bread recipes

(revised: 23, 24 April to add FreshLoaf recipes; 19 April 2009 to separate FreshLoaf recipes from offsite recipes; )

Favourite and "Must Try" Recipes and Techniques
Fresh Loaf recipes . Fresh Loaf techniques . Offsite recipes . Offsite techniques

Fresh Loaf

Commercial, Wild and Semi-Wild Yeast

• bagels (FloydM's) based on a Peter Reinhart recipe in "Bread Baker's Apprentice"
  


• sourdough bagels (bwraith's) based on a Nancy Silverton recipe


• Anis Bouabsa ficelles (dmsnyder's) baguettes
  


• cinnamon raisin oatmeal bread (FloydM's) based on a Hamelman recipe


• Sweet Corn Raisin Bread (FloydM's)  made with cornmeal


• English Muffins (FloydM's)


• Basic Sourdough Loaf (SourdoLady's) basic white bread calling for potato flakes, milk butter


• Semolina Sandwich Loaf (Zolablue's)


• Guinness Cheddar Loaves with Wild Yeast Starter (SulaBlue's)


• Susan's Original Sourdough (Susan's from San Diego) flour, water, salt and natural starter


• Susan's Ultimate Sourdough (Susan's from San Diego) flour, water, salt and natural starter


• Faux Deli Rye (Susan's from San Diego) caraway rye


• Onion-Poppyseed Sourdough (Susan's from San Diego)


• Norm's Onion rolls (nbicomputers') "flat and crisp crust type"

Challah, Festive rolls and braids

• Challah (Eli's) version of Maggie Glezer's sourdough challah from her book A Blessing of Bread)


• Cinnamon Rolls (FloydM's)


• Finnish Cardamom Bread (Julie J's Mother Inlaw's)


• Egyptian borek (Chahira Doud's)

Quick Breads

• blueberry bran muffins (Farmgirl's)


• Orange - Lemon Poppyseed Muffin (GrapevineTX's) adapted from a Dorie Greenspan recipe

Other

• Jennie's "La Panzenella" Rosemary Cracker Bread (jenmenke's) with video link


• Concord Grape Focaccia (Zolablue's)

Techniques

• Essential Equipment for Bread Making


• 6 strand braiding
  
  
  
  • 6 strand braiding video
  
  
  
  


• baking hamburger buns on the barbecue


• Kneading Slack Dough by Hand


• Scoring


• Baking under a cloche:
  
  
  
  
  • Put on Your Tin Foil Hats (Prairie19's)
  
  
  • "Magic Bowl" effect with an aluminum foil roasting pan (dmsnyder's)
  
  
  • Baking under an aluminum foil roasting pan (dmsnyder's)
  
  
  
  

There are more links to The Fresh Loaf bread recipes and techniques here: dmsnyder Recipe Index

Offsite

Commercial, Wild and Semi-Wild Yeast

• Bagels (best made with strong flour and parboiled in malted water before being baked)
  
  
  
  
  • bagels (Susanfnp's) Sourdough bagels based on a Nancy Silverton recipe
  
  
  • our "real" bagels based on Jo Goldenberg's bagels in "New Complete Book of Breads" by Bernard Clayton & Peter Reinhart's Classic Water Bagels
  
  
  • our wild bagels using wild yeast starter from "Piano Piano Pieno" by Susan McKenna Grant
  
  
  
  


• Cheri's Beer Cheese Bread calls for any beer or ale
  
  
  
  • my take with cider cheese bread
  
  
  
  


• caraway rye bread recipe based on the recipe for "Levy's" Real Jewish Rye Bread on p.324-328 in Rose Levy Beranbaum's BREAD BIBLE




• cinnamon raisin oatmeal bread


• multigrain bread made with seeds, cornmeal, oatmeal, buckwheat, rye and wheat flours


• seed and grain bread


• Semolina Bread with Currants, Fennel, Pine Nuts (Susanfnp's)
  
  
  
  • my take on semolina fennel seed bread with currants & pinenuts
  
  
  
  


• Susan's Hamburger Rolls (Susanfnp's)
  
  
  
  • my take on Susan's Hamburger Buns
  
  
  
  


• hamburger buns made with pita dough and baked on the barbecue


• flatbreads: naan, pita, chapatis


• Pao de Milho (Portuguese corn bread)


• pain rustique aux poires (pear bread - recipe is in French)


• rye and sesame seeds (wild-yeast)
  


• Mary's (aka Breadchick) Dark Onion Rye
  
  
  
  • my take on wild onion rye bread
  
  
  
  


• Wild Bread with Walnuts and Raisins (rye, wholewheat and all-purpose flour)


• Wild Bread (all-purpose and whole wheat flours, water, salt, wild starter)
  
  
  
  • Wild yeast buildup and feeding schedule
  
  
  
  

Egg Breads (Challah, Festive rolls and braids)

• Challah
  
  
  
  
  • another Glezer challah from her book A Blessing of Bread
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • semi-wild challah based on the recipe for basic sourdough in Piano Piano Pieno by Susan McKenna Grant and a recipe for challah in Maggie Glezer’s cookbook A Blessing of Bread
  
  
  
  


• festive bread (sweet egg bread)


• Foolish Poolish Hot Cross Buns


• cinnamon buns


• my take on Finnish Cardamom Bread recipe


• apricot roll


• Lucia cats (sweet saffron buns)

Quick Breads

• cheese pinwheels (using baking powder biscuit dough)
  

Other

• onion rings (How to use the toss-off) from building up wild yeast
  
  
  
  • my take on onion rings
  
  
  
  


• Faux Stowe Crackers (using left-overs from building up wild yeast)


• Tortas de Aceite (Olive Oil Wafers)
  
  
  
  • my take on Tortas de Aceite
  
  
  
  


• Grissini (bread sticks)
  


• pizza dough

Techniques

• about making diadèmes


• how to shape tabatières


• baking pita, naan or chapatis on the stovetop


• converting wild yeast starter to one using domestic yeast


• Flour + Water = Starter (how to raise a wild starter)
  
  
  
  • my take on raising a wild yeast starter
  
  
  
  

There are more bread recipes here:

• Recipes from OUR kitchen: Bread index