Our passion is great bread!
These Spelt Rye Loaves with Cranberries and Walnuts are my take on the bread of the month (BOM) for the Artisan Bread Bakers FB Group. The BOM version, which is adapted from one of Jeffrey Hammelman’s breads, includes raisins and hazelnuts. I didn’t have any hazelnuts so I used walnuts. I enjoy the combination of cranberries and walnuts together in bread so I substituted craisins
It all started a few weeks ago, when Carola, one of my virtual bread-baking buddies, posted a photo of her Santa Bread. It was so cute, I had to try it. Fast forward several weeks and several Santa’s later. That’s how many times I’ve made Santa Bread. I used the same recipe for the first two attempts, but on the third attempt, I decided the
Be it ever so humble, there’s no bread like home milled whole wheat. Several weeks ago, Golden Wheat Farms sent me a sample of hard red winter winter wheat berries. I milled the grains into flour and planned to use the flour right away, but I couldn’t decide what bread to make. I wanted to use it in something special. I usually freeze home-milled flour
The Back to the Future, Buddies revisited Cuban Bread this month. Carola, the hostess of the group, called it Speedy Gonzalez Bread because you can make it in about 2 hours (from mixing the dough to taking it out of the oven). I thought that name was very appropriate. Since I’ve made Cuban Bread before and this version is made with spelt, I decided my
I’ve been working on this Gluten Free Buckwheat Quinoa Loaf all month. This is the fifth rendition, and I believe it’s finally ready for primetime. I have a relative who recently went gluten-free. She hosted Thanksgiving Dinner for our extended family last weekend. I worked all month to get this recipe down so I could bring her some gluten-free bread. My relative is not wheat
