Bucket List Baking: English Muffins

I don’t know about you, but I find that “English” redundant.  A muffin is a muffin is a toasted bread and is not now, nor ever shall be, an oversized bun. Right, with that off my chest… I am still  not feeling very enthused about anything that involves any level of effort or interest but …

Squidgy Chocolate & Pistachio Squares

Oh, these look good!

Random Bread-making: Whey Bread

Yesterday’s soup proved to be (a) large and (b) delicious, so we are revisiting it today. The Chilli is set back a day and I have no need to make my garlicky tear bread. However, I have fresh yeast and time and I wish to bake. There is some ham and coleslaw for our tea – how about some soft white milk baps, topped with cheese an onion? Mr L thought that a grand idea.

Tear and Share

Tomorrow’s outline plan was to make an onion-ish or garlicky tear and share loaf to dunk into our Chilli non Carne. I have been Googling around and cannot find a recipe that lines up with what I had in my head, so it looks like I shall be extemporising. I was surprised at how many …

No-bake days

No baking today. I fancied a Spanakopita for lunch but as we are trying to be good about our diet I am leaving the pastry out, so I suppose that we are having a spanakofrittata instead! I love the combo of Feta and Spinach and am now toying with notions of some kind of tasty …

Ben Bread 1

Ben Bread 1 – sourdough white loaf. Starter originally from the Wild Yeast Bakery – the San Francisco culture. Fed and nurtured in Orkney by Fenella and passed on to me. I think Fenella had been feeding the culture with wholemeal flour. I gave it two feeds of stoneground white before use. When I taste-tested …