Yet More Bread

-Originally posted by me on February 16th, 2013.

Since I've had quite a few people tell me they liked reading about my bread making adventures I figured I'd post some more.

I've been reading through Tartine Bread (the book I got from my sister for Christmas) and upon further inspection the book goes like this:

-Stories about the bread makers and their shop.
-How to make a starter
-How to make basic bread
-WHY making bread this way works (fairly in depth...like chem/bio 30, lol)
-Stories and pictures
-How to use the first recipe with whole wheat or rye flour
-Variation on the original recipe.
-Awesome pictures and stories.

Sooo, now that I've made the recipe a few times, a few different ways, I've apparently mastered it. Neat :) This doesn't mean that I'm done with the book by any means. it really is beautiful and to stories and pictures inside make it so much more than a recipe book. I'd totally recommend it.

Here are the variations I've made:

-Regular white sourdough loaf (YUM!)
-3/4 whole wheat (Also YUM! Less sourdough flavor though)
-Whole wheat with flax seeds (Love the texture of the flax seeds, so yummy)


Today I made a white sourdough using buttermilk rather than water ('cause I had it and that stuff is nasty to drink...but yummy in things :) ), and a whole wheat honey-raisin-cinnamon loaf. Both are cooling right now, so here's a picture of them looking super temping:

The loaves I made today; cinnamon raisin on the left and buttermilk sourdough on the right.

I've also realized that there are other things you can make using the starter...which led to me making amazing English Muffins en mass last weekend. They were really really yummy, and I now have tons in my freezer, Yay!

English Muffins!

Doran helped with this one.

I think that now I've got the process down so it' much less overwhelming I'll keep making us new bread every week, there are pretty much infinite combinations of things to put into the loaf, and ways to change the flavor. Even though I've got the recipe down it's not like I'll begetting bored with this any time soon. Awesome, hobbies where you get to eat things are the best!


If anyone was the recipe let me know and I'll post it up. I also have a good amount of 'seed' starter, so if anyone wants a bit to try their hand at their own sourdough loaf I can give you some of mine. It makes good bread :)