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I made a cranberry lemon kugelhopf two weeks in a row. I was very pleased with it so obviously I needed to blow it up with something crazy. I wondered whether I could make a kugelhopf with a citrus frangipane rolled inside it. And while I was at it, why not make it chocolate with hand-pulled espresso from my home-roasted Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee beans? And why not use lots of little currants instead of large cranberries?

Recipe

The recipe comprises two major parts: making the kugelhopf and making the citrus frangipane.

Dry:

1 cup wholegrain rye flour

1 cup semolina

2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon 

1 teaspoon ginger powder 

2 teaspoons baking powder

Pinch of salt

Wet:

⅔ cup orange juice

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

½ teaspoon orange extract 

½ cup apple sauce 

½ cup almond butter

Add-ons:

Dried fruit (cranberries,  raisins etc.) Diced, if necessary, up to ¾ cup

Nuts, chopped, up to ¾ cup

Here's another spiced loaf! On days when I feel like having a lil bit of rice, I usually make jeera, chicken or a simple biryani. Since I've already made a jeera (+cheese) loaf recently, I figured why not try making a bread version of biryani just to dip or drench the bread in some curry. :)

Today I baked a couple loaves of Hamelman's Oatmeal Bread with Cinnamon and Raisins. It was my third bake of this recipe. The only modification I made was, while I had used AP flour before, this time I used King Arthur Baking "Bread Flour." The higher-gluten flour was naturally a bit thirstier, and it ended up with a more open crumb. It was a bit chewier, but the flavor was unchanged.

Based on recipe from The Rye Baker

Last weekend's bake was Hamelman's Semolina Bread.  The only major deviation I made was using a pate fermente pre-ferment instead of the "Flying Sponge" (I think that's what he called it).

Makes one loaf...

Total Formula
158g  AP Flour (35%)
68g    Bread Flour (15%)
225g  Semolina Flour (50%) (Re-milled Bob's Red Mill Semolina)
292g  Water (65%)
9.0g   Salt (2%)
1.4g   ADY (0.3%)
18g    EVOO (4%)

I upped the ante from a loaf I baked yesterday for an 80% whole grain baguette I baked today. It had 50% whole grain Kamut, 22% whole wheat, 8% dark rye, and the rest with bread flour. Hydration was around 75%. The process was the same with a slap and fold and a stretch and roll during the 7 hours bulk rise. I was gauging it for a 100% rise, but I think I got fooled as I think the crumb seems under fermented. Yesterday's loaf took 8 hours to double but this loaf did seem to rise quicker perhaps due to a having higher percentage of the whole grain.

Hi! This is my first post. I just baked The Food Geek's Jewish Rye Sourdough. He's got a great video turtorial, and I followed it up until it came time to shaping the dough. I have a wood countertop, so I oiled it a bit to keep the dough from sticking. Other than that, I wouldn't change a thing. Highly recommend it!