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Ciabatta—It’s Bread with Attitude, Dude!
Ciabatta—It’s Bread with Attitude, Dude!

These are tough times indeed—obviously, holidays in Italy are presently out of the question. What better to cheer us up then with this beautiful, ultra-light and characterful take on the Italian Ciabatta—bread with attitude, Dude! Just hope you can get hold of some flour…

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Baking, Italian Bread, Biga Acida, Bread, Recipe, VegetarianDiana ScoleyItalian, OO Flour, honey, blood orange, clementines, oranges, yeast, Virgin olive oil, unbleached, Tomatoes, Mozzare, mozzarella, Basil, Balsamic Vinegar, Olive oil, tinascoley, luckydipblog, limbericks, yoga, socal yoga cultureComment
Cracking 'Granary' Rolls and Loaf
Cracking 'Granary' Rolls and Loaf

I so miss the quintessentially British Hovis’ trademarked Granary Bread. It has an absolutely distinctive sweet, nutty malted flavour and aroma. It is also wonderfully moist.  Hats off to Hovis ! 

Now I’m attempting to make my very own version because it can’t be bought here in the States. Please bear with me — I’ve been creating my own recipe and have baked two lots thus far. The ingredients are being honed so that you too can experience this wonderful bread for yourself. Believe me, it’s so worth it . . .  

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Baking, Bread, Breads, Great Britain, RecipesDiana Scoleycracked wheat, rye, rye flour, diastatic malted powder, soft brown sugar, coarse wholemeal flour, unbleached bread flour, yeast, butter, vinegar, milk, Tina Scoley, Lucky Dip Blog, Limbericks, Yoga, SoCal yoga cultureComment
Finny Fannie - Round Rye Loaf with Starter Dough
Finny Fannie - Round Rye Loaf with Starter Dough

Finny Fannie — inspired by traditional Finnish bread-making and the American recipe called Fanny bread. It may be wry but it certainly ain’t dry! A bit of an experiment but it turned out very well, easy to slice and, frankly, tastes brilliant. So good that this loaf disappeared in no time at all — I only just managed to get a picture of the last slice!

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Baking, Recipe, Recipes, Bread, Vegetarian, LoafDiana Scoleystarter dough, rye flour, yeast, caraway, muscovado sugar, milk, mature cheddar, Tina Scoley, Lucky Dip Blog, Limbericks, yoga, socal yoga culture Comment