Our passion is great bread!
I decided to focus on sourdough this month and so did the Mellow Bakers. The first bread on the list for December is a Sourdough Seed Bread. This is a naturally leavened bread. It is made with a liquid levain, and a flaxseed soaker. The flax seeds provide taste, color and nutrition and toasted sunflower and sesame seeds provide a nutty flavor. I used my
Another year, another loaf of bread… BYOB has moved and is now hosted by Carola of Sweet and That’s it. The BYOB Bakers have spent the past year baking and sharing bread together. It’s been a great ride! We have one more roundup at the end of this month to showcase our Holiday breads. Then our BYOB 2011 journey will come to a
This is my first attempt at making Ezekiel Bread. I’ve been wanting to make this bread for several months. I met a couple of bread vendors at the local farmer’s market this past summer and one of the vendors was selling Ezekiel bread. I got the mixture of grains to make it from Jerry at freshlymilledbreads.com and it has been on my list of bread
My youngest son was home from college over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. He really likes Potato Leek Soup so I promised him I would make some while he was home. Eating turkey several days in a row can get old so it was nice to have something different. Potatoes and leeks make a great combination. Leeks are from the Allium family and are related to
Rolls are very versatile and can be made into a variety of shapes to suit your fancy. I made several different type of rolls for Thanksgiving last year so I decided to make a separate post on how to shape them. I hope you’ll find this information useful. It’s really fun to shape rolls! In the photo tutorial below, you’ll learn how to shape three
