Tassajara Rye Egg Molasses Bread

This is the very last blog post in the month of "Molasses Madness", my family is getting tired of it. It's been fun, we've had a good run and everything has tasted delicious!

This loaf is made the same was as the Tassajara Egg Bread, switching out 1 cup of white flour for 1 cup of rye and substituting molasses for the honey. DELICIOUS!!

This recipe can be found amongst friends at yeastpotting, this week hosted by Tartine Bread Experiment.

Anadama Bread

Another loaf for "Molasses Madness!", this time Anadama Bread.

Tassajara Oat Bread With Molasses

It's still "Molasses Madness" here at KitchenGeisha!

I have no idea why I'm craving the taste of molasses, the season just seems to demand it. So I thought I would try the Tassajara Oatmeal Bread recipe, swapping out the whole Wheat flour for all white flour, and the honey for molasses.

I found that it kept the bread moister than the honey, and gave it a depth it didn't have before. There is none left. :)

Submitting it to yeastspotting. 

Tassajara Heidelberg Rye

It's Molasses Madness this week!

I made this loaf a few months ago, my family really enjoyed it. I don't know what makes it "Heidelburg Rye", but it's a beautiful loaf, another recipe from The Complete Tassajara Cookbook.

Tassajara Basic Bread With Molasses

All this autumn weather this past week has made me think of molasses. I grew up with this lovely thick black liquid, we had it in Molasses cookies (my father's favourite) and drank it in milk. So I thought "Why not use it to make bread?"

I decided to use the Tassajara Basic White Bread recipe, substituting molasses for the honey. It comes out nice and brown, like rich cafe au lait.

 This, and other yummie yeasty things can be found at Yeastspotting!

Virginia Light Rolls

Thanksgiving was Monday, and fresh homemade rolls are always on the menu!

Sour Cream White Bread

Normally I have a picture of a whole loaf to share with you, but within 2 hours of making this bread it is as you see it, 2/3rds eaten.

Hamelman's Pullman Bread (Pain De Mie)

I don't actually own a Pullman Loaf pan (way too expensive for something I'll rarely create), so they were made into two smaller loaves using the King Arthur low gluten bread pans I received as a gift. 

Hungarian White Bread

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." ~ John Lennon

Fresh Yeast Chocolate Chocolate Chip Espresso Egg Bread

I'm trying to work my way through all the fresh yeast I bought, so I'm converting recipes with dry yeast into fresh yeast loaves.

Jamie Oliver's Fresh Yeast Semolina White Bread

The best looking loaf of the two

I have been looking for fresh yeast for a few months now, never being able to find it in any of the stores I frequent. Then, in the space of one week I find two locations that have it! I'm rolling in fresh yeast!

Jeffery Hamelman's Vermont Sourdough

Playing with sourdough starters, I knew at some point I wanted to try making Vermont Sourdough. Well, actually, I was planning on making Susan's adaption, Norwich Sourdough, over at Wild Yeast. However, I wound up making a 125% hydration sourdough starter instead of her 100% hydration starter, so I just went with the original. Next time it'll be Norwich Sourdough.

Basic White Sourdough I

Who can resist a bread with a name like that?

Bernard Clayton's Hearty White Bread, Less Hearty

 

I thought I had wheat germ in my freezer, but it must have been tossed in my biannual freezer clean up.  So I guess it's just a little less hearty than it should be. Oh, well.

River Cottage Sourdough - My First Sourdough

I'm the first one to admit I should have waited a few more days to use the sourdough starter I created last week, but it looked so good, and seemed really active with a nice apple-y vinegar smell that I just couldn't wait.

I should have waited.

Tassajara Whole Wheat Oatmeal Bread

"George" is still too young to make bread with, it seems starters need to be more than a week old to have any effect and flavour. So I went with good old Tassajara for yesterday's loaf.

River Cottage Basic Bread - Simple White Loaf

While on a vacation two weeks ago, I discovered a copy of The River Cottage Bread Handbook by Daniel Stevens in Barnes & Noble. It has rapidly become one of my favourite books, on par with The Tassajara Bread Book.

White and Spelt Challah

I've had spelt flour in my fridge for a few months, waiting for me to make Zopf when I get around to it. It's time for a sandwich loaf (when is it not??), so I decided to add some spelt to challah and see what happens.

Whole Wheat, Rye and White Tassajara Egg Bread with Old Dough

I've been trying out new flour combinations - new to us - and continuing to use old dough in the preparation of the weekly loaves of bread.

This time I mixed whole wheat, dark rye and white flours (25%, 25% and 50%) and added 130 grams of old dough from the loaf of Tassajara Basic Bread, 50% Whole Wheat bread I made last week.

Tassajara Basic Bread, 50% Whole Wheat

Whole wheat bread, for a change - not 100% whole wheat as I don't really care for it, but enough so it's a change from the usual.