Wow, did this bread ever smell great, in dough form, while baking and … while eating! It is at it’s best once cooled and given some time to mellow.
I got the inspiration for the chocolate cinnamon blend from Peter Reinhart’s bread, Chocolate Cinnamon Babka, see my post here: http://www.northwestsourdough.com/discover/?p=900 from his book, Artisan Breads Every Day. I loved that blend of flavors, chocolate and cinnamon.
I love rye breads, I love chewy breads filled with yummy things like seeds, nuts, dried cranberries, cracked grains, etc. Lately I have been craving some rye bread with some good grainy nutty things in it. So I came up with a bread high in rye flour but with plenty of white flour to make handling and baking the dough easier. I filled it with yummy grainy things and ….. I am happy! I made up two loaves and I usually share, but, not this time 
I am home from my holiday vacation and I am so happy to be able to bake in my own kitchen again! I was craving a dense, moist rye bread with something new to it. So I decided to blenderize a whole orange and add it to the dough. I also added some dried fruit to the dough. Continue reading Orange Rye Sourdough w/Cranberries
On the forum we are doing a baking challenge which includes any sourdough bread made using blueberries as one of the ingredients. I love berries of all kinds, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, etc. I missed out on being able to pick local blueberries this year because I was traveling, so when I got back here to Washington, I just wanted to eat blueberries( I love to eat them fresh). Of course I had to go to the market to get some and I won’t be doing that too often. I paid 4.00 for 4 oz of blueberries!
Mmmmmm… it smells terrific! This bread fresh out of the oven smells awesome! It is the roasted cracked wheat that gives it that extra kick in flavor and smell…. So you want to try a rye without caraway seeds? This is another in the series of 100% starter hydration formulas. I am working with 100% sourdough starters right now, except when I am working on my salt sourdough of course. Continue reading Rye Sourdough with Roasted Cracked Wheat
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