Category: Baking

Pain Au Lait Buns

Saw someplace, read some recipes, made it more friendly....

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

There are a million of these recipes around. I learned this one somewhere but tweaked it. In the movie The Contender they talked about using dried cherries instead of raisins. I’m a fan....

True Hydration

Sourdough geeks will tell you the hydration percentage of their dough. This is the percentage of water to flour. Typically a dough that uses 400 grams of water and 600 grams of flour would be called a 67% hydration dough. 400 / 600 = 66.6667. However, being geeky, I...

Seeded Sourdough

Poked around a bit and came up with this from other ideas. This is my go-to sourdough with some seeds added for crunch and flavor. Pictures soon....

Making Self-Rising Flour

I buy all-purpose flour. By adding vital wheat gluten I can make bread flour. Today a recipe my wife wanted to make called for self-rising flour, so I had to go look up how to make it. In short it’s a cup (120 grams) of flour and 6 grams...