Panmarino Roundup for Bread Baking Babes & Buddies

I was delighted to be the host kitchen for the Bread Baking Babes and Buddies in July.  It’s always a pleasure to bake with the BBBs.

I chose Panmarino Italian Rosemary Bread because I had recently returned from Tuscany and was still in a Tuscan state-of-mind.  The bread turned out to be a big hit. Any bread with rosemary is a good one in my book so I’m glad the Bread Baking Babes enjoyed it as well.

 

Here are the breads the Babe’s baked:

 

The smell of rosemary appealed to the Bread Baking Buddies as well.

Please take a look at their creations.  You won’t be disappointed.

It’s always interesting to see the different variations on a theme you get when several bakers bake the same bread.  Each person brings his/her own uniqueness to the experience. Some bakers like to substitute ingredients while others prefer to utilize a different shaping or scoring technique.  Still other bakers are creative in the way they style their breads in photos.  This month, we get to enjoy creativity on all fronts.

 

Here are the breads the Buddies baked:

Louise baked along with us this month and said the bread was a real winner in her house.  Her only regret was that she only made two loaves. I know what she means. I shared the same regret.  I love this photo.  It looks like a star in the sky.

 

When Sunita of MyFoodLab learned what the bread of the month was, she said, “Count me in”. It was the rosemary that caught her attention.  I agree.  It had me at hello as well.

 

Swathi of Zesty South Indian Kitchen used whole wheat flour and gave her loaves  a lengthy first rise. What a beautiful presentation!

 

Sandie of Crumbs of Love baked these loaves without a baking stone, couche, or lame. If she can do it and still get beautiful results like this, so can you.

 

Judy of Judy’s Gross Eats must really like rosemary because she baked the Panmarino rosemary bread and a sourdough rosemary and raisin loaf.  She said, “all in all, it was a successful baking month.” Glad to hear it.

 

Gary decided to play with us this month and I’m so glad he did.  He made the full recipe and split it between a large loaf and a batch of rolls. He said they have great flavor and he loved the texture and chew of the rolls.  He was so inspired that he also made a sourdough version of this bread.  Great idea!

 

When Karen of Karen’s Kitchen Stories was making this bread, she said her dough seemed to be sloshing around in a pool of oil in the mixing bowl so she resorted to a method she learned when making a brioche to incorporate butter.  The method must’ve worked pretty well because just look at these gorgeous loaves!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carola of Sweet and That’s It stayed up late to make these loaves. She used about 2/3 bread flour and 1/3 6-grain wholemeal flour, ground flaxseeds and fleur de sel on top!  What a great combination of ingredients. Healthy and delicious!  Not to mention some beautiful loaves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soepkipje also joined us this month. She made her version with whole wheat.  Look at those lovely stars. Perfect scoring and a fabulous photo collage.

 

A big thank you to the Babes and Buddies for baking the Panmarino  Italian Rosemary Bread.  I’m so glad you enjoyed it.  Now I want to make this bread all over again.

Until next time…

Happy Baking!

Cathy