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It’s Day #27 in the BBA Challenge and we’re making Portuguese Sweet Bread, is made from flavorful, enriched dough that reminds me of baking Holiday cookies because of the citrus flavorings. This dough is so flavorful, I wanted to make cookies out of it instead of bread. It uses some of the same flavorings that my favorite Holiday sugar cookie recipe uses, but it’s an enriched yeast
This week, I’m featuring two Holiday Pumpkin Breads made with the Healthy Bread in Five Minutes Pumpkin Pie Brioche dough. The first bread is a Braided Holiday Pumpkin Wreath and the second is Cinnamon Pumpkin Crescent Rolls. This post focuses on the braided wreath. You might also enjoy the Holiday Pumpkin Bread which was featured in the bread-baking blog in November. It’s a little bit
Moving right along… It’s Day #26 in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge and we’re making Poolish Baguettes. As the name implies, these baguettes are made with an overnight poolish. According to Peter Reinhart, “in the Coupe du Monde bread competition, the poolish baguette is now the standard that all countries must replicate.” These baguettes, created by Bernard Ganachaud, are made with a medium-extraction flour that
This Cranapple Butter is the perfect spread to go with delicious Thanksgiving dinner rolls. I found this recipe after I made and posted about the other Apple Butter a few weeks ago. It’s from the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. The recipe sounded so festive, I just had to try it. My family loves my homemade yeast rolls so I’m excited about serving them
An enthusiastic group of bakers joined with Michelle of BigBlackDogs to bake breads from the Healthy Bread in Five Minutes book. The challenge doesn’t officially begin until January due to everyone’s hectic schedule during the holidays; however, the authors have provided us with some bonus breads to bake in the meantime. The featured bread for November is Pumpkin Pie Brioche. Pumpkin Pie Brioche The
