As promised, I’m back with another post, part 2 of my Bread Baking 101 series. Today I’m going to talk about the commonly used ingredients. Since I don’t want to turn this into a mile long post I’m going to divide it in three parts : liquid, salt, sugar and fat today, all about flour…
Baking Bread 101 – Equipment
Before I begin this 4 posts series I want to say I’m not compensated by any of the companies I’m going to refer to, not was I given free products. I’ve never taken bread baking classes or any baking classes. Everything it’s from my own experience. I get a lot of questions about homemade bread. From why mine is not as yellow/white as yours?…
Stollen
A sweet German yeast bread, stollen is packed with rum soaked fruit and marzipan and dusted with powder sugar for a winter look. Yes, another yeast Christmas bread. This time we’re talking a trip to Germany to enjoy a slice of Stollen also known as Weihnachtsstollen or Christstollen. Stollen, in a quick definition, is the yeast version of the American…
Romanian dried fruit swirl bread
A brioche like bread, rich from the butter and eggs with a soft crumb this dried fruit swirl bread baked around the holidays Today’s post is hard to write. I’ve had a couple of attempts but after few short sentences the teary eyes forced me to think of something else. I’m a very emotional person…
Cream cheese dried fruit bread
Sweet, soft and fluffy yeast dried fruit bread made with cream cheese and dusted with powder sugar for Christmas breakfast or brunch When I first had the #25recipestoXmas idea I thought I’d share a week filled with holiday loaves of bread. Nothing wrong with it, right? As the time was approaching I got to a conclusion,…
Pumpkin Eggnog Bread
Soft and light, with a buttery crust and a yellowish color, this pumpkin eggnog bread is a wonderful addition to your Thanksgiving meal. I’ve been baking bread for three years now and I’m so happy to have met so many wonderful bakers who inspire me to try new bread techniques or combos. I’m not going to…
Whole wheat pumpkin challah
Today I have another whole wheat bread for you made with Red Star PLATINUM. I wasn’t lying when I told you I did a ton of baking with the latest Red Star Yeast before I wrote the review on Monday (you still have time to enter the giveaway if you haven’t yet) Just like the…
Pull apart nutella filled pumpkin bread
Soft buttery pull apart pumpkin bread, filled with spoonfuls of Nutella and topped with sugar for a sweet crunchy crust. The bread-tastic week continues with a pull-apart nutella filled pumpkin bread. When i planned this week filled of irresistible yeast baked goodies i thought i had everything under control. But that was before I realized…
Chocolate dulce de leche bread
Chocolate dulce de leche bread – soft, rich chocolate cake-like bread with dulce de leche swirls. An easy dessert for your morning cup of coffee, lunch break or after dinner treat. I’m not a patient person. I almost never try recipes that require baking over 1 hour. (bye bye meringues) It doesn’t matter how long…
Steakhouse Bread
We don’t go often to steakhouse. As vegetarian we need a good excuse to have dinner at Outback or another steakhouse but we do go there when we’re visiting family in South Carolina. My mother in law loves a good steak and there are several local restaurants that we go to every time we visit her. The…
Chickpea Flour Bread
I don’t own a bread machine and don’t see myself using one anytime soon. I think adding everything to a bread machine takes the fun away from seeing how your bread comes to life, starting with the proofing of the yeast, letting it rise, shaping it and finally waiting for the loaf to be baked…
Greek salad rolls
It’s been a week now since the first day of summer and the heat wave is hitting us with all its power. This weekend are supposed to be 102F. Boy, that’s hot! Between painting and dealing with the heat, being in the kitchen, cooking up a storm wasn’t exactly on my list. Light salads were…