Archive for the ‘baking’ Category

Failure: German Wasser Brötchen

I tried to make German style breakfast rolls for brunch tomorrow. To put it nicely, I fucked them up. The key ingredient to failure in this case was covering the rolls with cling wrap on their second rise after shaping. The cling wrap pretty much mangled all of …

German Pancake

German Pancake

German Pancake
Real Simple Recipe
Ingredients
3 large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
powdered sugar

Preparation
Heat oven to 400° F.
In a large bowl, whisk the eggs to combine.
Add the flour and whisk until smooth.
Add the milk, salt, and …

Granola Bar Bites

Granola Bar Bites

Granola Bar Bites
Yeild
~64
Ingredients
2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds)
1 cup shredded coconut, loosely packed
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2/3 cup honey
1/4 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 …

Candied Orange and Chocolate Biscotti

Candied Orange and Chocolate Biscotti
Yeild
~24
Ingredients
2 c. all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter at room temperature
2 large eggs

1 c. candied orange peel
1/2 c. chocolate chips

Preparation
Preheat oven to 350F

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper

Sift together flour and baking powder
In another bowl mix …

Bread Pudding

bread pudding

Bread Pudding
Ingredients
4 c. chopped bread
2 c. milk
1 c. cream
3 eggs beaten
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. rasins
1/4 c. pine nuts
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg

Preparation
Place bread crumbs in a bowl and cover with milk and cream
Soak for one hour
Preheat oven to 300
Mix eggs sugar and …

Shaping Bread

Here is a stop motion video of me shaping the buns from the previous post.

No Knead Buns

Buns

No Knead Bread Dough
Ingredients
3 c. lukewarm water (about 100º F)
1 1/2 tbsp yeast
1 1/2 tbsp salt
6 1/2 c. all purpose flour

* for those of us without 1/2 tbsp measures .5 tbsp = 1.5 tsp

Preparation
Mix together all ingredients in a 5 quart container
Let rise at …

Failure: Tuscan Bread

tuscan bread
Pretty… pretty shitty.

I already twittered about my tuscan bread failure so this is a little late. Over the weekend I made my first loaf of bread. I followed the recipe in Bread Bakers Apprentice…

Bacon and Blackberry Muffins

candied bacon

I ran across these candied bacon recipes recently. So I wanted to do something with candied bacon but I don’t have an ice cream maker and the ice cream in a bag method is kind of a pain in the butt. I …