Cooking: Bread and Rolls
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How To Feed A Crowd With Home Baked Whole Wheat Sourdough?
Thinking of baking a large quantity of sourdough for an upcoming party, either to serve at the event or send home with guests in a gift bag? (Check out my DIY Custom Bakery Bags which truly are the cherry on top!) You truly can do it, it just takes planning ahead, the right equipment, and…
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How To Bake Whole Wheat Sourdough With Success: Six Key Factors
Now that I’ve put a hold on my sourdough baking adventures, as we are ridding the house of all things flour and bread for Passover, I have more time to write about it. So sorry about the timing, but such is life! After many months of experimentation, I can now happily write How To Bake…
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How To Make A Limited Edition Logo Gift Bag For Your Purim Bakery
Given my latest obsession with whole wheat sourdough baking at home, I just had to be the over achiever and bake enough sourdough to give in my Purim gift baskets, which is actually a bit insane, but doable if you plan a few weeks ahead. After the idea of baking all that sourdough started to…
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How To Make A Simple Pinwheel Sourdough Score
Welcome to my ongoing sourdough journey, a journey which has become wildly popular since COVID, in the world at large and in Jewish community (especially in the USA) as well! I previously posted How To Buy The Right Supplies For Sourdough Bread Baking, which I wrote when I just began, and now with a bit…
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How To Buy The Right Supplies To Bake Sour Dough Bread With Success!
News Flash: I have at long last made my first batch of sour dough bread, a good year after actually purchasing cast iron pots! I decided to do it together with a friend in order to keep myself accountable, and that idea was the key to crossing the finish line! That and asking a friend…
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Mini Mezonot Rolls For Shavuot!
I pulled this out of the archives and added the recipe that I found in one of my cook books on a slip of paper, now recorded permanently here! I'll be making these again tonight to enjoy on our Shavuot Kiddush on Monday morning as they were a big hit last year. Here is what…
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Triangular Spelt Rolls For Purim Or Anytime!
Yippee, the idea of making triangular rolls not only worked the results are truly fabulous, phew! My theme for shaloch manot (mishloach manot, gifts of food) this year is the triangle, so all the food I'm gifting is triangular, including these rolls, which are 50% whole spelt and %50 white spelt, and delicious. It is…
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Tiny Mezonot Hamburger Buns To Make Adorable and Tasty Appetizers
Never mind the specifics of the stock photo I've used here, this article is about making tiny buns that are not colored, though was that done with beet juice and tumeric, hmmm, interesting! I wanted to share with you a recipe that a neighbor gave to me to bake tiny mezonot hamburger buns that are…
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Giant 6 Strand Challah That Uses 1 Kilo Of Flour Per Loaf
Giant challahs, often used for banquet style meals on shabbat or for a festive occasion are something one can truly bake at home. Okay, maybe not the most giant ones, but something large enough to do the job! This past shabbos was the pre-wedding celebration for one of my sons, and we hosted a crowd…
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A Giant Key Shaped Challah!
Didn't bake the traditional key shaped challah yet? Not to worry, you can do it this week as well! I'm so happy to share with you my first ever giant schlissel challah, the key shaped challah that we traditionally bake the very first shabbos after Passover. Yes of course, I do make key shaped challah…
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Simple Flowers And Leaves Decorated Challah
I am rushing to post this as there is still cooking to be done for the holiday of Shavuot, which we are welcoming tonight! Round braided challahs decorated with simple flowers and leaves really do make your holiday table special, so if you have a few extra minutes, give it a try, even for just…
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Flower Covered Challah For Shavuot!
We are welcoming the beautiful Jewish holiday of Shavuot tonight, and I decided last night that it was time to make some decorated challahs to embrace the holiday, in which we bring flowers and greenery into our homes to remember the lush surroundings on Mt. Sinai. Yes indeed, I did take note of the relative…