Bread Baking Blog

Artisan bread recipes, baking tips, and inspiration from the Bread Experience kitchen.

  • Cucumber and Potato Soup

    Cucumber and Potato Soup

    I’ve had a continuous supply of cucumbers this season from my cucumber plants. It’s been rewarding (and tasty) to watch the plants grow from seedlings…

  • Revisiting Poolish Baguettes

    Revisiting Poolish Baguettes

    These Poolish Baguettes utilize an overnight poolish with a lower hydration than the standard 50/50 mix of flour to water so the dough isn’t quite…

  • Delicious Strawberry Vanilla Jam

    Delicious Strawberry Vanilla Jam

    I love strawberries and making jam.  So, I set out to make some strawberry vanilla jam, but not with just any strawberries, mind you. I…

  • 2012 Spar for the Spurtle

    2012 Spar for the Spurtle

      Bob’s Red Mill, the leading provider of whole grain foods and official purveyors of the World’s Best Oatmeal®, is again looking for someone to…

  • Seeded Rye Loaf made with Rye Sourdough Starter

    Seeded Rye Loaf made with Rye Sourdough Starter

    This Seeded Rye Loaf is made using William Alexander’s method featured in the Saveur Magazine. This bread takes 11 days to make if you are…

  • Refrigerator Pickles from Homegrown Cucumbers

    Refrigerator Pickles from Homegrown Cucumbers

    For the past several years, I’ve grown a small vegetable and herb garden in my back yard and in pots on the deck and on…