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Yeast Breads
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A recent Cook’s Illustrated featured a recipe for focaccia. It sounded great and I want to try it eventually, but it’s one of those bread recipes that requires a long standing time for the initial flour/water/yeast mixture (biga). As much as we love homemade bread, it tends to be a last minute thing around here [...]
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Published on September 18, 2010
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We don’t go there often, but yesterday Fuzz and I spent the entire late-afternoon at the mall. Fuzz has a piano recital tonight and needed a dress, shoes and something for her hair. After a few very successful hours (clothes shopping for an 8 year old girl is much more fun than it is for [...]
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Published on May 28, 2010
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After last week’s confidence boosting batch of pretzels, I decided to try making bagels. With inspiration from an Emeril recipe which didn’t require special bread flour or pre-planning (e.g. making a sponge that has to sit for a day), I made the bagels with a few minor changes. I halved the recipe, increased the …
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Published on February 1, 2010
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I’m not good at making yeast breads and pretzels are no exception. They’ve always been difficult for me because the dough is usually very sticky and shaping the pretzels has been messy and exasperating. Thanks to Clara at Clara Bakes, those days are over! Inspired by her pictures and experience, I decided …
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Published on January 17, 2010
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We were maxed out on sweets today, so I decided to make a batch of focaccia. I can’t think of any yeast bread that I don’t like, but focaccia is one I really love because it’s different everywhere you go and it’s fun to see how other people make it. This version, which I found [...]
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Published on September 4, 2009
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The New York Times No-Knead Bread recipe worked! So far, I’ve made one loaf and there’s another on the way. Thanks to Jaden for her detailed directions, Karenfor inspiring me with her description of the bread and her addition of lemon and rosemary. And mostly, Bittman and Lahey for sharing the recipe. The bread …
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Published on January 2, 2009
