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I just wanted to say Happy Holidays to all the other cyberbakers who contribute to this website. Thanks to all the feedback on a variety of topics. During the months on this web site I have made enormous improvements in my bread baking.

A simple cherry pie with a double (cream cheese) crust I made around Thanksgiving.

Both crust and filling from Rose Levy Beranbaum's Pie & Pastry Bible.

The little white balls you see are tapioca, which thicken the filling.

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I have baked the ciabatta formula from Maggie Glezer’s Artisan Baking many times. For me it’s a reference point of what an ideal ciabatta should taste, look and feel like … oh and the aroma of the fermented biga is pretty special too. 

This went badly, badly wrong. Yes, that's how it came out of the oven.

They can't all be home runs...

So bake the bread.

The families--DNA'ed and extended--loved last year's bread and cookies, so we chose to do it again this year. Pictured is last week's baking. It's not everything but the freezer was chock-a-block, so we're starting shipping today to make more room. We found shipping Priority mail gets fresh or fresh-frozen sourdough--with refresh instructions (375°F oven, 5 mins.)--delivered still palatable and tasty. This year's packages hold a loaf of sourdough or Orange Pecan loaf, a dozen and a half of assorted Biscotti and, of course, a dozen of my rendering of Grandma's Welsh Cakes.