got a free advert on a popular blog. and now I’m watching the referrer clicks piling in. It is in this spirit that I have decided to announce this… Continue reading A Tale of Competition