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5 Links – January 2012

Marsha — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:52:51 +0000

From time to time I come across interesting articles or websites that I think you’ll enjoy. I save them up until I have five, and then I share them with you.

Here’s this month’s batch:

Dog biscuits from your bread machine- The Smiling Setter has a bread machine recipe sure to please man’s best friend.
Mrs. Fields Secrets – I love this blog!!! Melting snowmen cookies. Tortilla snowflakes. Kitchen organization tips. Cancel today’s appointments. I’m going to be reading this blog all day instead.
Sourdough on Wikepedia – I love sourdough. In fact, I’ve got a sourdough bread mix review in the works. That should be coming to you soon. But I digress, the point is that I was doing some research on sourdough. Wikepedia states that, “Some care must be taken since the rise time of most sourdough starters is usually somewhat longer than the average for typical baker’s yeasts. (As a result, many sourdough starters are unsuitable for use in a bread machine.) “ Good to know.
What are “Apron Britches”? Check out my friend Jennifer’s JW Giftware Etsy shop to find out about this super cute item for the kitchen.
Recently I’ve spent more time looking at retro cooking sites. A Cake Bakes in Brooklyn is one of my favorites. It features wonderful recipes from about 1919 to 1955. We’re talking red velvet cake, Queen Elizabeth cake, gingerbread waffles and more. Great recipes. Great photos. Great site.

Sourdough Starter

Marsha — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:43:55 +0000

I’ve been thinking a lot about sourdough bread since I tried the
Alaskan Sourdough Yeast Bread from King Arthur Flour. This video shows how to make and maintain sourdough starter. It looks really easy. I think I see more sourdough bread in my future.

Bread Mix Review – Alaskan Sourdough Yeast Bread

Marsha — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:49:15 +0000

A few weeks ago I ordered some new bakeware from King Arthur Flour. I’d always wanted to try some of their bread mixes so I gave into temptation and ordered a few. I’d never made sourdough bread so I was excited about their Alaskan Sourdough Yeast Bread mix.

In addition to the contents of the box I needed water and oil. I followed the instructions and put all the ingredients in the pan of my Zojirushi bread machine.

The bread looked great when it came out and it tasted pretty great too. It had a lovely sourdough flavor and was pleasantly chewy.

This was a real winner and it made me think about making sourdough bread on a regular basis. That would mean buying sourdough starter or making starter from scratch. The Zojirushi actually has a setting to make sourdough starter so that would be fine. However starter has to be fed and maintained. I wonder how much time and effort that takes? Hmmm . . . I’ll have to do some more investigation.