I bought a box of fresh local apricots the other day and I wanted to use them up, along with one overly-ripe lonely banana. Wouldn’t a nice loaf of whole wheat sweet bread would do the trick! So, I googled, and would you believe most of the apricot/banana bread recipes use “dried” apricots. These were [...]
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Breadman Bread Machine is Finally Dying
Well I wrote about this previously, how my Breadman bread machine just stops working when I’m loaded up and ready to make dough. I’ve now learned to check if it’s working first before I add my ingredients to the bucket. Mike has tried fixing it several times. He has to manually turn the paddles or [...]
100% Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread (with Dark Chocolate, Nuts & Sunflower Seeds)
I got two larger zucchini squash this week in my CSA share and I decided to try baking a zucchini bread. To add a little extra flavor & nutrition, I tossed in wheat germ, dark chocolate, walnuts and sunflower seeds too. Yum! DH is not a fan of zucchini, and he even thought it tasted [...]
First Bread Dough Kneaded By Hand
INSPIRATION from the Kitchen Bootcamp – this month’s challenge is yeast breads. I tried to think outside the box and try something new…very timely since I think my wonderful (and old) bread machine died this morning. I don’t know if it’s recoverable, we’ll see if DH can fix it. The ingredients were in the machine [...]
Whole Wheat Rye Sunflower Caraway Bread
I found a great “cooking challenge group” called Kitchen Bootcamp. The challenge this month is yeast bread, so I’m trying to bake out of my comfort zone. It’s tough because when I bake bread (twice a week), I just don’t have the time to experiment with new techniques, but when I realized my loaf pan [...]
Mixing Bread Dough in Food Processor – Best Bread Ever Book
(For Kitchen Bootcamp. The challenge this month is yeast bread) I found a copy of the book “The Best Bread Ever: Great Homemade Bread Using your Food Processor” at the library. I was intrigued because he introduced a technique for mixing bread dough in a food processor. The book is currently out of print (it [...]
100% Whole Grain No-Knead Bread Retry
When will I learn? Hahaha. I just don’t seem to be meshing with the no-knead bread craze! Whenever I try, it always seems like more work to me, and always makes me feel intimidated by the sticky flimsy dough! Very frustrating. But I keep trying. I’m sure this will not be my last attempt, especially [...]
A Bread A Day
I found the most interesting fun blog yesterday. A Bread A Day The author set a goal to bake one bread per day for a year (except Sundays) and she blogged about her journey. There is so much to read, and I haven’t even scratched the surface, but I am looking forward to learning from [...]
Crumb & Crust Troubleshooting
Sometimes my bread comes out pretty good, and sometimes it has small issues. For instance, my oatmeal bread from yesterday. The first slice looked and tasted fine…but then this morning, when I sliced a few more servings, I noticed the crumb was a little too crumbly and the crust was coming unattached. I have had [...]
Transitional Whole Wheat Oatmeal Bread Recipe
My DH asked me if next time, I could make a “whiter” bread for him, so this “transitional” bread recipe is for my wonderful dear husband. Even though it’s not 100% whole grain, it still offers a good amount of fiber! Inspired by the Oatmeal Bread recipe found on King Arthur Flour’s web site.
