Our passion is great bread!
by Rod (Dallas, TX) Many people have (or should have) an aunt Penelope who delights friends and relatives every holiday with one of her many baked goods: Pumpkin Oat Bran Muffins. Penelope’s recipe is a tasty blend of oat bran, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds and traditional pumpkin recipe spices. The orange juice concentrate with its sweet tartness was the deciding ingredient for Penelope’s blue ribbon
The Mellow Bakers have been working on Ciabatta this month. We had three different versions to choose from: Ciabatta with Stiff Biga, Ciabatta with Poolish, or Ciabatta with Olive Oil & Wheat Germ. I decided to make the Ciabatta with Olive Oil & Wheat Germ the day before Christmas Eve so we would have an easy and quick dinner on Christmas Eve. Ciabatta means slipper
Christmas was wonderful this year. I got to spend time with my family and friends and it snowed. It hasn’t snowed in Atlanta on Christmas since 1882. That’s a very rare phenomenon indeed! We enjoyed good food, good bread, good company and a beautiful display of falling snowflakes outside the window. Happy Holidays from The Bread Experience! At family events, more often than not,
The cold and windy weather we’ve had recently made me crave the warmth of comfort food. It just so happens that I needed to use up some vegetables in the refrigerator before they went bad so this meant it was the perfect time to make soup. One of the things I really like about this homemade vegetable soup is that it’s hard to mess it
The Artisan Bread Bakers picked English Muffin Bread as the Bread of the Month. This bread has the texture and flavor of English Muffins, but it’s baked in a loaf pan in the oven instead of on the griddle. This English Muffin Bread is very versatile. It tastes great toasted with butter or jam and makes a delightful grilled cheese sandwich. My youngest son is
