Bake wholesome #realbread at home with tried and tested recipes from The Bread She Bakes
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
Halloween is a great time for baking. I try to do something new every year and here are some fun Halloween bread ideas and recipes for Halloween baking I’ve tried and tested over the years. Fun Halloween baking ideas & recipes From fun ghoulish breadsticks to the traditional Irish barmbrack and a decadent chocolate orange … 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
Last week, I stayed in a small village in the South of Cyprus called Psematismenos. On my travels, I visited some local village bakeries around the Lemasos area to check out the baked goods on offer. Here are some impressions of Cypriot baking!
And if you fancy baking an authentic pastry yourself, I’ve got a delicious recipe for Spanakopita pastry here.
I’ve been asked about Christmas breads as gifts recently so I put on my thinking cap. A lovely Christmas baking treat should be sweet and rich yet not too heavy and take the shape, of course, of something Christmassy. Try this Christmas tree bread recipe, it won’t disappoint! For the bread dough I adapted a recipe … Read more
Bought a big bag of buckwheat flour and not sure what to do with it? There’s a packet of buckwheat groats sitting in your cupboard waiting for its time in the limelight? I feel your pain! Luckily… I have a solution. With these buckwheat groats pancakes you will be going through your buckwheat supplies in no time! Hidden … Read more