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Lucy the Bagel Dog

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It has been a long time since Lucy made some real old time SD bagels of any kind and she has never made and used a 7 day, old dough leaven to make them rise.  She wanted to do a regular levain but what kind of fun would that be?

First Panettone

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I've been meaning to make panettone for quite some time.  The other day someone posted a link to Joe Pastry (https://joepastry.com/).  He stopped contributing to the site some time ago but the site is still active.  I love his approach and I was looking for a recipe that didn't require days on end of starter building.  The recipe follows BBA with minor tweaks.

Bravetart Apple Pie

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Well a year and a half into my pie baking “career” I’ve finally made my first apple pie.  I know a lot of people love apple pie, but I hate peeling apples and have no space for a dedicated apple peeler in my apartment kitchen.  However, this apple pie turned out so well I might have to make room.

I followed the Bravetart Apple Pie recipe almost exactly and overall it turned out well.  I used once again the all butter crust recipe from Bravetart however, this time I subbed 40 g of the water for 40 g of vodka to see if it would make the pastry a touch more tender.

Beginner’s Sourdough - Another time

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I am still working on my skills with sourdough, having had some recent success I thought I see if I can replicate that success.  With this bake I also thought I’d try shaping using a spritz of water on the counter and my hands, unfortunately that didn’t go so well.  I’m not sure why it didn’t work, perhaps I used too much water, that is the most likely cause.  After the shaping didn’t go well with water, I let the blob rest and then reshaped using flour, this went a bit better but not as good as my previous bake.

Wild Blend Rice Sourdough with Onions

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While looking through the kitchen pantry for inspiration, I came across a bag of Wild Blend Rice made by Lundberg. So I log in to The Fresh Loaf looking for a recipe that uses rice and onions. What do I find? A recipe that I created last November using those very ingredients! ?‍♀️Of course, in this version, I had to tweak a few ingredients and the method. I also changed my usual timing of the Levain due to a family birthday party. 

 

Recipe

 

Makes 3 loaves

 

Dough:

700 g strong bakers unbleached flour