small scale baking for home cooks & pastry nerds
This same day sourdough sandwich bread is made using Tangzhong which results in an incredibly soft and bouncy loaf of sandwich bread! I don’t often make sourdough sandwich bread because I normally find it’s far too dry. Recently though I’ve been experimenting with sourdough sandwich … Read More
On the hunt for your new go to sourdough bread recipe ? I gotcha covered! This basic sourdough bread recipe is easy to make and delicious dipped in soup, covered in jam or just snacked on as is! Give it a go and let me … Read More
This classic french brioche recipe is one I originally picked up while attending boulangerie (bread) school and working in London. The loaf is soft and buttery and just a tiny bit sweet. It’s absolutely delicious, and this easy brioche recipe is perfect for your next … Read More
These air fryer yeast donuts are filled with homemade grapefruit curd and coated in cardamom sugar. The result is a light and fluffy air fryer donut with a crunchy exterior and a soft interior. It’s grapefruit curd season! Or at least it’s citrus season. Which … Read More
One of the trickiest things with bread baking can be figuring out how to score sourdough bread. Instagram and Pinterest are full of beautifully scored sourdough loaves with amazing designs, but sometimes it can feel hard to achieve that in your own kitchen! Here I’ll … Read More
A Whole-Wheat Bread Recipe Life has been unusually busy for me recently. Maybe it’s that suddenly people are socializing again. Maybe it’s that Grad School has been throwing all of the work my way. Either way it’s been a lot. Which is why I’ve been … Read More
Quick same day sourdough recipe that can be started in the morning and be ready for dinner. Perfect for when you’re in a rush but still want fresh bread! As far as I can tell there are two types of sourdough bakers. The type that … Read More
I’ve spent the majority of the last year making smaller things. Smaller loaves of bread, smaller cakes and smaller batches of cookies. This time though I’ve decided to go the other way and make a slightly larger loaf of seeded sourdough bread that’s just about … Read More
I have spent most of my life harboring a healthy amount of distrust for focaccia. It tends to be dry and greasy at the same time, which is both unappetizing and confusing. But then I watched Samin Nosrat make homemade focaccia in a beautiful Italian … Read More
The other day I was working on adapting a recipe for a scone loaf from Molly Yeh. Her version is insanely good, but I wanted to change up the flavors a bit and scale it down. I decided to go for an apricot and walnut … Read More