Christmas baking
Ok, it isn’t all bread, but bread is prominently featured. My husband has been talking up my baking to his family so I couldn’t disappoint them. Most of this is now packed up in a suitcase on its way to Bangalore. Fingers crossed there is something left other than crumbs!
Breads, left to right:
Ginger plum loaf from the Rye Baker with triple the ginger and 1.5x the prunes
Spelt, rye, and whole wheat loaf from Perfect Loaf (https://www.theperfectloaf.com/spelt-rye-and-whole-wheat-sourdough-bread/ [1])
Latgalian rye from the Rye Baker website, broken into 2 small loaves (http://theryebaker.com/latgalian-rye/ [2])
Cookies, clockwise from bottom left:
Alfajores with goat’s milk caramel from Stella Parks (https://www.seriouseats.com/alfajores-vanilla-shortbread-milk-toffee-caramel-recipe [3])
Screaming ginger cookies from Alice Medrich (https://www.jamesbeard.org/recipes/my-ginger-cookies [4])
Christmas biscotti from Tish Boyle (http://tishboyle.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-biscotti.html?m=1 [5])
Licorice brownie cookies from Jesse Szewczyk (https://food52.com/recipes/77735-salty-black-licorice-brownie-cookies [6])
Italian rainbow cookies from Smitten Kitchen (https://smittenkitchen.com/2008/12/seven-layer-cookies/ [7])
Ginger crunch from David Lebovitz (https://www.davidlebovitz.com/ginger-slice-crunch-shortbread-recipe/ [8])