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Health Benefits You Can Stomach from Sourdough Baking your own bread and specifically creating sourdough bread provides consumers with innumerable health benefits that they can’t get from mass produced commercial breads. First, bread made commercially has to be created quickly. It’s all about volume, stacking the shelves and selling product. Bread made in massive amounts …
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Suzanne O. from Ithaca, NY. Congratulations Suzanne and thanks to all the Breadtopians, old and new, who entered the drawing. In his book My Bread, Jim Lahey, the godfather of no knead baking, writes – “I confess, though, that my favorite pot is probably the most expensive option, the all ceramic Emile Henry. The …
Tried, tested and deeply loved in our Breadtopia kitchen, we adore this comal with a fervor reminiscent of the InstantPot honeymoon phase. It now has a permanent home on the stovetop. So instead of pointless exposition, I submit to you the shortlist of Victoria Cast Iron Comal + Pizza Pan uses and applications: Making and …
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In celebration of the Breadtopia baking community, this year’s Thanksgiveaway is a brand new Emile Henry Italian Loaf Baker along with an oblong proofing basket with liner.
Sometimes you know something is off with your dough, but you cross your fingers and bake it anyway only to have your suspicious confirmed when you lift the lid on your baking vessel. You’ve got a brick, a doorstop, a frisbee. Whatever nickname you give it, this isn’t something you can simply toast and make …
Extra cloth for the Composite Super Peel Pro (not the wood Super Peel).
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Peter, Rome, NY (aka: rompil) Did you know that it is National Flour Month? What will those marketing wizards think of next? In all honesty, we’re so in love with flour that every day around here is national flour month. So I guess we’re grateful to be more in step with the …
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: yup, plural. I decided to call an audible during the drawing and added three additional second prize winners on the fly. So congratulations to our grand prize winner, Mr. Karl B who gets a copy of How to Make Sourdough along with our starter kit and to our three runner up prize winners: Janet H., …
Aug. 4 2008 Home-baking makes comeback as families cut shopping bills – Telegraph This story is currently running in papers across the UK. Bread baking author Peter Reinhart, has long spoken of a home baking renaissance as the interest in home cooking in general has grown in recent years. This trend is gaining added momentum …
The USA Pan Mini Loaf Pan is constructed of aluminized steel, the material of choice for commercial bakeries. The metal thickness of this pan has been selected to allow for even heat distribution and maximum service life. Set of 4 Mini Loaf Pans measuring 5-1/2″ x 3″ Made of Commercial Grade Heavy Gauge Aluminized Steel …
The Eppicotispai Complete Pasta Starter Set provides all the basic tools and instructions necessary for making delicious pasta of all kinds at home. The included instruction manual offers detailed explanations of making pasta step-by-step and with helpful photos illustrating each step. Features: • Tools made of 18/10 stainless steel and natural beechwood • Made in …
We did our due diligence on the cast iron bread baker scene, and we emerged with a real keeper: the Victoria Dutch Oven and Combo Baker is a true diplomat of cast iron cookers, achieving a well-balanced union of cost, weight and performance. It surpasses expectations as a dutch oven — capable of housing both …
This baking pan set is perfect for baking pies, pizza, cookies, muffins, cornbread, biscuits and more. Set includes: Large Cookie Sheet – 18 x 14 inch Half Sheet Pan – 18 x 13 x 1 inch Loaf Pan – 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.75 inch Muffin Pan – 12 cup Rectangular Cake Pan – 9 …
And then the one old guy said to the other, “You know, we haven’t given anything away on the site for a while.” And the second old guy said, “Yeah, that’s true.” First guy: “Maybe we should give away a pizza oven.” Second guy: “Yeah, let’s do that.”
Here we compare Kamut®, khorasan, and durum wheats for taste and performance differences in bread baking. The quick summary is that there seemed to be more terroir difference than species difference in the loaf appearance, and taste testers didn’t have consistent opinions about the flavors of all three breads. Some found durum more buttery, others found khorasan and Kamut more buttery. Same with sweetness.
The incomparable high quality USA Pan Half Sheet Pan comes with a coordinating non-stick rack for both baking and cooling. The corrugated, or fluted, design maximizes pan strength and prevents warping, denting, and other effects of everyday use. Corrugation also minimizes surface contact with baked goods which translates into an evenly baked product that is …
Giving away 10 signed copies of our brand new Sourdough Cookbook for Beginners.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: First Prize: Kim H. Second Prize: Susan H. Third Prize: Valerie T. Congratulations Kim, Susan, and Valerie and thanks to all the Breadtopians, old and new, who entered the drawing. On Spetember 27, SAVEUR magazine named Breadtopia as the Reader’s Choice Winner of their annual Best How-To Food Blog for 2016. ! The only response …
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