Tag Archives: bread-making

Bread Bikes

Before I started this blog I had another blog waayyy back in 2006 or 2007…that’s like light-years ago in Internet time. Anyhow, it was when I was toying with starting a blog, and it was, for a very short time, called The Biking Baker…seeing how I like to bike and bake. I even had thoughtsContinue reading “Bread Bikes”

Ezekiel Bread…my interpretation

I’ve posted recipes for this bread–or variations of it–in the past on numerous occasions, but the two most popular are here and here. Those two posts, in fact, draw the largest amount of visitors to this blog everyday (through search engines, I imagine). Yup, I can carry things on my bike until I’m blue inContinue reading “Ezekiel Bread…my interpretation”

Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#288)…plus some text and a couple recipes

A couple cups of twelve-year-old sourdough starter, which is named  for the date of its spontaneous incarnation…7/99, as in July 1999 (the year that my starter came to life and my marriage fell apart…I’m sure there’s a metaphor here but I’m still too far in denial to recognize it). I resurrected the starter a fewContinue reading “Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#288)…plus some text and a couple recipes”

Whole Wheat Potato Bread with Cheddar and Caramelized Onion

This is a pretty straight-forward recipe and a variation on some I’ve posted previously. Potato and cheddar are classic combination but when you add caramelized onion it gives the bread a truly savory flavor…almost a meal by itself. I made this last week as an accompaniment to black bean-jalapeno hummus (click here for a recipeContinue reading “Whole Wheat Potato Bread with Cheddar and Caramelized Onion”

Four Ingredients…

That’s right…four ingredients, that’s all you need to make really good bread. Anything else is extra. The ingredients I used to make the beautiful loaf pictured above are this: Whole Wheat Flour, Water, Yeast, Kosher Salt. Often I’ll add olive oil or honey to my breads for richness or sweetness, but this loaf is madeContinue reading “Four Ingredients…”

Tomato and Spinach Swirly Two-Toned Sandwich Bread

  This is a simple technique I’ve used for years to give bread a dramatic look when sliced. I made this for our Christmas eve dinner at my sisters house. The way to make it is quite simple: lay two different raw bread doughs on top of each other and roll them up. When itContinue reading “Tomato and Spinach Swirly Two-Toned Sandwich Bread”

Whole Wheat Potato Bread with Beer and Cheddar (recipe & photos)

Here’s another bread experiment I tried today; the outcome, thankfully, was awesome. It’s a variation on the basic whole wheat bread recipe using only 100% whole wheat flour (to read an article with recipe that I wrote for Artvoice magazine explaining the process in detail, click here). The variation with this recipe is that IContinue reading “Whole Wheat Potato Bread with Beer and Cheddar (recipe & photos)”

How to Bake a Really Good Loaf of Whole Wheat Bread

This is a bit of shameless self-promotion on my part…I’ve been trying to get better at this, but being a natural introvert (an INFP or an IFNJ) this is not easy, but I’m trying. Anyhow, this post is actually a link to highlight an article I just published in Artvoice magazine. It’s an article onContinue reading “How to Bake a Really Good Loaf of Whole Wheat Bread”

My Crazy Beet-Bread Experiment

The above image was found here. This post is proof of two things: (1) good and wholesome bread is simple to make, and (2), you can add nearly anything to the dough (within reason, of course) and have truly delicious and unique results. If you’ve been to this blog before you know that I likeContinue reading “My Crazy Beet-Bread Experiment”

Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#247)…and a recipe

A canvas book bag containing, among other things, books, pens, mechanical pencils, and a day planner (and yes, you can see by the wetness of the bag that it was raining–my least favorite element to ride in–tomorrow it is supposed to be snow again).A loaf of whole wheat bread. It’s the first time I actuallyContinue reading “Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#247)…and a recipe”

Honey-Sweet Potato Bread (recipe & photos)

I made this bread for our Thanksgiving dinner yesterday…it’s simple to make, subtly sweet, the dough is soft, and it is delicious. It’s basically like making any other bread, or more specifically like making a rich potato bread. First you peel, dice, and boil the sweet potato, reserving the cooking liquid because that will beContinue reading “Honey-Sweet Potato Bread (recipe & photos)”

They’re Not All Perfect…

…but they’re still really good. What I mean by this is that even when you have homemade “bread problems” the result is usually going to be better than something you’d buy at the supermarket. The above loaves are good examples of this. While I was preparing to make tomato sauce today I decided to purgeContinue reading “They’re Not All Perfect…”

Beautiful Rustic Bread Made with Just Four Ingredients and a Few Simple Steps

If you’ve been to this blog before you know that I am a proponent of making your own bread. Contrary to common misconception it is neither difficult or time consuming…it basically makes itself, you simply combine the ingredients and guide it along. This is the most basic recipe using the most minimal ingredients…and it’s becauseContinue reading “Beautiful Rustic Bread Made with Just Four Ingredients and a Few Simple Steps”

Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#231)…and a quick recipe

  A plastic crate containing three loaves of bread made with four ingredients: flour, water, salt, and yeast. Simple Rustic Loaf Makes 1 loaf 1 ¼ cups water 3 teaspoons yeast 1 cup whole wheat flour 2 cups unbleached bread flour, divided 2 teaspoons kosher salt Combine the water, yeast and whole wheat flour; stirContinue reading “Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#231)…and a quick recipe”

Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#224, #225, #226)…and a healthy bread recipe made with 100% whole wheat flour

  #224 (top photo)…Another bike. I was doing work on my winter bike (the Mule) and was having difficulty removing the crank and bottom bracket. It was already mostly taken apart and un-ridable (sp?) and I had to take it to the local bike shop for some professional advice (i.e, help). I could have, ofContinue reading “Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#224, #225, #226)…and a healthy bread recipe made with 100% whole wheat flour”

Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#221)…and a recipe

A freshly baked loaf of challah bread. Here’s a simple and delicious recipe. Challah Bread Makes 1 loaf 1/3 cup water                1/3 cup milk   1 package active dry yeast   1 tablespoon sugar   3 cups bread flour     2 large eggs   3 tablespoon melted butter   2 teaspoons kosher salt   1 tablespoon cornmeal   1 lightly beatenContinue reading “Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#221)…and a recipe”

Wild Rice Bread with Honey and Olive Oil…and a couple flatbreads, too.

  For those of you who’ve been to this blog before you know that I enjoy baking bread as much as I enjoy riding bikes. And that over the past few years I’ve really gotten into baking breads with whole grains and beans.Well a couple weeks ago the people at Goose Valley Farms sent meContinue reading “Wild Rice Bread with Honey and Olive Oil…and a couple flatbreads, too.”

Brown Rice Bread Recipe

This is yet another example and variation of how you can add healthy ingredients to bread to make them not only more nutritious but also have a longer shelf life. Unless you are using a natural leaven (sourdough starter) homemade breads can go stale pretty quickly. But with the addition of beans and grains theContinue reading “Brown Rice Bread Recipe”

Sweet Potato Sandwich Bread Recipe with Photos

This is a variation of classic potato bread…the difference is that I substituted sweet potatoes for the white potatoes, used olive oil instead of butter, honey instead of sugar, and incorporated some whole wheat flour to give it a little flavor and texture. I’ve made this bread in the past (or at least some variationContinue reading “Sweet Potato Sandwich Bread Recipe with Photos”