Breaducation

I've started a new blog called Breadmania, dedicated to the idea that you CAN make heathy great-tasting whole wheat, whole grain, and multi-grain bread in your breadmaker. I have a Zojirushi breadmaker, and like everyone else I made several of…

In the past couple of months, I've managed to lose that 20 pound spare tire I was carrying around my middle. Sweet Lady Wife and I have been focusing on eating healthier and as a result I've taken up the…

The Nutrimill flour mill arrived yesterday. Ten minutes later I'd ground enough flour to make this. This recipe is straight out of King Arthur Flour's Whole Grain Baking. The freshly-ground flour made a huge difference in taste.  While processed white…

I am loving my Zojirushi breadmaker. I also love King Arthur Flour. Their webiste is chocked-full of great information and products. Almost anything you could want for breadmaking is there. If you have a bread machine be sure to visit…

 The Zojirushi bread machine arrived Wednesday afternoon.  Within 15 minutes of unpacking it, I put it to work.I've made a total of three loaves so far. The first was the white bread formula in the Zojirushi manual.  It came out…

Two winters.  Thats how long it's been since I made bread.    It's hot here in Arizona in the summer and so I've customarily limited my breadmaking to winter. I woke up the other morning to the scent of Fall…

The smell of bread in the oven. That crackling sound it makes as the finished loaf starts to cool. This is the first bread I've baked since moving into the new house. I've been away from bread-making too long.

Oh man, do I miss bread-making. With temperatures poking around 116F however, breadmaking is out of the question.

I've lost track of the number of times I've made this pullman loaf and tried to get the crust more to my liking. The recipe is from Charles Van Over's The Best Bread Ever. The crust is just too thick…