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Discover my breadmaking tips, techniques and recipes to help you make better bread every time. I use these techniques in my classes.


Choose to use a Heritage Wheat in your bread
Heritage Wheats are coming to a bakery near you Can you imagine going to your ...
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Baba Napolitana
Make delicious orange soaked baba napolitana You might be familiar with rum babas? This is ...
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Bake Better Bread: Why you should scald flour
Scalding Flour Why scald flour? It will give you a lighter loaf of bread that ...
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Let’s talk English muffins
Make Bread Muffins, a British Classic Often the only time we get to eat bread ...
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Bake Better Bread: Salt
Is salt important in breadmaking? Yes! Salt Awareness Week suggest we should reduce the amount ...
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Japanese Milk Bread. Yudane vs Tangzhong
For a light fluffy bread, Tangzhong and Yudane really work Japanese Milk bread is a ...
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Bake Better Bread: Busting the Breadmaking Myths
Bust those myths about making bread It's time to question what cookery book writers are ...
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Time for Bread Chat
We are a group of women bakers and we've decided to a regular, lively discussion ...
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Time to ferment bread with raisin water
Can you make bread without yeast or sourdough starter? Try fermented fruit water Whilst chatting ...
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Bake Better Bread: Bread Books
Choose a bread recipe book to inspire you Are you looking for a really great ...
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Lena’s Swedish Porridge Bread Recipe
Do you delight in eating porridge for breakfast? Or would you rather stick to bread? ...
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Bake Better Bread: Choosing and buying bread flour
What is bread flour? If you are buying bread flour, where do you source it ...
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Bake Better Bread: Bread making equipment essentials
What bread making equipment do you need to make great bread? Bread making at home ...
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Bake Better Bread: French Flour
Why bake with French Flour? For an authentic French loaf whether it is a baguette, ...
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Bake Better Bread: Pre ferment – Pâte fermentée
Baker's used to use old dough. Nowadays it's Pâte fermentée Using Pâte fermentée in your ...
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Baker Better Bread: Baking in the Rofco
Successfully baking bread in the Rofco oven Baking for yourself It's quite a shock when ...
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Bake Better Bread: Baker’s Percentages
Baker's Percentages will make your bread consistent When I first learnt about Baker's percentages, I ...
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Bake Better Bread: Using heat and steam
How using heat and steam improves your bread You've taken time over your bread dough ...
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Bake better bread: Fresh Yeast
Use fresh yeast to improve your bread recipe Do you think that fresh yeast is ...
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Bake Better Bread: Temperature
Why dough temperature matters Do you think about water temperature you add to your dough? ...
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Bake Better Bread: Autolyse
Autolyse (Pre soak) I learnt to bake professionally in France and I use the techniques ...
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Cotswold Cider Bread Recipe
Make Bread with Cider I am new to craft cider. My recollections of drinking cider ...
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Make mini berry rum babas
Clandestine Cake Club She struggled into the packed room clutching a very large white box ...
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