Bread

This is the second batch of bread using my new flour mill. This one rose much better. I added some vitamin c and used a bit more white flour. It's hard to imagine how much better it tastes with the fresh flour. I used several kinds of flour as well as sunflower seeds.

Baking Day

If you are going to spend a few hours waiting for bread to rise you might as well wait for more than one kind while you are at it. I made two that I have tried previously and liked, Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls and Hazelnut Current Boule. I also tried an Onion Rye bread which I actually started two days ago. Some of these breads require some dedication and planning. I haven't tasted the rye yet but I must say, the house smells divine.

Bread

I love baking bread (in case you hadn't guessed). This is Hazelnut-Currant Boule from Home Baking by Alford and Duguid.
I have made several recipes from this book and they were all good. We really loved their Tourtiere (meat pie) and the Pugliese Sponge Bread. It is another must-have cookbook.

Treasures

I got this excellent cookbook in the mail a couple of days ago. Every recipe has a story to go with it about where the authors found it and learned how to make it. There are breads from all over the world. I have tried Sichuan Pepper bread with peanut sauce and it was excellent. My son, who lived on this kind of bread when he first went to China, said it tasted quite authentic.


In the same vein, I have wanted one of these bread pans for ages ever since I started baking my own bread. They are as rare as hen's teeth. Today I found two of them in the thrift shop in Winkler. I bought one but the other was still sitting there when I left if there is anyone out there who wants one. I'll be trying it out tomorrow.