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Today I baked the baguettes with Pâte Fermenté and the Roasted Potato Bread from Hamelman's Bread book. The potato loaves are the round ones with the fendu style crease. I love how Hamelman gives advice on how one should shape hundreds of fendu style loaves, but very little advice for the home baker. Typical of him: great recipes, but he rarely bothers helping out the novices.

We had the buttermilk rolls on the Thanksgiving table. They were wonderful. I'm trying to finish our can of coffee as quickly as I can so that I can use it to try baking a Panettone. In the meantime, I'll probably bake another batch or two of stollen and some of my family's Christmas cookies. We going to visit family in Texas in a couple of weeks. Supposedly Texas is where fruit cake originated.

My 1st attempt at Lefse. I thought i was easy to shape...but...not so.... Rather small too as i only have a small pan to cook it... (not griddle)

I burnt my lil finger a bit just now while making Naans for dinner today (thx to my very small oven size!). I'm having a vegetarian Indian dinner tonight. The Naan goes with lentil curry and fried bittergourd with spices. :) [Dunno how it tastes like yet though...]

Once in a while, i guess i have to make a breakfast treat for myself. But every breakfast's a treat to me being a breakfast lover. :P Though more suited for tea time, i decided made some Austrian or German (not too sure which one) jam filled yeast dumplings. But somehow, i forgot to include eggs in the dough. Nevertheless, it still was soft and moist (with flowing hot jam) and i dun think the eggs would make a significant difference.

It's been a long time that i've wanted to try this (from Reinharts BBA). The recipe asked for a small portion of pumpernickel grind flour, but i can't find that, so i used a small percentage of wholewheat. Couronne crease/ cracks didn't came out so well thanks to not making it deep enough. Flavour was great! Tasted mildly sour and of toasted sunflowers.

With my exams over, i just had to test the BBA's pizza recipe method. I made Pizza Magherita but with Romano and Mimolette cheese . I guess mimolette isn't a good melter, as u can see the lil orange bits. Also, dough hydration was way too high to toss. Just had to fold it and press it down on the pan.

Made a supposedly Dutch kinda breakfast cake last saturday. But internet's down for the last 2 days. Groninger Koek? that's the name.. lol It's made with rye flour, and it contains no eggs or fats. Very spicy smell. Also, an excuse to meddle with my dad's new camera ;)

Banana Bread, Struan Bread, and Rustic Bread. The banana bread was plain and simple, not even with nuts or chocolate chips.

I baked pitas for lunch today. They were great. I did 1/2 cup of the flour whole wheat, which is 1/6th of the total flour in the recipe. That is just about right for my taste. Making them fit very nicely into my morning schedule: had breakfast, prepared the dough, ran errands while it rose, came home 11:15ish and shaped and baked them. Simple, cheap, and totally rewarding.