Back to the Basics: Scones for Daring Bakers
Audax Artifex was our January 2012 Daring Bakers’ host. Aud worked tirelessly to master light and fluffy scones (a/k/a biscuits) to help us create delicious and perfect batches in our own kitchens! This month, we were assigned a super simple task for our monthly challenge: scones. But not the scones you think about seeing in your local bakery, a traditional British scone, or Australian scone, which would be better known to many of us as biscuits. The recipe we were given to replicate has no sugar as most American “scones” do, and simply consists of flour, leavening, fat, and liquid. The recipe was created to be quick, easy, and cheap – all of which it is, in addition to being delicious. (more…)
Sourdough French Country Bread for Daring Bakers
Our Daring Bakers Host for December 2011 was Jessica of My Recipe Project and she showed us how fun it is to create Sour Dough bread in our own kitchens! She provided us with Sour Dough recipes from Bread Matters by Andrew Whitley as well as delicious recipes to use our Sour Dough bread in from Tonia George’s Things on Toast and Canteen’s Great British Food! (more…)
Povitica (Sweet Dessert Bread) for Daring Bakers
The Daring Baker’s October 2011 challenge was Povitica, hosted by Jenni of The Gingered Whisk. Povitica is a traditional Eastern European Dessert Bread that is as lovely to look at as it is to eat! Prior to this month’s challenge I had never heard of Povitica, but I certainly liked the sound of a “sweet dessert bread” so I was excited to give it a try. Povitica is known by other names, such as Nutroll, Potica, Kalachi and Studia, but it’s essentially just a sweet yeast dough with a rich and nutty filling rolled into it. The end result is something as stunning as it is delicious, and it’s secretly not as difficult to make as it may seem. (more…)
