Handmade Loaves

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I've been gobbling up The Handmade Loaf. Great book. A pity it is so hard to find in the states. I'm too tired to post any recipes or articles tonight, though I will again soon. I'm long overdue. For now, a roll call of things I baked this weekend: cinnamon buns Cinnamon Buns - an amalgam of recipes. flax seed bread Flax Seed Bread - from Dan Lepard's book. He calls it Linseed Wheat Bread, I believe. So good I made a second batch. It looks like a yam, no? barm bread Barm Bread - another Dan Lepard recipe. Bottle conditioned beer mixed with a bit of levain. I used a combination of white, whole wheat, barley, and rye flours. Not one I'm overjoyed by, but a worthwhile baking experiment. barm bread My pain sur poolish and the flax bread being oogled by the littlest one.
Mm... The selection of recipes is good, the photos are nice, but I think more than anything it is the attitude. The book is approachable: I don't get that "do everything exactly as I say or your not worthy" vibe that I do from some other cookbook authors. He just seems into it.
It's a book that I also like very much. A simple, hands on approach - which works. I LOVE the virtually no - knead method! Andrew