Category Archives: baking

Seven-Grain Whole Wheat Bread

If you’ve visited this blog before then you know that I enjoy baking bread. After years of doing so it is rare that the loaves do not turn out really good, but some are better than others. Then there are the instances where everything is aligned just right–the temperature of the dough, grains cooked justContinue reading “Seven-Grain Whole Wheat Bread”

29 Hour Whole Wheat Bread

 This is a method I use for making bread when I want to control the bread process and not let it dictate my life for the day…using a refrigerator to retard the dough can stretch the bread making process up to 3 days. This is a method of baking professional bakers use…controlling the temperature ofContinue reading “29 Hour Whole Wheat Bread”

Ezekiel Bread

“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself.”—Ezekiel 4:9 (NIV)  (If you are coming upon this post via a search engine you can find an updated version of this recipe here.) This is by far one of my mostContinue reading “Ezekiel Bread”

33% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread

For those who are regular readers of this blog you know that I like to bake my own bread…at home and at my workplace. And over the years I’ve slowly gravitated towards whole wheat and whole grain breads, for both health and flavor. Well, making my teenage son’s school lunches on whole grained bread doesn’tContinue reading “33% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread”

Multi-Grain Pizza and Two Loaves of Bread

If you are a regular reader of this blog you know two things about me. One is that I like to ride bikes, and the other is that I like to bake and eat homemade bread…a lot. I eat some sort of bread product at almost every meal and have not purchased a loaf inContinue reading “Multi-Grain Pizza and Two Loaves of Bread”

Twenty Loaves of Two-Breads-in-One

Here’s variation of a festive bread I often make around the holidays. It’s really just a basic butter-and-egg bread dough recipe with the addition of other flavoring/coloring ingredients. In this case I mad one dough with the addition of roast red pepper puree and cheddar cheese, and another dough with the addition of spinach pestoContinue reading “Twenty Loaves of Two-Breads-in-One”

More Experiments in Whole Wheat

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time you know by now that I like to bake bread…often. You also probably know that I have slowly shifted to baking all 100% whole wheat breads…they taste so healthy. The techniques I’ve been playing with, and the one’s that have greatly improved the quality ofContinue reading “More Experiments in Whole Wheat”

Two Pugs, a Bicycle, and Some Really Good Bread

If I were a rich guy (which I’m not) and if I could afford to have a business that didn’t turn a profit (which I can’t) I’d start a little bakery and deliver bread by bike…like many businesses did prior to the auto. Yup, that’s my pipe dream (ok…it’s one of many pipe dreams…always beenContinue reading “Two Pugs, a Bicycle, and Some Really Good Bread”

Old Faithful

This past week I resurrected my sourdough starter…I’ve had it in hibernation (i.e. refrigeration) for the past few months during the cold months. The starter on the right (7/99) is the oldest of them…7/99 stands for July 1999. After a few feedings it came back to life strong as ever. I made a traditional PullmanContinue reading “Old Faithful”

100% Whole Wheat Bread

For those of you who are regular readers of this blog you know that I enjoy making bread…and that I’m an open advocate of incorporating homemade bread into you’re everyday life…it is not difficult or laborious (it’s quite the opposite, actually…it’s rewarding). I’ve also been attempting to make healthier breads these last few years (wholeContinue reading “100% Whole Wheat Bread”

Ezekiel Bread

(If you are coming upon this post via a search engine you can find an updated version of this recipe here.) I eat a lot of bread; I always have. I eat bread virtually with every meal, and thus I feel that I am living proof that bread does not make a person fat. IContinue reading “Ezekiel Bread”

Autumnal Food and My First Snowy Ride on the Mundo

Bread For Thanksgiving Dinner I am truly blessed in that I have three lovely sisters who give me the day off on Thanksgiving. The only things that I am required to do are bring freshly baked bread and carve the bird. I know that my younger sister likes roast red pepper bread, so I usuallyContinue reading “Autumnal Food and My First Snowy Ride on the Mundo”