Roasted Beets

Have I mentioned that websites that are virtually unusable because of the ads and popups annoy me? Well, they do. I am unashamedly stealing this, with adaptations, from one of those. Roasted beets are great if you want to pickle them. Can you guess what recipe I’ll be posting...

Salt, Water, Yeast, Flour

Sourdough breads are all pretty much just salt, water, yeast/starter, and flour. Sometimes I need to increase or decrease the total amount but keep the ratios the same. I had a spreadsheet for this but decided to make it a web-form to have available and some others might find...

Pasta

I’ve been playing around making my own pasta at home. I’m not competent enough to do the counter-top flour with a well of eggs in the center — I “cheat” and use a stand mixer....

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...