Bake Off Binge (part 1/2)

The Great British Bake Off ended last week – and I’ve only seen one episode! In order to avoid spoilers but also take part, I’ve limited my updates to the weekly themes so I could still bake, and buy, along.

Minimalist Baking

It’s been waaaaay too long since I’ve put a bake on the blog. With travel, it’s hard to find the time. And with the move across the world, well, I just don’t have the stock of ingredients I once did. 

Too many ingredients…

Before heading off to Ireland, I spent some time in the kitchen baking.

Bakes for Breakfast

I’ve been using breakfast and baked goods to motivate myself in the mornings, and it’s working like a charm.

Pizza for Better or Worse

I’ll leave you with this pizza dough that has quickly become a favourite of ours. We made it a few weeks ago, on a rainy Sunday evening after an entire week of rain. It was a very bright spot in a very dark time (literally), and so here’s hoping it will cheer you up as much as the memory of it cheers me.

An Easy Bake for a Hard Week

Before we go any further: German week, the theme of Friday’s new GBBO episode. As I mentioned last week, after I finished my trial-and-error dessert week bake, I found an easy way out for this.

Three Weeks, Three Flavours

It’s bread week! This time I went all-in on flavour, selecting not one but three.

An Experiment in Rye

My boss made a *small* mistake at work: He ordered a sack of rye chops instead of all-purpose flour. We can’t use that when making donuts, and he knows I bake, so I now have 50 pounds of rye to mess around with.

Happy Easter!

I felt very English this week as I baked for Easter. I donned a jumper, brewed a cup of tea, powered on my scale, and got measuring.

The Baker’s Bread

I set aside my international breads for a moment to return to a classic favorite. This oat bread is what turned me into a baker.