My interest in baking was kicked off by watching the Great British Bake Off. I love Paul Hollywood. His beginner book was the first baking book I read and his basic recipes were the first I tried. This isn’t from that book, but it’s pretty simple, and delicious. I’d never heard of maneesh before I […]
This type of bread is one my wife’s favorites. A hearty loaf with lots of oats, grains and seeds. It’s also part whole wheat, so all in all it has a lot of fiber and is healthier and diet friendlyish.. for bread anyway.
Everyone loves buttermilk biscuits. When you churn your own butter at home… ..you end up with lots of buttermilk. What better way to use it than buttermilk biscuits?! Well, possibly buttermilk scones, but today I made the biscuits. Put it all together and you get..
The classic sandwich bread, or “white bread” loaf. Perfect to try out a new butter recipe on. This recipe is based on Julia Child’s recipe, which I first saw via the blog Dinner With Julie. It’s the perfect blank slate bread to try out an butter you are making on, it’s a nice vehicle, but
The pincer method is one of the key techniques from Flour Water Salt Yeast. It’s quite simple, and pretty much just what it sounds like. You just put your hand around / on top of the dough you are working and squeeze your thumb and forefinger together to cut the dough. I usually do this