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I had roasted some sweet potatoes and baby red potatoes the other night on the grill when cooking a marinated pork roast with using some of them in a bread.  I thought they would pair well with some Durum flour and 00 Caputo flour and I was not mistaken.

This is a terrific sandwich bread and also works well mopping up sauce which I happily did with my wife's pasta and meatballs the other day.  The crumb is a little tight but it was nice and soft and moist and tasted great.

It's been over a month since I had a chance to post.  Between traveling to China for work and then going to NC for Thanksgiving time has been short.

Anyway, this bread was one I made after returning from China.  It ended up very tasty with a nice nutty flavor from the freshly milled Durum flour combined with the freshly milled whole rye flour.

I incorporated some rye and durum into the two build starter and added some bread flour for some added strength.

  I've been meaning to make a version of Dave Snyder's famous San Joaquin bread.  I baked some baguettes last week using the modified formula below but without the onions and they tasted great.  For this bake I decided to add some grilled onions and shape some batards.

I used KAF French style flour in place of the AP flour in the original formula and increased the amount of rye and whole wheat also using fresh milled rye and fresh milled sprouted whole wheat.  I added some fresh milled Durum flour as well.

  It finally feels like fall on Long Island with apple  and pumpkin picking season in full gear, so what better bread to bake than a Cider loaf.

Unlike the original version I made earlier in the year here, this one uses apple cider instead of hard cider and I used a different assortment of flours.  In the mix were French style, freshly milled whole rye, spelt and sprouted wheat.

     Healthy and tasty with a noticeable sour dough twang, these rolls hit all of the right notes.

I used some fresh milled whole wheat along with some 00 Caputo flour, First and Clear flour.  The oats were added in with the flour along with some 2% Greek yogurt, and Maple Balsamic vinegar.

The end results were a nice moist, open crumb perfect for sandwiches or as a dinner roll.

I just milled some fresh Durum flour and decided to sift it this time instead of using it whole.  Sifting made it closer to the KAF flour I used to use all the time for Durum breads.

To make this one interesting I added some fresh ricotta and mashed potatoes.  The end result was a nice open soft crumb but for some reason this one ended up very sour.  It does make great toast and grilled bread for sure.

   My good bread baking friend DA and his furry apprentice Lucy have been baking up a storm lately.  Mookie thought it was high time I get my act together and see if I can come close to packing in as many ingredients in a bread as they do.  I am not sure if this one fits the bill, but it sure did come out chock full of flavor.

I used some sunflower seeds in the porridge mixture for some added crunch and flavor and the addition of the mushroom with sage olive oil really created a healthy and fall feeling bread.

      As I mentioned in my last post, I sprouted some whole wheat and rye and ground them in my mill a couple of weeks ago.  I wanted to make a mostly sprouted whole wheat bread since there is nothing like the flavor sprouted whole wheat imparts on a bread.

I added a little rye and some French Style flour from KAF to round out the bread and through in some cracked wheat as well.

   This recipe is adapted from one of my favorite Jewish Rye breads.  I recently finally had a chance to sprout some grains and mill them into sprouted flours.

I built a sprouted rye starter in two builds and used some First Clear and potato flour along with sprouted rye for the main dough.

Dried toasted  onions were re-hydrated in the water and added to main dough for that extra kick and everyone knows onions go great with rye.

I made a bread not that long ago using pecan meal in the porridge which came out great so I wanted to try another version and bump up the flavor profile a bit.  The addition of the smoked cheddar cheese I bought on my recent trip to Vermont really makes this an amazing bread.

I also used some freshly milled whole wheat and rye flour in the levain and in the main dough.  I grated the cheese coarsely this time, but you can also cube it instead.

Give this one a try if you can and you won't be disappointed.