Bake wholesome #realbread at home with tried and tested recipes from The Bread She Bakes
Tried and tested bread recipes for home baking. Simple, delicious, rewarding – enjoy!
A month ago, I visited the Zillertal in Austria for a few days of skiing on the Hintertuxer Gletscher. The weather wasn’t as good as we’d hoped for, so we visited the village of Mayrhofen, and more specifically the Erlebnis-Sennerei Zillertal on the way there. It’s a great place to pick up some local cheeses and … Read more
‘Mexican breads’ is the theme of this month’s #twelveloaves baking collective. I decided to go for Mexican comfort food and these wheat and corn-based cemita bread rolls filled with tasty chicken, avocado, cheese and spicy sauce are just perfect! Here’s my cemita bread recipe for wholesome Mexican bread buns. Cemitas are round, fluffy, sesame-topped bread rolls from Puebla, … Read more
I’m excited to be baking these tasty feta and olive swirls as part of the #TwelveLoaves group of bread revolutionaries! These are great when you have people round your house for drinks and lazy Sunday afternoon chit chat. Day 1 Prepare sponge 75g white bread flour 75g wholemeal flour 1g dry yeast 150g water, lukewarm … Read more
A lovely bag of tapioca flour had been sitting in my store cupboard for way too long. So today, it was transformed into these wonderfully springy cheese buns known in Brazil as “Pão de Queijo” (cheese bread). Making Brazilian cheese and tapioca bread puffs is easy and you can make these buns in less than an hour. … Read more
Here’s a great recipe for making scrumptious sugar donut balls at home. I love the vanilla, lemon and rum flavours. Serve dusted with icing sugar and apricot jam on the side. Easy Sugar Donut Bread Balls Recipe Ingredients 130g butter, soft 60g sugar 1 egg 2 egg yolks 500g plain flour 1 tsp vanilla sugar Zest … Read more
Ever since I’ve eaten the delicious Eritrean food served up in the Adulis restaurant in London, I’ve wanted to homecook some of this part of Africa’s amazing cuisine. Of particular interest of course was the soft, spongy, sour flatbread called injera. Injera has a distinctive porous texture. It serves as food, plate and eating utensil all … Read more
Germknödel are large, steamed yeast dumplings filled with Powidl (a type of plum jam made only of plums – no sugar – which cooks for many to reduce down to a dark purple puree). A delicious sweet dish and all-time favourite served in Austrian ski huts, Germknödel are the perfect treat for a cold winter’s day! Germknödel are often served with clear … Read more
This German sunflower seed bread recipe makes a delicious loaf of rye-based bread which is infused with the earthy flavour of dry-roasted sunflower seeds. The recipe is inspired by Gerhard Kellner’s “Rustikale Brote aus deutschen Landen“. A great way to use sunflower seeds in bread baking! German sunflower seed bread recipe On the day before baking Prepare … Read more
I love polenta and it tastes awesome in bread. Here is my polenta bread recipe for a sourdough loaf with pumpkin and sunflower seeds inspired by Dan Lepard’s polenta bread in The Handmade Loaf. Polenta bread recipe with seeds Day 1 Sourdough 50g 100% hydration sourdough starter 100g strong bread flour 100g fine wholewheat flour 200g … Read more
Having recently returned from a holiday in Cyprus, I wanted to recreate some of the tasty Greek-Cypriot-style pastries at home. This is my take on spanakopita (spinach triangles) – little pastries stuffed with spinach, feta cheese, pine nuts and fresh herbs. Ingredients Pastry 250g strong white flour 7g salt 7g dried yeast 20g olive oil … Read more