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 2023~

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Hello bread and grain friends, Not much to say these days. We’re making our way through an atmospheric flood, which means lots and lots of rain. I mean, we’re drenched. I had never even heard this term until a few years ago, but each season seems to come with more new terms like this. That’s just the times we were born into. I’m ready to light the Hanukkah candles, and my family will make the house celebratory with trees and villages and nice smelling decorations. It will feel fun and festive for a while, even though the world is … Read more

~Bread Offerings~ November 2023~

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Hello bread and grain friends, I don’t have much to say these days. I’m deep in grief about the state of the world. I have feelings being dredged up from a deep well inside me, and yet there are no words to make sense of it right now. These are the times I find myself in the kitchen the most. Of course, I’m constantly thinking of my family in Israel, and also my friends, especially the bakers I’ve visited. I went to visit Hagay Ben Yahuda when I was there in 2018 and he invited me to spend time … Read more

~Bread Offerings~ October 2023~

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Hello bread and grain friends, Are you baking your way through early Fall like I am? With school starting again, I’ve been thinking through two bread questions: 1.) What’s the best sandwich bread? And 2.) How can I get more whole grains into our busy lives (football practice and play rehearsals almost never line up!) Unfortunately, the first question almost never lines up with the second, and my favorite whole grain breads do not please my teens as a sandwich supply. The Approachable Loaf to the rescue! If you don’t know about this project, read about it here. I … Read more

~Bread Offerings~ September 2023~

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Hello bread and grain friends, The kids are back in school, and we’re in a new era because my son just started high school (and varsity football!), while my oldest is entering their senior year. We’re beginning the search for colleges and all the stuff that comes along with sending a kid off to start the process of adulting. That said, I’m also hunkering down into the autumn season and baking a lot of bread again after the heat of summer. Not that I ever stop baking entirely, but my breads are getting cozier, like a heavy warm blanket … Read more

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