How time flies when you are having fun baking bread. 10 years ago we published our first book, Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, and it’s been an exciting journey ever since. Our publisher took a chance on two unknown authors; a pastry chef and a physician with a crazy idea of how to […]
In the Kindle version, the Stollen recipe omitted two items from the Ingredients list: Those are: 1/2 teaspoon of ground cardamom, and 1 1/2 cups (9 ounces or 255 grams) of mixed dried or candied fruit. The mixture could include raisins (golden or not), dried pineapple, dried apricots, dried cherries, and candied citrus peel, in […]
We’ve had a lovely Autumn here in Minnesota, with warm weather lasting far into October. However, November has brought about a winter chill, and, with it, the desire to head to the kitchen and bake with cinnamon and pumpkin. Often I turn to cinnamon rolls or caramel rolls, but I decided this time around to […]
People often ask us why we only used all-purpose flour (where we called for white flour) in The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. Why not “bread” flour, which is higher in protein and is often considered traditional in bread? Well, not in all traditions. French baguettes, for example, are typically made with […]
‘The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a coverlid here, settling a pillow there, and pausing to look long and tenderly at each unconscious face, to kiss each with lips that mutely blessed, and to pray the fervent prayers which only […]
Easter is right around the corner, and while it is celebrated in different ways by many, one common thread is to involve colorful eggs, either in hunts or baskets or bread. Tsoureki is the traditional bread of Easter in Greece and many other Christian countries. The dough is enriched and then twisted around brightly dyed […]
We add Raisin Walnut Bread 3 cups lukewarm water 1 tablespoon instant or active dry yeast 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 cup whole wheat flour 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (if you use King Arthur or other high protein flours, you may need to add up to a 1/4 cup more water) 1 cup raisins […]
It’s that time again–happy Thanksgiving to our Stateside friends. Below, some links to many favorite Thanksgiving recipes: Thanksgiving Recipes Round Up Thanksgiving short-cut: Refrigerator rise trick for German-style dinner rolls Thanksgiving Pumpkin Brioche Buns with Chocolate Ganache and Whole Wheat Herb Crock-Pot Dinner Rolls–Easy Thanksgiving Baking Soft Thanksgiving Pull Apart Buns Thanksgiving Stuffing
The New Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day is available (click to order)! The book will ship out on November 1 and it will be available in your local stores as well. This project has been a long time in the making. As soon as I got the chance to rework New Artisan Bread, […]
These snuck through in the first printings of The New Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Page 77, second paragraph: The page number for “altus” should reference page 170, not page 33. 337, Milk and Honey Raisin Bread, footnote to Ingredients table: Asterisked footnote should read “If omitting vital wheat gluten, decrease water by 1/2 cup.” […]