Breads

Irish Brown Bread
under 1 hour
1 loaf

Irish Brown Bread

I began with a recipe for Irish Brown Bread from the Ballymaloe Cookery School, in Ballymaloe, Ireland,  as recorded by noted baker and blogger David Lebovitz. I adapted it to my kitchen, where I mill my own wheat and rely on the convenience of instant yeast.

No-knead English Muffin Bread
2 hours
2 loaves

No-knead English Muffin Bread

As the weather cools, my kitchen shifts into baking mode. I often make bread for the family, and an easy no-knead English Muffin bread is a family standby. It takes just 2 hours from start to finish, which means I can have the idea for a soup-and-bread supper at lunchtime,

No-Knead Slow Cooker Dinner Rolls
3 hours
9 large rolls

No-Knead Slow Cooker Dinner Rolls

Note that I used a 6-quart oval slow cooker. If you’ve got a smaller round one, cut this recipe in half, and make just 6 no-knead slow cooker dinner rolls.

In a mixing bowl stir together water and yeast. 

Overnight English Muffins
overnight
8 muffins

Overnight English Muffins

These overnight English muffins are not only easy (stir, let rise, stir, cook) but they use only flour, yeast, salt, water, and a bit of cornmeal. If you can’t get to the store, you can still have fantastic muffins for breakfast.

Oatmeal Wheat Bread
about 3 hours total
2 sandwich loaves

Oatmeal Wheat Bread

Oatmeal wheat bread: fragrant and hearty. Great for toast, sandwiches, or just plain eating.

Savory Scones with Rosemary Sea Salt Bar
makes 6-8 sandwiches

Savory Scones with Rosemary Sea Salt Bar

I have adapted a recipe for scones to use Forté Chocolate’s Gusto Rosemary Sea Salt Bar. This bar adds rosemary and sea salt to silky-smooth white chocolate. It makes an interesting taste when chopped and added in to scones!

preparation

Preheat the oven to 425˚F (210˚C).

Scones with Fireweed Honey Bar
6-8 scones

Scones with Fireweed Honey Bar

I have adapted a recipe for scones to use Forté Chocolate’s Gusto Fireweed Honey Bar. This bar blends American fireweed honey with a fruity Madagascar dark chocolate to create a luscious full-flavored bar with a smooth honey finish. It’s perfect when chopped and added in to scones!

Fresh Blueberry Muffins
40 minutes
12 muffins

Fresh Blueberry Muffins

A note from my kitchen: the only difficult thing about this recipe is keeping the muffins for more than a day, not because the muffins won’t keep – but because my family won’t let them alone. Everybody here loves fresh blueberry muffins. 

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
45 min + overnight rise
12 rolls

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls

Brunch is a lot easier at my house, since I’ve been making overnight cinnamon rolls. Everybody loves them, and you can’t beat the convenience.

step 1: make the dough

If you use a bread machine, select dough cycle,

Lazy Pain au Chocolat
15-20 minutes
8-12 rolls

Lazy Pain au Chocolat

Be sure to thaw the puff pastry according to package directions. A good butter-based puff pastry is the secret to lazy pain au chocolat!

Heat oven to 400˚F  (200˚C).

Lay out the sheet of thawed puff pastry.

No-Knead Wheat Bread from Fresh-Ground Flour
1 large loaf

No-Knead Wheat Bread from Fresh-Ground Flour

I know that some readers will cringe at my ingredients list. I mix weight in grams, volume in cups and tablespoons, what the heck? In my kitchen, I use what’s handy, and what works. Sure, I could have weighed the water on the same scale I used for the wheat and flour –

Country French Bread – Mockmill
5 hours or so
1 large or 2 small loaves

Country French Bread – Mockmill

It all started with a vision: a nice round loaf of country French bread, full of flavor and goodness. With the Mockmill, I finally had the means to grind my own grain. I wanted to make bread in a fairly simple way –

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