Bread Over Heels

Whole Grain Cranberry Challah - Sweet or Savory

2009-12-15T10:13:00.005-05:00

For our second Healthy Bread in 5 bread braid, Dr. Jeff provided the Whole Grain Challah with Cranberries and Orange Zest. I wanted a dough as versatile as its no-knead method, so I made a couple of changes to the recipe. I used 50/50 whole wheat white and unbleached AP flours, omitted the orange zest and wheat germ, reduce the honey to 1/4 cup, and increased the butter to 1/2 cup. The

Pumpkin Pie Brioche with a Twist

2009-11-14T19:12:00.292-05:00

In my first post, I told you about the new book Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. Soon after the release of the book, I found out about and joined an online book club to bake through that new book together. We're called HBin5 (an obvious abbreviation of the book's name), and this week is our first "bread braid" or in other words, the first challenge in our

Who's Bread Over Heels?

2009-11-14T17:57:00.000-05:00

An enthusiastic amateur mom, baker, photographer, and writer. I grew up in a home where everything was made from scratch and eating out was a rarity. So I've tried to carry on that tradition in my home with my husband and children. This blog was born out of a need to share baking experiences with likeminded people. My loved ones are more interested in taste tests than in how the yeast made

Copyright

2009-11-05T12:52:00.009-05:00

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Born and bread

2009-10-31T23:20:00.011-04:00

So I'm fascinated with baking. I feel completely absorbed in the experience, then pure satisfaction when my creations emerge from the oven. It's all her fault... My Mom loves to bake, so she taught me pretty early in life. I made my first braided brioche when I was eleven. I kneaded the dough by hand since we didn't own a dough mixer, then I formed, glazed and baked my creations. I remember