I'm about to start my basic white bread recipe in my bread machine but want to add something (besides garlic or cheddar) to change up the flavor. Any suggestions?...
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i've been baking challah for a few weeks after not having baked bread regularly for a couple of decades, and i have some questions. how do you get a chewy, pully texture, like the amy's bread challah? mine is very...
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I'm a pretty comfortable cook, but yeast makes me nervous. I've started making my own pizza dough lately, and it's going ok. I have been dreaming about the no knead bread since I first read Bittman's column, and now, this...
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Unfortunately, I frequently don't think to make up some yeast bread or rolls until I'm down to only a couple of hours before dinner. I know I used to have some good recipes for rolls and single-rise yeast breads, but...
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This would be a sacrifice either way! Potatoes are definitely a key element in my ususal food consumption, but I could never give up eating bread! The thought of never having warm yeast rolls, banana bread or peanut butter spread...
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After many failed attempts at bread baking, I decided to make focaccia for Christmas dinner, well being careless self I let my water cool down too much before adding the yeast, and didnt realize it until too late. I decided...
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I have lurked in the no knead bread sidelines and now I am going in coach. Last night I started a no knead bread. Since it's cold outside and bread is good, who wants to join me and check this...
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i just made my first loaf of the no knead bread that mark bittman wrote about in the times. it looks utterly amazing, smells like heaven, and i can't wait to cut into it! who here has tried it, and...
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I'm trying a new recipe tonight for beer bread. Needless to say, my hubby is super-excited. The recipe calls for one bottle of beer, but is completely unspecific as to what kind. What beers have you used in the past...
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last january i thought i'd try to make my own sourdough starter and nurtured a mother starter out of organic grapes. i fed it every week and was turning out 2 loaves of really nice bread every sunday for my...
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