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Biscotti di Greve in Chianti

I have just started to move to Sourdough Rye bread section of Jeffrey Hamelman's Bread book after baking from the book for several months. I like the flavour that rye adds to the bread, the tang and acidic taste.

I wanted to use some Goji berries in my baking and so I thought muffins would be a good start.  I purchased the softer more like raisins dried berries from Whole Foods.  The combination of whole berries, with a pecan topping made a delicious breakfast or snack muffin.  The  fresh candied orange peel I recently made was a great tasting combination with berries, especially the goji berry.  The recipe is my version of Blackberry Muffins from Williams - Sonoma Muffins book.

Topping:

90 g sugar

3 TBsp. All Purpose Flour

I think i'm finally getting the hang of making french bread. I won't say my recipe/technique is perfect, but I finally feel confident enough to share bread with freinds. Here's some pictures of what I've been up to.

A good bostock turns my day around 180 degrees. From wrong to right, goodbye to hello, ok to fan-freaking-tastic.

Just yesterday happened to be one of those times I needed a bostock to help me out. While my other classmates are out and having fun during spring break, I am still at home baking each morning at  3 a.m. for work (and home!), trying to catch up on arranging our new apartment, and getting an early start with semester end projects. Not really much of a spring break, considering it is still in the thirties outside too!

I'm so excited - I just can't hide it - I'm about to lose control and I think I like it.

Until today, I had no idea the Pointer Sisters were bakers.  

Hi - another guess loaf;

demerera sugar

strong flour

salt

dry yeast 

honey 

milk 

1 egg 

olive oil

------------------------- I just warmed the milk, honey and oil in a pan until luke warm, then whisked it in a bowl with the yeast and salt (don't know that it makes any difference but I don't put the salt and yeast in the same pile at first, more superstition that sense) - cracked the egg in and gave it a good mix with the whisk: sprinkled some flour in to make some goop.

Dill, bacon, olive oil, roasted garlic sourdough bread.

The fam's favorite bread so far.  All gone already.