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Three of the best bakery hacks for you!
Setting up a bakery can seem daunting. Even if you want to mess around at home after taking one of our wonderful bread courses can seem daunting. All that stuff! It may seem like rather a lot to spend, especially Read More …
Delicious 100 % rye bread – more questions answered
Recently a reader tried (and loved) the 100% rye recipe on the website and sent me a few questions. They are great questions, so I thought I would answer them here. 1) Should I buy a 1lb tin, or just Read More …
Easy recipe for ciabatta with potato, rosemary and beetroot
This “no knead” bread is just delicious and very simple. It’s too hot to knead, frankly, and the heat of the summer enables the biga to develop quickly so just 10 hours of life gives it a lot of life Read More …
Easy recipe for rye bread with dates and walnuts
Want a change from raisin bread? Try baking this absolutely delicious date and walnut bread for breakfast instead. The tips for making it super tasty include scalding the dates and dry roasting the walnuts before you add them. Scalding the Read More …
On going training is the best way to learn
My bakery training did not take place at college. This is a well known fact about me and it is partly what enables me to be a great baker and a great teacher. I have seen a lot and I Read More …
The lovers’ window – beautiful buns from Iraq to delight everyone – last of the Banned Buns
There is a beautiful bun from Iraq called shubbak el habayeb. This translates into the Lovers’ Window which I think is the nicest name of any bread in the whole world. We need more love and we need more windows Read More …
Celebrate with your neighbours and have these Syrian buns called Sfeeha
The travel ban has been judged to be unconstitutional which is great news. Chaos will still reign, of course, but for now, let’s celebrate with some more (no longer, but possibly will be again in the future) Banned Buns! These Read More …
Feed the Syrian body and soul with banned buns!
Ka’ak are the third in our series on Banned Buns (click here to read the first and second of our banned bun recipes). They are little, crispy buns shaped like tiny bagels and they used to be on sale all Read More …
Reach out and comfort someone from Libya with banned buns!
The second in our recipe series about banned buns (you can read the first recipe here) this one comes from Libya and the bun is called Khubz bil ashab and it is really simple to make because it is a Read More …