Baking bread at home is one of the most rewarding trends that became a healthier alternative to buying bread at the store. One of the oldest methods that you never hear about is using a Dutch oven, making all of those breads you can imagine baking. Can You Bake Bread In A Cast-Iron Dutch Oven? You can bake bread inside a Dutch oven but are limited to the amount of space … [Read more...]
5 Baking Bread Secrets
Breaking bad habits is part of baking bread, and too often, some cooking tips should never go unnoticed. If you're not too familiar with baking bread, these aren't just bread hacks, since they'll save you a loaf in return... The basic building block of life is bread As our old friend Alan Rickman once mentioned in the movie "Rasputin": A morsel of bread is more precious … [Read more...]
Muffins 101 – Types of Muffins to Baking Basics w/ Recipes
Do you know the muffin man? Don’t bother in this case, he’s on the wrong side of the story. Classically, he’s seen as walking the streets of London hawking his wares, which are a yeast based, disk shaped, and soft bread dish. In fact, the name is a derivation of the French word moufflet meaning soft, and that version was a UK peasant food starting about a thousand years … [Read more...]
No Knead Milk Bread
This is an extremely easy yeast bread that gives fun results to enjoy with a meal, or toasted the next day. It is true no kneading needed, however, it does take time. Yeast breads in general need the time to develop, this is no different. We do put it through a rise and then a proof stage, totaling a couple hours. As the chef’s adage goes; good food takes time. However, in … [Read more...]
Beer bread
This is a heavy dark peasant bread, sort of a mock rye bread. You could push it closer to rye if you want to add caraway seeds to it. It has a coarser texture, in part because of being a single rise, and a high percentage of whole wheat flour. The coloration comes from the things you see in eastern European breads; cocoa, coffee, and of course beer. To make it quicker there … [Read more...]
Whole Wheat Pullman Loaf
Pullman pans are just fun to use, and they make for a pretty impressive loaf when you bring one to the table. The pan is nearly twice as long as a normal pan, slightly narrower with taller very straight sides. It makes great sandwich bread and toast with the nice uniform shape. You can also get a lid for it, making Texas Toast, or any squared off bread you want. Using a lid … [Read more...]
Focaccia Bread
Focaccia is probably the most forgiving bread to make, and therefore great starting point if you are new to yeast baking. The texture will be slightly coarse by its nature, so if your kneading isn’t perfect or whatever, it likely won’t matter. One of the keys to this bread’s deliciousness is olive oil. It gives the crust an incredible crispness and rich flavors. It comes … [Read more...]
Finnish Sweet Bread
The wonderful aroma of this bread being toasted carries a wealth of memories of Christmas. As a young teenager learning from Mummu (a Finnish term of endearment for grandma, great grandma in this case) how to grind the cardamom seed with the back of a spoon in a wooden bowl, then building the dough and bread; these are all part of the tapestry of family cooking … [Read more...]