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Multigrain Sandwich Bread

Multigrain Sandwich Bread - America's Test Kitchen recipe

I haven’t made a sandwich loaf in a long time, and I rarely do whole grain breads lately either (mostly just cause my family prefers white, and it’s not a battle I’ve chosen to fight them on the nutrient content of bread). But I donated 2 lots of 6 loaves of bread, made to order, to my kids’ school fundraiser, and one of the winning families requested 3 of the 6 loaves be whole grain sandwich…

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The meeting of streams

The meeting of streams

I am a little behind in my updates for #24in2019, but only because I’ve been spending my time baking, not blogging!

Today’s installment was made a few weeks ago, but I’m really excited to tell you about it. I learned about this bread from Brother Peter Reinhart’s book “Brother Juniper’s Bread Book: Slow Rise as Method and Metaphor,” but took the recipe from his other book, “Wholegrain Breads:…

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Country crumb loaf

This was an interesting recipe I came across in a book called Brother Juniper’s Bread Book: Slow Rise As Method and Metaphor by Br. Peter Reinhart. The recipe is very similar to a basic French loaf but for the addition of one ingredient: two cups of dry bread crumbs. They can be of any type, which gives the ability to play with flavors while leaving the recipe itself untouched.

I admit that I…

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#24in2019, No. 1: Vasilopita

New year, new bread!

I had never heard of this bread before a few weeks ago, when I googled “traditional New Year’s bread.” I have all these recipes for things like King Cake or variations on Christmas or Epiphany/Three Kings Day traditions, but I wanted something specifically for the new year, and preferably unrelated to religion.

Vasilopita is a traditional Greek new year’s bake, according to…

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So here's the deal

So here’s the deal

I love to bake. Like, LOVE to bake. If I thought I could make a living at it, I would quit my PhD program and go to culinary school for bread and pastry. But from what I understand, it’s not exactly a lucrative career path, and I have a family to support.*  So I have to find a way to fulfill my passion, challenge myself, and refine my skills, and since I recently re-watched Julie and Julia, I…

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