I realized, belatedly, that I recently posted a recipe requiring a sourdough starter, without sharing a sourdough starter recipe. Below is the recipe I used for this winter’s sourdough starter. I started it in the beginning of November, and it is still going strong. Ingredients: 10 oz Hard Cider 1/2 cup Water + 1/4 cup…
Tag: Yeast
Beer Pizza Dough
One of my favorite grocery store pizza doughs has beer in it, and below is my astonishingly successful first attempt at trying to recreate it. I was sure that it would take me a few tries to get it right, especially since I was going in blind (pour in a can of beer, dump in…
Basic Buttermilk Loaf
A simple loaf of white sandwich bread. The buttermilk gives the bread a buttery tang that is slightly reminiscent of a sour dough, but does not require the development of a sour dough starter. A sprinkle of poppy seeds coats the top of the loaf for additional flavor and crunch. Ingredients: 3 tbsp Butter 1…
French Bread
It has been eons since I have baked a classic French Bread. I usually skip right over it in favor of egg rich breads or breads with different flours and flavors. In my years of baking bread I have learned two things 1) practice makes perfect and 2) that said practice needs to be continuous….
The Ephemeral Bee 