This is the last bread in the sourdough section of the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Book. I will be a little sad to say goodbye to the sourdoughs. Baking them has been a new and thrilling experience for me. I must admit, sunflower seed bread did not really sound like a loaf you want to go out [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sourdough’
#35. Confessions of a Bulk Food Store Snacker and Sunflower Seed Bread.
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge, tagged Bread, Sourdough, Starter, Sunflower Seeds on March 24, 2010 | 6 Comments »
#34. Memories of Open Window Bakery
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge, tagged Bread, Pumpernickle, Rye, Sourdough, Starter on March 17, 2010 | 11 Comments »
The 34th bread in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge is Pumpernickel Bread. I just love saying “Pumpernickel”. The word always makes me smile . It makes me remember Saturday night dinners when I was growing up. We would have sliced Pumpernickel Bread from Open Window Bakery (in Toronto), creamed cottage cheese and several different types of smoked [...]
#33. Poilâne-Style Miche
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge, tagged Bread, Miche, Poilâne, Salt, Sourdough, Starter, Toast on March 10, 2010 | 7 Comments »
This week in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge we tackle Poilâine-Style Miche. When it comes to artisan bread, the name Poilâine is synonomous with excellence. Bread freaks from all over the world travel to Paris to purchase bread from the Poilâne family. Pierre Poilâne started a baking business in 1932 in Paris, creating bread using stone-ground [...]
32. 100% Sourdough Rye
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge, tagged Caraway, Rye, Sourdough, Toast on February 21, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE SHOUTING ONLINE YOU TYPE ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS. How do you whisper online? I need to know because what I’m about to say should be whispered. “I loved this bread!” I am whispering it because I am afraid I may be drummed out of the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge. Most of my [...]
#30. Basic Sourdough Bread – My Bread Bat Mitzvah
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge, tagged Bread, Bread Bat Mitzvah, Dried fruit, Sourdough on February 12, 2010 | 17 Comments »
There is a right of passage in the Jewish religion known as a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. When a young boy turns 13 he has a Bar Mitzvah and we say “Today you are a man.” For girls the age is 12 and it is called a Bat Mitzvah (we mature faster!). I feel that making [...]