Category: Baking

Bread Flour

There are lots of different types of flour. I don’t have unlimited space. And it’s fairly easy to make higher-protein bread flour if you have all purpose flour and a high-protein flour, sometimes called vital wheat gluten. I use Bob’s Red Mill Vital Wheat Gluten because I can readily...

Individual Chicken Pot Pies

I was browsing around Marshall’s — i.e. staying out of the way — when I ran across these miniature pie tins — about 5″ across rim-edge to rim-edge, ~3″ on the bottom. Wife loves chicken pot pie but always finds them too large, so I thought I’d try it....

Potato Bread

The original version of this is awful — so wet it climbs right up your mixer and into the motor. Not ideal....

Bagels

I haven’t had a lot of luck making bagels, but finally got it right. Bread flour is key. If you don’t have any make your own....