Last Saturday we woke up to an expected high temperature of 60F degrees and sunny, blue skies. So we decided to take advantage of the unseasonable weather, put the home renovations on hold, and headed out for a walk and picnic lunch. Fortunately, I had been forced to bake a sourdough bread the night before, so we […]
Category Archives: Breads
BMB: Sourdough Multi-grain Bread
After a long hiatus, I’m finally baking bread again. This is actually the second loaf of the new baking “season” — a Sourdough Multi-grain Bread adapted from a recipe on the King Arthur flour website. This is an easy sourdough recipe since it does not rely on the starter for leavening; in fact, it has as […]
Spotted Dog: Raisin & Caraway Teabread
This is a recipe I got many moons ago from a friend when we lived in Cambridge (that’s Massachusetts, not UK). She called it Irish Soda Bread, so I called it Irish Soda Bread for all these years. Until I started reading about Irish soda bread last year. Evidently real Irish soda bread does not […]
BMB: No-Knead Wild Sourdough Boule
Kate’s first true sourdough loaf — no commercial yeast involved…Yay! Kate is the wild sourdough starter I began on New Year’s Day when I vowed to bake more breads. She’s only 3 months along, but doing well, don’t you think?! This No-Knead Sourdough Boule — still warm from the oven is winging its way to Italy […]