Baking with House of Bread

Baking pastries with the right kind of 100% whole wheat flour. My favorite cookie recipe-oatmeal raisin.

The episode explains the best whole wheat flour to use when making pastries, or the best combination of whole wheat flours for making bread. White whole wheat flour or pr

Sourdough Multi Grain Focaccia with Italian Bread Dipper recipe

The traditional focaccia transformed into a sourdough multi grain version. Either way, both versions of focaccia pair well with the Italian Bread dipper. Perfect to bring

Art and Science involved in making a recipe a sourdough version

Creating a Sourdough Multi Grain Focaccia version from a standard focaccia recipe. The science behind adding in sourdough starter and what ingredients to adjust by the ar

Using artificial intelligence to boost your baking skills.

Sheila reviews BakeGBT top ten baking tips. Some right on, some way off. In the end, there are no AI hacks for gaining the best knowledge through the experience of baking

Anthony, shares his tips for home bakers and his very own Sourdough Cranberry Sesame Seed recipe

The baker at House of Bread Anthony, shares his own recipe and the process of how to make, mix, stretch, fold, and use the Dutch Oven. 350 grams of white bread flour 1

Baking with a Dutch oven

I recommend baking in a Dutch oven for every home baker desiring to bake hard crusted breads. It is just the easiest way to add steam to the bake, and you really don't ad

Scones, a perfect gift for a mom, or treat yourself.

Scones: the breakfast staple and perfect to bake for mom.    Get that perfect flaky rich buttery flavor.    Please subscribe and share this podcast with another bread hea

German Schwarz Brot or German Rye

WATER = warm 2 C- may end up being more depending uponsourdough starter thickness. DARK or whole RYE FLOUR       2  ½ C WHOLE GRAIN wheat flour    2 C SOURDOUGH STARTE

Irish Soda Bread, bring a little luck to the table on St. Patrick's Day

The luck of the Irish, wasn't about their cuisine but rather the propensity for miners of Irish decent during the gold rush to strike it rich.  At House of Bread, we adde

Chocolate Babka

Chocolate Babka. Easy to make, use Challah dough, fill, cut twist, top, bake and deliciousness awaits. Challah recipe: (two medium sized loaves)   2 1/2 cups of wa

Top Five bread baking strategies that helped elevate my baking from flavorless bricks to beautiful delicious loaves.

Happy New Year! 1. Embrace the fact you will have failures, and it is all part of the journey.    2. While embracing the learning curves you still want to set yourself

Stollen, the German Christmas loaf

Show Notes: STOLLEN Two loaf yield. I know I said I was Irish in my intro, I’m also half German. My Grandma McCann was German and her Stollen, was delicious. The bread is

Water, simply the most overlooked but one of the most important ingredients in baking.

Understanding the portion of water in bread baking, helps guide the baker in knowing how to shape the dough, proof the dough and bake it. Want to learn about a particul

Day of the Dead=El Dia De Los Muertos

Sheila covers how to make the calaveras skull type bread and the pad de muertos which are the more traditionally shaped loaves.    The base is a sweet egg bread with a hi

Guarantee deliciousness-blueberry walnut coffee cake that happens to be gluten free and vegan.

I know a long title, but I wanted you to pause on passing on this amazing recipe because it is both gluten free and vegan. I'm neither and this is one of the few pastries

Snickerdoodle Cookies

What's with the funny name and how to make one of the most popular cookies in the US. SNICKERDOODLES In a bowl mix the flour, salt and baking powder and set aside. 5

For better bread nail your second proof

While proofing may be the most passive step in bread baking — you literally sit back and wait — it’s also one of the most crucial. Most people focus on the first rise, wh

Buttermilk biscuits-perfect for strawberry shortcake or biscuits and gravy

Strawberry season on the Central Coast of California means strawberry shortcake for dessert! These biscuits are semi-sweet and can be used for biscuits and gravy too. ·

Salt

Next to flour of some type, salt is in all baking recipes. While extremely important, the type to get depends upon what type of baking you are doing. That being said, the

Kings Cake 2

I previously did an entire episode on King's Cake. This one offers tips from the McKinney Franchisee who is the queen of King Cake sales. The cakes have a baby inside a