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Bread Batter

It’s mesmerizing, isn’t it?  Can you imagine what’s being whipped around in the mixer?  Pancake batter?  Icing for a cake?  Nope.  Bread dough.  This is the ultra-high hydration olive oil brioche from the book Tartine Bread.  I mixed this up

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Bread and Horror

Last night I whipped up two batches of cranberry walnut brioche.  I used ten eggs and one pound of butter.  Hey, nobody said this was health food.  But I contend that because it doesn’t use any unpronounceable ingredients, it is

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No Grubs Here!

I think some people may have been put off by my last post.  I can assure you that there are no maggots or grubs in this posting.  It is squirm free!* The cranberry walnut brioche is selling like…well, I’d say

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Feast!

Ecce panem nostrum quotidianum! Picture 1035 Picture 1033 This brioche is as rich as it looks, flaky and with just enough sweetness.  I was worried the cranberries and walnuts would leach out odd colors into the dough but it turned

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New Breads

Last night I made two new breads.  First was the potato rosemary.  It came out prettier than I expected.  I would show you a picture here… …but I don’t have my camera.  Imagine, my children. Second was a brioche base

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Kitchen Marathon

With family in town, I was freed up yesterday to do some serious cooking and baking while Baby Harbat was entertained by her uncle and auntie.  On the bread front, I worked on a sourdough boule, which came out pretty

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