When entire states shut down their highways because the icy roads are now deathtraps, a whole heck of a lot of people are about to go stir crazy. Here are ten geektastic ways to fill the time while filling your home with the delicious scent of fresh baked breads. Yeast […]
Tag: Bread Recipes
Hobbit Week: Easy Shire Porter Cake
Don’t be intimidated by the list of ingredients. This isn’t fancy Elven baking chemistry. Like most Shire foods, this is good, solid stuff that can handle a lot of improvisation depending on what you happen to have in your pantry. All you really need is some butter, sugar, flour, eggs, […]
Edible Art: Mellark Bakery’s Burnt Bread
Sometimes catching fire to your own stock is the only way to feed the hungry. Mellark Bakery’s Burnt Bread 1 tbsp yeast 2 cups warm water ¼ cup honey + 1 tbsp 2 tsp salt 1 cup raisins 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans 2 ½ cups whole wheat flour […]
Black Friday Baking: Watchmen Bread
If Black Friday makes you want to clean up this city by shooting your fellow shoppers in the head, I recommend staying home and making yourself an edible homage to The Comedian instead. A dab of jam, a vicious bite, hurk, and maybe let it all out in your journal. […]
By Odin’s Beard, This Bread Tis Mighty!
I had a lot of white dough left over after making the Deadpool Sweet Rolls. I’d also just seen Thor II. By Odin’s Beard, t’was I thusly inspired to create this pagan-tastic variation on the usual Santa Bread. I mean, I really had to. Just look at what everyone else […]
Pumpkin Week: Thanksgiving Meal in a Bun (Another Overly Complicated use for Holiday Leftovers)
I love my Pumpkin Pie Bao dough so much I wondered if I could use it for other, more nefarious purposes. Yes, I’m talking about the evil that is overly complicated Thanksgiving leftovers recipes. We all know Thanksgiving leftovers should be simple affairs of cold sandwiches and turkey soup. Instead, […]