Archive for May, 2009

May 29 2009

Brioche: a quasi-fail (#bba)

Published by Paul under BBA Challenge, Yeast Breads

Sometimes you think you’re doing the right thing but it turns out you’re not.
This was one of those times.
Although, in reality, it’s a small problem and nothing that can’t be resolved by EATING THE EVIDENCE. Still, it would have been nice to get it a little closer to “right”. Woe is me. Let me tell [...]

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May 19 2009

#BBA Challenge No. 3: Bagels, redux

Published by Paul under BBA Challenge, Yeast Breads

Here we go, The Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge #3: Reinhart’s Bagels.
Since I’ve got a pattern going so far, let’s keep at it: Step-By-Step snaps of the whole process. And I’ll try to keep this going until, well, until I don’t. I have to say it’s not exactly the easiest thing to set up a small photo studio [...]

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May 16 2009

Artos: #BBA Challenge Bread No. 2

Recipe number two in the The Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge series is “Artos: Greek Celebration Breads“. In the preamble, Peter Reinhart tells how this is a holiday and festival bread that cover multiple variations.
The basic recipe is easily turned into “Christpsomos”, a Christmas loaf, by the simple additions of raisins, cranberries and walnuts or into “Lambropsomo”, an Easter loaf, [...]

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May 10 2009

Anadama Two Two – #BBA

Published by Paul under Yeast Breads

Since the first loaf in The Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge, blogged recently, was such a success, I decided that I’d give the recipe another go and this time keep track of the process with step-by-step pics.
It again proved to be a rather simple, straight forward loaf with little in the way of “tricky bits”. It does [...]

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May 09 2009

#BBA Challenge: basic schedule

Published by Paul under BBA Challenge

For those interested in following along with the rough dates for each bread bake in The Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge, here’s a table of the breads and their approximate due dates. This doesn’t account for time off for holidays and , you know, life. It’s simply a first look based on the rough draft of [...]

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