After a detour in pastry-land, I turned back to Nancy Baggett’s Kneadlessly Simple for an old favorite: beer bread. We had some beer left over from a get-together at our place, so I thought I could sacrifice a bottle to make bread with. The recipe calls for a whole bottle of beer, plus some water. But [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Our Daily Bread: Crusty Beer Bread
Posted in Cooking and Baking, Tom, tagged baking, beer, bread, yeast spotting on May 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Our Daily Bread: Cinnamon Buns
Posted in Cooking and Baking, Tom, tagged baking, Brooklyn, pastries on May 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After weeks and weeks of baking only breads, I decided to branch out into pastries. I was partly inspired by an old can of Love ‘N Bake Schmear Cinnamon Filling that I found in the cupboard. We had bought it in Brooklyn when we visited our old ‘nabe and stocked up on the stuff we [...]
Our Daily Bread: Encephalitis (aka Buttermilk) Bread
Posted in Cooking and Baking, Tom, tagged baking, bread, yeast spotting on May 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I stuck with “Beard On Bread“ this week and made his “Buttermilk White Bread”. I’m calling it “Encephalitis Bread” (no offense to the swollen-headed intended) because it rose so much that the top was gigantic! The crust had bite but was softer than that of other breads I’ve made, and the crumb was pillow soft and very airy. [...]
