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Cinnamon Rolls

There must be a hundred different cinnamon roll recipes, from the French pain aux raisin to the British Chelsea buns to Philadelphia style sticky buns to the Midwest American truck stop cinnamon rolls that are as big as your head.

Here is the recipe I grew up with and still bake most often.

Cinnamon Rolls

Submitted by pumpkinpapa on February 13, 2007 - 8:43am.

BBA cinnamon raisin walnut bread

I made this bread and it turned out great! Even though it hardly rose after I rolled it out to add the cinnamon sugar swirl. Oh well, one loaf had walnuts and the other without but both were good, sweet, and extra tasty toasted.

Cinnamon raisin walnut bread 


Submitted by PMcCool on February 5, 2007 - 12:08pm.

Pretzels - Two Kinds

Super Bowl parties are a great excuse for trying new recipes.  They also require lots of snack foods.  So, when I was asked to bring some chips, I happily agreed.  I was a good guest and took exactly what the hostess requested and then, well, then I improvised a little.

 

My wife is out of town for a week (hence no pictures with the post, since she has the camera with her), which left me with some additional time to putter around.  It occurred to me that I hadn't made pretzels for years and that they would be just the ticket for the party.  After rummaging around through cookbooks and recipe files, I came up with one recipe for whole-wheat crisp pretzels (in a Sunset publication, I think) and another for soft pretzels from the King Arthur 200th Anniversary cook book.  The soft pretzel recipe included directions for boiling the pretzels in a baking soda and water solution prior to baking.  Remembering the threads here about boiling versus not boiling and lye vs. baking soda, it seemed like a good opportunity to try the technique.


Submitted by pumpkinpapa on January 9, 2007 - 7:58am.

How big is a batch?

I have read so many pieces about this bakery or that where they say this oven makes so many batches over a certain period or this bakery holds the record for consecutive batches...

So, having not been trained by a school or a professional baker, how big is a batch? Is it 2, 10, 20 or what? For me 10 loaves in a row at 2 pounds each was a great workout kneading but the time really flies when you are having that much fun!

 

Happy baking!


Submitted by Floydm on March 31, 2006 - 12:19pm.

A toast to Oregon


Making breakfast for the kids today, I noticed a striking resemblance between the shape of the cinnamon toast and our home state:

Heck, it even has holes near where Crater and Klamath Lakes should be.

Yes, I confess: this is cheap, store-bought white bread. Give me a break, it is Friday, alright? More fresh, home-made bread will be in the house soon.

Submitted by dstroy on February 27, 2006 - 2:29pm.

Pirate Ship Birthday Cake!


Well, I leave the baking of breads to Floyd (my husband, and the webmaster of this site), but I figured I'd post this in my baking blog here because, well, maybe someone would find it fun (and besides, I suspect Floyd won't mind). Our son turned 4 on Sunday, and for his birthday he wanted to have a Pirate Party. So, I made him a Pirate Ship Cake!


read more to see how it was done!

 


Saffron Buns

saffron bun

The first time I saw this recipe in Linda Collister and Anthony Blake's Country Breads of the World I nearly threw the book out the window. The recipe, called "Daniel's Saffron Bread," shows a 6 year old all decked out in an apron happily baking this Saffron Bread.

"A six year old??? Baking with saffron?!? The stuff costs as much, by weight, as gold!!!" I thought.

Submitted by timtune on November 25, 2005 - 11:13pm.

More flatbreads

My 1st attempt at Lefse.


Submitted by timtune on November 23, 2005 - 11:45pm.

Jam Dumplings for breakfast :)

Austrian dumplings? German dumplings? ...they're related, aren't they? (sorry, not a loaf of bread though) :P


Pita Bread

Pita bread is a great bread for beginning bakers or for making with kids. The entire process of making them only takes about two hours too, so it is also a great one for people on a tight schedule.

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