Bread

Bread or other yeast based baking

Great British Bake Off – Bagels

Great British Bake Off – Bagels

After olympics, I think a lot of us are feeling lost. The drama, the tears, the competition, the proud moments of qualifying/winning… I find it almost impossible to go back to normal night time TV programmes. BUT, after watching last week’s GBBO, I think all…

Cheese Rolls (Tiger Rolls)

Cheese Rolls (Tiger Rolls)

Our daily bread is 90% a simple white loaf from our bread machine (shame face). But once in a while, I sort of feel like I should be more creative with my bread, so I’d spend ages trawling through books to find a fancy recipe,…

Fresh From the Oven August Challenge – Courgette Bread

Fresh From the Oven August Challenge – Courgette Bread

Wow I can’t believe I missed so many Fresh From the Oven Challenges!!! I need to give myself less excuse and get on with it, even though that might mean having to stay up till 12 at night to wait for my loaf to come…

Hot Cross Bun and Butter Pudding

Hot Cross Bun and Butter Pudding

Those hot cross buns I made for Fresh From the Oven were soooo nice and I must’ve been eating two every day. But they don’t seem to be going down and they’re going a bit dry. So I decided to give them a new lease…

Fresh From the Oven April Challenge — Hot Cross Buns

Fresh From the Oven April Challenge — Hot Cross Buns

It was Easter weekend last week, and apart from splashing in the paddling pool, lazing in the garden with J and Ash, I also managed to do this month’s Baking Challenge… I missed last month’s challenge so I really wanted to do this. I have…

Banana and Coconut Loaf

Banana and Coconut Loaf

Ashleigh’s gone to bed. James putting things on eBay. It’s 2 o’clock and all these surely means I have to make a tea time treat! We have lots of bananas left in the fruit bowl due to Ash’s demand for them, so banana cake is…

Fresh From the Oven January Challenge – Khrushchev dough

Fresh From the Oven January Challenge – Khrushchev dough

This month has been quite a busy month in my kitchen since it was Ashleigh’s birthday and it will be Chinese New Year on the 3rd of February, so I’m planning to cook loads of food for that. And I did think about skipping this…

Stollen with Almond Paste (Marzipan)

Stollen with Almond Paste (Marzipan)

Hi peeps, it’s getting closer and closer to Christmas! Oh it’s so exciting I can’t contain myself! 😀 Been to the German christmas market in Birmingham this Monday, ooooh the lovely things they sell! And the schnitzel bun was delicious! I was so, so tempted…

Seedy White Loaf

Seedy White Loaf

I know it’s cheap and easy to buy bread from supermarket, but there’s something about baking a loaf of bread by hand that is really satisfying. Today I made a loaf of seedy white bread, it’s good for sandwiches and toasts, I normally make it…