10 November,  Jay and Gill hosted a baking weekend for a small bunch of veterans of Bethesdabakin’. Gill dressed up as a milkmaid for the occasion; Jay was juggling bread customers with guest bakers: Jack and Ben made it look as if there was some baking going on. Rick was looking old, wise and biblical […]

Yes, I know it’s been done before and I didn’t intend it to come out looking like a carved pumpkin, but it did and the photograph had to be taken. Bake it yourself. The formula is under the Bread Menu of the blog. And check out the other changes that are going on while you […]

Well, bakers always want to see the crumb shot: Butternut Squash/Cider Apple Rye.

Apple & Cider Rye: Butternut Squash, Sunflower Seed & Chile: I get the little one … Bread formulas on this site soon.

Prepping for this afternoon’s mix Cider & Apple Rye – never mind 1300g of apple it’s not easy looking at it soaking in in 2700g of cider. Butternut Squash, Sunflower Seed & Chile

Came over all Autumnal yesterday. Sacrificed half a bottle of Westons Organic, grated a few apples from the tree – voila, Apple & Cider Rye: 100% wholemeal rye, all the liquid is cider, came out pretty perfect. Notice anything different about the site?    

Few months back I bought an interesting banneton from Quivertree on ebay – a tenner delivered which I thought was jolly decent. It’s advertised as a baguette basket but it will take about a kilo of dough. First off, even after all these years, I’m still amazed that a loaf this big can come out […]

Made a batch of Cistercian/Torth Owain Glyndwr/Torth Caradog (my breads tend to have a name for every occasion) in last week’s bake: (note the little jar of fermenting apple on the shelf. Pain des Pommes coming soon) Still chewing on one eight days after baking …

Something about this reminds me of Madness – the band – silly walk – no?

So I’m sitting around minding my own business a couple of weeks back when an email clatters into the mail box. It’s from Cynan: can I supply trenchers for a mediaeval feast for Gwyl Owain Glyndwr? My reputation for mediaeval bread must have gone before me. For a number years I supplied bread for an […]