Homemade Yogurt
By andrea 3 Comments
After many years of making our yogurt, I feel like I’m finally ready to put down all my tips into writing. To start with, we are going to focus on dairy based yogurt. If you want to make non-dairy yogurt, you’ll need to go elsewhere. Once you’ve got a good batch of yogurt, you’ll want…
Cinnamon Rolls – Tangzhong method
By andrea 4 Comments
This recipe uses the tangzhong method of heating a small portion of the liquid and flour together to form a paste. This simple step allows the starches in the flour to gelatinize and gives the bread dough a little different texture than a typical dough. I feel the tangzhong method allows you to work with…
Homemade Burger Buns
These are the absolute favorite burger buns around our house. I’ve tried others – brioche buns, pretzel buns, you name it – but I keep coming back to these. They have a touch of whole wheat flour in them for great flavor, but you can make them with all white flour if that’s what you…
Instant Pot Sloppy Joes
By andrea 2 Comments
This is such a quick and easy way to make sloppy Joes. The stovetop version of this recipe would require about 30 minutes of simmer time – in the pressure cooker, you set the cook time for 5 minutes on high pressure. Then you can sit back and let the pressure cooker do the rest…
Whole Wheat Bread (small batch)
By andrea 7 Comments
This is essentially the same recipe that I teach in my bread classes, but it is adjusted for a smaller capacity mixer than the Bosch Universal or Ankarsrum. The real trick to making this 100% whole grain bread work is high quality whole grain flour. If you’ve read much of my site, you know I use…
Raspberry Jam
It’s the season for raspberries again! I love foraging for black raspberries and making them into jam that we can enjoy the rest of the year. I keep this jam very simple – just raspberries, a little sugar and some pectin. I find that this jam doesn’t need anything else to make it wonderful. Sometimes…
