My second challenge for the Fresh From the Oven Bread Baking Group was something I had seen in Richard Bertinet’s book: Soup Bowls made of bread dough. He had the idea after getting an indian takeaway and thinking how unappetising it looked in the plastic trays. Corry of Bake it Off has taken Richard’s recipe […]
October 15, 2009
George is off poorly today and we are stuck in the house, so it seemed a good day to post about hot chewy bagels. I adapted this recipe from a BBC one. It’s a good thing to make on a rainy afternoon and makes you feel very accomplished when they come out of the oven. […]
September 28, 2009
I have recently joined a group called ‘Fresh From the Oven’ which is a monthly bread baking group. In essence the group has a monthly challenge to all bake their version of a given bready recipe. This months challenge was curry stuffed buns. I made them really early in the month and have been desperate to post this […]
August 2, 2009
George requested a chocolatey cake, so I made some triple choc brownies. These are based on Jamie Oliver’s ’15’ recipe and are very gooey, rich and good as a dessert. Just to balance it out I made some no knead bread and a marmalade tea loaf too. That’s us set up with baked goods for […]
June 25, 2009
Our local bakery “The Loaf” at Crich has a website, a blog and also uses Twitter. They make the most fantastic bread and cakes so I call in whenever I can. I am always interested to know what their specials are so I suggested that they Twitter them on a regular basis. This seems to be […]
June 3, 2009
If you would like a really easy bread recipe that needs no kneading check out my version of the NYT recipe that is featured in this months Fabulous Places Blog. I find this works best for me if I make the dough just before the school run (around 3.30pm) then do the first dough slooshing when I […]
October 28, 2009
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