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Jane's Sweets & Baking Journal focuses on homemade baked goods and sweets of all kinds; anything that falls into the category of the "baking and pastry arts." Recipes are included in most posts, as are many links to blogs and websites on related topics; books on baking are also highlighted in sidebars. Includes food photos and "recipe process photos."
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Recent Posts Tagged With 'bread'
May 30
I grew up in a household where bread, however abundant, was not typically served as an everyday accompaniment to dinner. Rolls were presented with special meals, but that was about it.When I got married, though, my husband always liked having bread o (read full article)
artisan bread, bread, Italian Bread, yeast bread
May 28
"Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread. Without it, it's flat." -- Carmen Macrae, (1820-1994) jazz singer and pianistIn culinary school, this short spring semester, I'm taking an artisan breads class. Kind of a crash course, it's ten weeks wor (read full article)
artisan bread, artisan breads class, bread, liquid sourdough starter, sourdough bread, sourdough starter, yeast bread
Mar 31
When I first decided to make challah, I thought of it simply as a beautifully braided, golden loaf of bread. To me, it was a baking challenge that I wanted to conquer--just one among many other such baking challenges. Of course, not being Jewish (yea (read full article)
bread, breakfast breads, challah, egg bread, yeast bread
Mar 19
Despite the fact that I have been immersed, every week since the start of January, in the making of a wide variety of yeast doughs in school, I still feel some of the old familiar hesitancy and trepidation as a home-baker when faced with a new yeas (read full article)
bread, breakfast breads, cinnamon raisin bread, Raisin Bread, yeast bread
Jan 04
Do you by chance happen to have a kid in high school who's on a sports team? Like maybe a swimmer? Well, I do. My older son, Charlie, is on his high school swim team, and any evening prior to a day with a scheduled swim meet, he always requests that (read full article)
bread, Focaccia, herb and olive oil focaccia, Nick Malgieri, yeast bread
Oct 03
Sometimes it's hard to decide just what to put into a recipe, especially an inherently flexible recipe like a quick-bread. There are so many choices. It can be a wee bit scary--that terrifying cornucopia of options. But other times, on days you're (read full article)
bread, cherries, dried cherries, pear bread, pears, quick bread
Sep 04
Chocolate bread pudding wasn't really on my agenda this week, one might say it just happened. And what a happening it was.Of course, for typical American-style bread pudding you need typical American bread, and, typically, that means white. In my hou (read full article)
bittersweet chocolate, bread, bread pudding, Chocolate, Retro Desserts, sandwich bread, white bread, yeast bread
Aug 29
You may recall, as I've mentioned it once or twice in the past, that I'm not much of a yeast baker at all. My confidence level with any sort of baked goods requiring yeast has always been slightly below sea level. This is a little odd, seeing that my (read full article)
baguette, bread, French Bread, yeast bread