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Choose to use a Heritage Wheat in your bread

Heritage Wheats are coming to a bakery near you Can you imagine going to your local artisan bakery and choosing your bread as you might choose a bottle of wine? …

Baba Napolitana

Make delicious orange soaked baba napolitana You might be familiar with rum babas? This is the Italian version, hailing from Napoli. It’s often made for celebrations including Christmas. It’s a …

Bake Better Bread: Why you should scald flour

Scalding Flour “Oh my goodness, you are adding really hot water to the flour? I can’t believe that would work” I exclaimed. Back in 2019 I participated in the Kneading …

Let’s talk English muffins

Make Bread Muffins, a British Classic Often the only time we get to eat bread muffins these days is when we have Eggs Benedict. Whilst that is definitely a favourite, …

Bake Better Bread: Salt

Is salt important in breadmaking? Yes! Salt Awareness Week suggest we should reduce the amount of salt we eat. Is it time to reduce the amount of salt in bread? …

Japanese Milk Bread. Yudane vs Tangzhong

For a light fluffy bread, Tangzhong and Yudane really work Japanese Milk bread is a light fluffy bread. One of those breads that once you start eating you just don’t …

Bake Better Bread: Busting the Breadmaking Myths

Bust those myths about making bread It’s time to question what cookery book writers are telling you. In July 2020, a group of experienced female bakers us held our first …

Time for Bread Chat

We are a group of women bakers and we’ve decided to a regular, lively discussion online. Bread Chat will take place over Zoom so we can see each other in …

Time to ferment bread with raisin water

Can you make bread without yeast or sourdough starter? Try fermented fruit water Whilst chatting with fellow female breadbakers from Bread Chat, Michelle, from Planet Leicester Bakers mentioned she was …

Bake Better Bread: Bread Books

Choose a bread recipe book to inspire you Are you looking for a really great bread book? After all, there are so many. I asked two great woman bakers to …