The Bread Baking Babes took a break this month. A break from kneading that is! We were all challenged by Mary to get both our hands and our wheat flour out of the dough!
I have several friends who have begun the gluten-free life in order to deal with health issues and although I think gluten-free [...]
Latin American countries are wonderfully hospitable and seem to always have something on the table to share when you arrive. This round up of Bread Baking Day #27: Pan Latino/Latin Breads is evidence. It is exciting to have bread from all over Latin American to share with you today. We are about to embark on [...]
My visit to Arequipa was an incredibly memorable one. It was a time to slip away with another gringa, I was robbed of money and my residency card and laughed and played as I hadn’t in a long time. Our last morning there was one of great adventure as I sought out a number of [...]
Karen was reading a book where a young poor boy was treated to delicious Ensaïmada bun and savored every bite. She took note to look up a recipe and ran across one before she ever had the chance to look.
I made and just loved these morsels. Truthfully, it brought me back to so many of [...]
For this month’s bread baking day, we were asked by the host to help celebrate her birthday! I thought several times throughout the month about what I thought party bread looked like. I could not put the cakes, cupcakes and frosting out of my mind to allow yeast and flour to enter for even a [...]
In Western Christianity the festival of Epiphany, observed on the sixth of January, celebrates the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, the coming of the Magi to see the child Jesus. The twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany have often been called the “Twelve Days of Christmas“.
It is the day that some take down their [...]
As I began to gather the things necessary for this month’s Baking Bread Babes bread of the month, my roommate asked if I was making fruitcake. The candied cherries were the telltale sign. This truly got me thinking how in different cultures, we enjoy different types of in essence, the same thing. In America, we [...]
One of the things I have enjoyed collecting since being back here in the US are baking items. Some of those are baking things that I had bought and stored, but haven’t seen or used for 6 years. But I also have a weakness when it comes to seeing interesting and creative baking molds, tins [...]
So I have a little survey for you. If you were to bring rolls to Thanksgiving, would you:
A. Buy a bag of dinner rolls from the grocery store.
B. Buy a bag of partially baked dinner rolls, bake them at home and bring “fresh-baked rolls” to dinner.
C. Bake fresh dinner rolls from scratch.
D. Bake [...]
What a joy to see Peruvian Bread Babies pop up all over the internet through the last week from all over the world. Last week in Peru, the Tanta Wawa – Peruvian Bread Babies were even put to a contest and I have yet to see who won. But, I know a bunch of winners in [...]