The Saturday Night Baker

It's been over a month since my last post and although I took a brief hiatus from blogging after

I find sourdough a fascinating topic of study. But it hasn't always been so. When I first tried

Yah! I'm all done with the Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge. Last January as I contemplated

This bread was my final bread to make in the Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge! And it was a

Not including the two "extra" recipes embedded in the final grace note, the Whole-Wheat

I don't hate all breads made with rye. After making the 100% Sourdough Rye, I honestly didn't

Panettone is a celebration bread rooted in the culture of Italy. My first exposure to panettone was a

If you think that picture looks good then you'll be happy to know it tasted even better! This

What a cool name for a bread! This bread's only flaw is that it called for rye flower in the

This recipe was delightful. I'm not sure what happened but despite having difficulty while

Although it's a festive bread, there's no law against making stollen in September. Hey,

I told my sister that I was going to title this entry "I hate rye flour" but decided later

Since Swedish Rye requires a sourdough barm, I'm not sure why Peter didn't include it on his

Since this bread was used in the pose on Peter's book, Rachel suggested I pose as Fumie,

I've been feeding my sourdough regularly every three days but since I usually only make bread on

This last weekend I decided to give the basic sourdough another go. However I was not going to rely

This is my second go at this recipe and both times were very successful. In my first attempt I used a

I started the Sunflower Seed Rye at the same time as the Basic Sourdough Bread attempt but the

After blogging about the first couple days of my sourdough starter, I kinda lost track of time and

Several years ago, when I first started baking bread for my family, I started with a recipe from the

Only 15 recipes to go in the Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge, 9 of which call for sourdough

Fortunately when I made the Poolish Baguette attempt I saved enough of the sifted wheat bran to use

The Italian Bread recipe is very similar to the French Bread recipe except it uses a biga instead of

I've decided to try my hand at The Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge. The challenge consists

This is my second time making Portuguese Sweet Bread from Peter's book. The dough has a fun

'Tis the season to slap some hamburgers on the grill and enjoy the weather. I'm not sure if

No, poolish is not a misspelling of Polish. Instead it's "poolish", as in "made

Just hearing the name of this bread made me excited to bake it. Pugliese (pronounced "poul yay

Pain à l'Ancienne is probably one of my favorite breads from Peter's book. The reason

The Vienna bread recipe is an enriched bread, calling for one egg. The recipe was simple and I