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Bread Challenge 14: All hail focaccia

A couple of weeks ago, everyone else was baking focaccia and I was out of town. But I finally got around to finding the multiple hours necessary for the rising, stretching, folding, and other steps necessary to create some lovely Italian flat-bread. I’d say that this is probably the closest I’ve come to the promises [...]

Posted 25 April 2011 Adam § , , § Comments (2)

Bread Challenge 12: But what is bread without fruit and nuts?

Cranberry Pecan bread. Grumble grumble. Are we going to make every combination of fruit and nuts suspended in dough? Grumble. I really wish I could have been looking more forward to this bread, but it just didn’t happen. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to make it through another attempt to lodge [...]

Posted 20 March 2011 Adam § , , § Comments (3)

Bread Challenge #11: Corny bread

It’s been a week since I made Reinhart’s cornbread, but due to happy busyness I haven’t had a chance to write up a post on it yet. So let’s remedy that. And I’ll say first: I love cornbread. I don’t know if it’s actually bread, but it’s definitely one of the greatest ideas in southern [...]

Posted 20 March 2011 Adam § , , § Comments (1)

Bread Challenge #9: Cinnamon Raisin Walnut Bread

Mmm. Cinammon Raisin Walnut Bread. Actually I’ve never had this kind of bread. And I’m not really sure I approve of all this stuffing bread full of things. Why can’t we just settle for flour, yeast, water, and such? I like putting things on top of bread, or between slices of bread. Must we really [...]

Posted 07 March 2011 Adam § , , § Comments (3)

Bread Challenge #7: Ciabatta

A week or two ago in a galaxy far, far away, I made some Ciabatta for the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge over at A Ku Indeed. I was really looking forward to it because it was our first really high-hydration bread. I would have considered the dough hopelessly unmanageable just a couple of months ago. [...]

Posted 04 March 2011 Adam § , , § Comments (1)

Bread Challenge #6: Challah, the awesome bread

It’s been a while since I’ve had time to update the blog with the latest in bread-baking progress, but with Spring Break finally coming up at school, I’ve finally been able to string together a couple of hours to write about what I’ve done. It’s too bad it’s been so long, though, because I’ve had [...]

Posted 02 March 2011 Adam § , , § Comments (0)

Bread Challenge Week 3: Bagels!

I’m pretty excited about writing this update in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice challenge, because for once everything went perfectly! I baked some really tasty bagels, and didn’t run into any roadblocks along the way. I was pretty surprised, because there are some really bad bagels out there in the world, so I figured there must [...]

Posted 22 January 2011 Adam § , , § Comments (11)

Bread Challenge Week 2: Artos (Greek Celebration Bread)

For the second week of the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge, 2011, we’re all baking Greek Celebration bread. The original recipe is just a boule (round loaf) with a glaze, but I think we’re all being pulled in by the slightly more complicated “Christopsomos” version with fruit and nuts and a crazy decorative finished product. At [...]

Posted 15 January 2011 Adam § , , § Comments (12)

The Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge

I’m excited to announce that I’m going to be taking part in a big experiment this year: the so-called Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge (BBAC). My friend (and co-author of Ethics for Dummies) Chris decided to host one over at his blog, A Ku Indeed. When he initially invited me, I thought it would be a [...]

Posted 08 January 2011 Adam § , , § Comments (0)