Learn the twelve basic steps to creating any yeast bread. Whether you are making an Italian bread, pizza dough, coffeecake or Danish most yeast bread recipes follow these twelve simple steps. In this first of a three part series, the first three steps of yeast bread are discussed. Learn how to measure the ingredients most […]
Baking Radio #42: Twelve Steps to Yeast Bread, A Series, Part 1 Read More »
Learn how to create a yeast dough from just five simple ingredients. Chef Sokol will walk you through all the steps to create one of the simplest of yeast breads. Learn how to properly store your bread so you can savor every morsel. Simple Yeast Bread Makes one loaf Ingredients: 1 package (2
Baking Radio Podcast Episode #19: A Simple Yeast Bread Read More »
The microscopic organism, yeast, is discussed in detail. The two most common types of yeast are explored. The importance of the fermentation reaction is discussed in relation to yeast breads. Chef Sokol explains the importance of harnessing the carbon dioxide gas bubbles produced from the fermentation process and how they are affected by gluten development.
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I recently created a YouTube video on how to make the most scrumptious Chocolate Babka ever! Babkas are rich, sweet, European-style yeast breads filled with anything from cinnamon and sugar to nuts and jams and my favorite flavor– the Chocolate Babka full of chocolate bits, cocoa and brown sugar. Now many people may say, “Oh, pleeze, it’s
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(this year’s birthday cake) Yesterday was my daughter’s 29th birthday. I cannot believe the time has gone by so fast. I know this sounds so cliché but it really only seems like yesterday that she was just born. And in her case, she was. Being in the kitchen, and creating foods together was something she was raised on. She loved
Throwback Thursday- Making Pizza with Bekah Read More »
I grew up watching Julia Child on PBS. Back then, she basically was the only game in town, as far as shows about food were concerned. Since my own mother could not cook or bake, Julia really became my role model. I loved observing Julia’s every move as she de-boned a chicken or rolled out a dough for French bread. She
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I know that I just posted about how I was planning to make a sourdough pizza last Saturday and I did. I just wanted to give you an update. Saturday, about noon time, I made the actual dough from the starter that I had been feeding since Wednesday. And all went well! I left the dough to
The Blob: A Sourdough Update Read More »
I have written in a previous blog entry about my starter Bubbles who turned 20 years old this year. My, how they grow up so fast! Sourdough starters are the gift that keeps on giving. You feed them and they grow and then once they are ready to bake with, you save some of the starter to be put
Bubbles, my sourdough starter turns twenty years old this year. She and I have been through a lot over the last twenty years. We’ve fed dozens of people and even won some culinary competitions together. I guess I have personified this extraordinary mass of living matter, because she has meant so much to me and has been a large
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