Bread Angels get up to all sorts of things in addition to baking bread and teaching bread classes. We speak, write, demonstrate and volunteer. Recently Rhiannon, Bread Angel and owner of the Epsom Bake House went to Hackney to bake bread. Here is her report! Bread baking at Made in Hackney Being a Bread Angel
Many people wonder what to do when they have too much bread. You can turn it into other things: croutons, breadcrumbs, gazpacho, bread pudding, apple charlotte…or if you really cannot be bothered to do any more cooking, you can freeze it. Bread freezes beautifully. Simply wrap it in wax paper (greaseproof paper) if you have
Shortly after The Book of Buns was published, I received an e mail from a woman in the Netherlands, named Caroline. In the mail, she asked if I would mind if she set up a Facebook group called “Baking our Way Through The Book of Buns”. I was thrilled and delighted of course. The group
It’s Hot Cross Bun week and I confess I got a bit tired of rolling buns and crossing them. In a fit of lethargy I decided to make a braided Hot Cross Bun loaf instead. It’s fantastic and, like challah, perfect for breaking up by hand and sharing, covered with butter for eating of course!
Further to the earlier post about using the float test to ensure your refreshed sourdough starter was ready for use, it’s time to talk about how much refreshed sourdough starter you actually use. We like to call this the “sour to flour” ratio. The answer is, as ever, simple and complicated and to a certain
I have had a high volume of messages lately from people whose sourdough bread is not working out. Some are old hands who seem to have lost their touch. Others are newbies who cannot seem to make it work. I think what is going on is that they are using a starter that is not
Last week I had a basic bread class with six gorgeous students, two of whom came all the way from Asia. Mum (Singapore) and daughter (Hong Kong) were in London enjoying a Chinese New Year holiday and found us online. They joined a crew of men and women from London and Bedford, one of whom
A few weeks ago, a group of Bread Angels went for a day of baking with Paul Merry who is the master baker at Panary located on the site of Cann Mills in Dorset who mill Stoate’s Flour. They had an amazing time and this is what Liz Wilson had to report. “Last snowy, Saturday,
These doughnuts are made before lent in the Mennonite communities in Canada. They are light and flavourful and irresistable. This recipe makes enough for a party so if you are not planning a party, best cut it in half. Like this recipe? I came from The Book of Buns, published in November 2013 and available
It’s nearly Epiphany and, in Mexico, that means the shops and bakeries are full of a traditional Mexican celebration bread called “Rosca de Reyes”. This bread is shaped in a circle to represent the crowns worn by the Three Kings. That’s fun. Inside the bread, the baker tucks little clay or plastic figures of the