Springy bread

Its such a spring that even my breads are springing. I think I’m getting the hang of this baking thingy.

Shoe, it’s bread

There once was a loaf that looked like a shoe. It had so many yeasties, it ddn’t know what to do. It hid in the oven and covered its head, ‘Til its crust was all golden on fluffy white bread.

Woo-hoo! Bread

Wow! Look at the loft in that bread! I finally baked a loaf that rose up in the oven.

The Sourdough is dead

Goodnight, sad yeasties. And flights of bacteria sing you to your rest. I wasn’t using my sourdough starter often enough even before I went to Boskone. It kept drying out or forming hootch. I’ve seen worse science experiments in the fridge, but this one has gone far enough. You don’t want to see it, do […]

Passable Bread

Why are the simplest things hardest to do?

Smiley Bread

There seems to be no end to the wacky shapes my bread takes. This loaf I realized too late was too long to fit on the baking stone, so I bent it. Now it looks like it’s auditioning for an American Express commercial. Enjoy.

Messy fougasse

Considering all the misshapen bread I’ve produced, there’s no way I could go wrong with fougasse. You deliberately misshape the dough when you roll it out. And then you inadvertantly misshape the dough trying to get them onto the paddle when they stick to the board. But look at them. How could you go wrong?

Breadspawn

Did the bread have babies?

Tada! Challah!

Huzzah! I finally made a good challah!

The bread has landed

Yes, yes, yes, another loaf of bread. So what else is new? Well, this one rose very nicely in the oven, with a little dome at the top. And that’s because I could actually tell when it had doubled.