With Dr. S out of town for a few days, I busied myself with another baking project, this time, quinoa bread. At first, I thought two loaves might be too much for my stand mixer, but I forged ahead anyway. This recipe uses a sponge plus cooked quinoa so it’s not as simple as, s...
Continuing the quinoa theme, I tried out a crumble using a quinoa topping. It’s billed as a gluten-free recipe, but it’s extremely delicious. Like Cook’s Illustrated’s technique, the topping is baked separately so that it will stay crisp. I made a batch of this in a larger con...
We brought back another case of Honeybells and red grapefruits from a recent trip to Florida. Combine that with two huge containers of plain yogurt from Costco and I got the idea to make a panna cotta dessert. I searched around for a grapefruit panna cotta, and the one that I ...
A Costco-sized bag of quinoa (is it KEEN-wah? or kee-NOH-ah?) was the motivation for making these muffins. I bookmarked this NY Times article last fall since I don’t know much about this grain, and have never tried baking with it. There’s a bit of prep work: I used a small Bra...
When I saw this entry on http://www.playingwithfireandwater.com/, I knew I had to try it. This isn’t the first time I’ve used miso in baking or dessert but it’s definitely my first cookie using the paste. My only substitution was using regular brown sugar instead of dark. I al...
Dr. S wanted some healthy muffins and I rummaged around on the Web to find one that might use up some ingredients in the fridge. Since I was out of wheat bran, I limited myself to ones using oat bran or something like that. This carrot muffin looked good but I didn’t have pine...
While in Florida, I got a chance to make a loaf of challah to enjoy on the weekend. On Friday morning, I made the dough with the only modification being a reduction in the sugar to accommodate some diabetics. I did the first rise at room temperature. After punching down, I put...
Ever since I discovered Print-On-Demand services, I’ve enjoyed making books that chronicle my baking and travel adventures. For Volume 1 way back in 2006, I made a very modest book using QOOP. For Volume 2 in 2008, I got a little fancier and made a book using Blurb. A book cov...