OK, baking fans, we have a real project for you if you're up for the challenge. Set aside your basic banana bread, because it's time to move on to a recipe for the patient pros. Yes, patient, because this recipe for chocolate babka will take several hours to complete. Once you've made it, though, all the hard work will be worth it. Traditional babka, which is a sweet bread-like cake, has Jewish and Eastern European origins. It's most commonly made with a cinnamon sugar swirl, but chocolate has become a more prominent flavor in recent years. The babka really isn't that difficult to make, but it's an extensive recipe that requires many steps and many hours of letting the dough...
How’s everyone hanging in there? I hope you’re all well! Is everyone still on a baking frenzy? I know I am. I’m one of the fortunate folks who has been able to get ahold of yeast, but unfortunately, I’m usually too lazy to make yeast breads. I’m more of a quick bread kind of girl. A couple years ago I shared a recipe for my vegan cornbread, and I’ve been meaning to adapt the recipe for vegan corn muffins. Now seemed about the perfect time! What You’ll Need Non-dairy milk Canola oil (or your favorite baking oil) Maple syrup All-purpose flour Cornmeal Organic brown sugar Baking powder Salt Corn kernels (totally optional, and you can use fresh or frozen!) How...
No-Knead Everyday Bread is a simple homemade bread that needs just 90 minutes to rise and doesn’t require special methods or equipment. (No Dutch oven. No bread flour.) Many years ago (and again now, as we’re all adjusting to this socially distanced life) the internet fell in love with Jim Lahey’s No-Knead Bread. His is a bakery-style bread that needs 24 hours to rise and is baked in a Dutch oven to give it a thick, sturdy crust. The bread I bring you today is not that long-rise Dutch oven bread. No-Knead Everyday Bread is, I dare say, a more humble bread. Humble as it may be, this is a homemade bread that you’ll be just as happy to enjoy...
This is without a doubt Mexico’s favorite bread. This bolillo recipe will make a bolillo with a crusty exterior and soft pillowy center that will be perfect for making tortas, molletes, and pambazos. Did you know it was the Spanish that introduced wheat into Mexico?? With it came cakes, pastries, bolillos, and flour tortillas. Corn was the basic grain for the indigenous people of Mexico and in many ways it still is, but with the arrival of the Spanish a mestijaze or mixture of cultures happened with the introduction of wheat. Today, some of the most delicious Mexican delicacies like buñuelos, mantecadas, and empanadas are a result of the combination of skill, taste, and ingenuity of two cultures. This bread...
No-Knead French Bread loaves have golden, crisp crusts and lightly chewy centers. This homemade bread needs just 90 minutes of total rise time and makes two rustic loaves. It doesn’t require special methods or equipment. (No bread flour needed.) Yesterday I shared the basic recipe for making No-Knead Everyday Bread which is baked in a bowl to produce a single, round loaf of bread. Today, we’re using that same recipe to make these French bread loaves. These loaves just use a bit of flour for dusting and can be baked on a sheet pan. Whether this is your first time baking bread with yeast or you’re just looking for a quick go-to French-style bread to have in your back pocket,...
