Bread and Rolls

Indulging in a favorite seasonal baking show, I heard about the Butter Swim Biscuit. I did a double take! I like making biscuits but I love eating them. I'd never of making them by swimming them in butter, that just sounded groan worthy. The chef explained what they were and we got a glimpse of how to make it. Not very hard to do make, and bonus, the biscuits soak up the butter they took a swim in.

I restarted my sourdough starter and that left me with a lot of discard. So I baked biscuits.

I love bread and love learning to bake it. In some of my reading the characters talk about Irish Soda bread. So, I decided to try to make some. I tried the Dutch Oven Irish Soda Bread recipe from QuicheMyGrits.com (love the name) which uses a small 3-QT dutch oven.  

One of my favorite magazines and websites is, Bake from Scratch. I love looking at the recipes.  I don't always try them though. Sometimes they feel a bit intimidating. This one, however, seemed very doable, and well, its bread.

A Baking School Easter Bake with Bake From Scratch and Williams-Sonoma.

As an avid fan of the Great British Bake-Off, I've seen a Hot Cross Bun or two, so when it came up in Baking School, I had to try them.

Just in time for St, Patrick's Day, Irish Brown Bread!

My family loves when I make cinnamon rolls, especially during the winter holidays. The recipe that I've used came from an article in RealSimple magazine published the September 2018 Make It Yourself column. That was at the start of my baking journey.  

For those holiday leftover sandwiches I thought I would bake one of my favorite breads, pumpernickel.

Chocolate + Donut = Chocolate Donut Love?
We'll see as I try a chocolate donut mix.

It's pumpkin season, so why not make something to celebrate. I tried a Pumpkin Bread.

I love baking bread. I, however have not yet mastered sourdough...until now, maybe. 

I am still determined to master sourdough bread.  So far I've only gotten one good starter and my bread was good but could be better.

The first of many trials to come...

I really like cinnamon rolls and they are one of the favorite things I bake that my family enjoys.

Have you ever wanted homemade dinner rolls but didn't need a couple of dozen? That was me the other day. Searching cookbooks, Amazon, and of course Google. That's how I came across the recipe for Small Batch Dinner Rolls from the Dessert for Two by Chef Christina Lane, who scales down hundreds of recipes for two.

The challenge: A tasty Keto-Friendly Roll. Is it possible?

Craving a grilled cheese, I found I needed sandwich bread and of course I have discard to do something with, so... I made Sourdough Discard Sandwich Bread.

A few years ago I made a goal of 'mastering' scones. Today, I am still working on it.