Communal Table Bread – My Easiest First Bread Recipe

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If you’re new to bread, you can’t go wrong with this easy, no-knead recipe that I developed for grade schoolers. I had many discussions with my friend Amy Halloran, otherwise known as the Flour Ambassador and queen of pancakes. I loved her down-to-Earth way of using better flour for everyday foods like pancakes, and I wanted to bring that no-fuss perspective to bread. Soon after, I went to a Grain Gathering class at the WSU Bread Lab where a roundtable of bakers from around the country developed similar types of loaves. They were calling their project the Approachable Loaf, … Read more

~Bread Offerings~ December 2024~

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Here’s what’s going on in my kitchen this month: Mama Bread This month’s Mama bread is made with Elwha Spelt from Moon Family Farms. Years ago, I spent an afternoon on this farm and the only way to describe the care and dedication they put into stewarding their land is to tell you that farmer Garrett called me over to the side of one of his many fields to show me an ant hill he’d been watching. He grew up on the farm and knows every inch of the acres and acres like it’s a genuine part of his … Read more

~Bread Offerings~ November 2024~

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Here’s what’s going on in my kitchen this month: Mama Bread This month’s Mama bread is made with Amarillo White Wheat from Camas Country Mill. This is a beautiful whole grain flour that was developed at UC Davis. It has a buttery yellow glow that is reminiscent of durum, but handles more like a traditional wheat bread flour. I found this a very tasty loaf, and if you need one more reason to try it, there are health benefits related to the yellow pigment. This flour has more lutein, which has been linked to eye and heart health. Sesame … Read more

~Bread Offerings~ September 2024~

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Here’s what’s going on in my kitchen this month: Mama Bread This month’s Mama bread is made with Amarillo White Wheat from Camas Country Mill. This is a beautiful whole grain flour that was developed at UC Davis. It has a buttery yellow glow that is reminiscent of durum, but handles more like a traditional wheat bread flour. I found this a very tasty loaf, and if you need one more reason to try it, there are health benefits related to the yellow pigment. This flour has more lutein, which has been linked to eye and heart health. Seedy … Read more

~Bread Offerings~ August 2024~

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Here’s what’s going on in my kitchen this month: Mama Bread This month’s Mama bread is made with High Extraction Appalachian Dirty Blond from Carolina Ground. This is one of my favorite mills in the whole country, and I’ve stocked up, since I’ve been here for the past week. The feel of the dough as I was folding was nothing short of luxurious, and the first time I made this with my nieces, they all kept going to the bowl, lifting the cover, and taking deep whiffs. This flour is a stunner! Sesame Einkorn This has become a staple … Read more

~Bread Offerings~ July 2024~

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Here’s what’s going on in my kitchen this month: Mama Bread This month’s Mama bread is made with High Extraction Appalachian Dirty Blond from Carolina Ground. This is one of my favorite mills in the whole country, and I loved visiting with Jennifer Lapidus when I was in the area visiting family. The feel of the dough as I was folding was nothing short of luxurious, and the first time I made this with my nieces, they all kept going to the bowl, lifting the cover, and taking deep whiffs. This flour is a stunner! Sesame Einkorn This has … Read more

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