Featured Recipe
Rustic Yeast Carrot Bread
Wednesday, July 08, 2026| |
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A rustic, moist yeasted loaf made with carrot purée, giving a beautiful orange hue and a fragrant, sweet background aroma. The natural sugar and starch in the carrot purée yield an incredibly tender, golden crumb with a lightly flaky crust, add subtle, natural sweetness and also extends the bread's shelf life, keeping it soft for several days. You could also add some chopped carrot tops or parsley and sunflower seeds or walnuts for more colour and crunch.
Sesame Pogača
Tuesday, June 30, 2026| |
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Although the sesame pogača is just a simple homemade bread, it looks particularly appealing whether on a festive table or just for everyday consumption. They are tender, nutty and are typically made from a yeasted dough and feature a generous topping of sesame seeds. If you like, you can fill the buns with cheese, meat or potatoes. There are many techniques for shaping the dough which make each one unique.
Pogača is a beloved bread/pastry found across Turkey and the Balkans. While Balkan and Turkish pogača share the same linguistic root and are deeply intertwined, they differ in size and texture.
Turkish Poğaça is typically made as a palm-sized, individual bun, commonly stuffed with feta, meat or potato, while in the Balkans (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, etc.), pogača is typically a large, festive, shareable round of leavened bread, often decorated or layered with cheese and folded into intricate shapes. They are often baked plain, but filled versions do exist, usually stuffed with cottage cheese or meat.
Raisin Pecan Buns
Monday, June 22, 2026| |
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These raisin pecan buns are soft, mildly sweet dough braided with a spiced filling made with rum-soaked raisins and pecans. They are a decadent breakfast treat or afternoon snack best served warm right out of the oven. Instead of raisins and pecans, you can use dried cranberries and walnuts. No rum, no problem, just use orange juice or water.
Poppy Streusel Buns
Wednesday, June 10, 2026| |
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A soft, mildy sweet yeasted dough, swirled with a earthy, nutty poppyseed filling and topped with a thin sprinkle of buttery streusel, these twisted poppy streusel buns are perfect for breakfast, afternoon tea, or picnic. The streusel is very popular here and we love it for a nice crunch, but you can skip it and glaze the buns with a lemon icing instead.
Pistachio Cardamom Rolls
Thursday, June 04, 2026| |
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Pillowy soft, gooey-in-the-middle, smothered in pistachio cream cheese frosting with a few crunchy pistachios on top, you can never get enough of them. The dough is a simple yeast dough made with flour, sugar, milk and yeast. To give it a bit more flavour, I used homemade vanilla sugar to the dough. The milk should be warm, but must not exceed 38C/100F degrees, or it will kill the yeast and your dough won't rise. Enjoy these pistachio buns straight from the oven while they are still light, fluffy and wonderfully moist. Pack them in an airtight container and store them at room temperature for up to 3 days. You can also freeze them individually and defrost them when you need some sweet treat.
Easy Water Challah
Wednesday, May 27, 2026| |
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Challah, or egg bread, is often enriched with eggs, which add softness, richness and a tempting golden colour and sometimes it’s sweetened with honey. However, you can absolutely make delicious challah without eggs and honey, a traditional version known as "water challah". It calls for just a few simple pantry ingredients with water, oil, flour, sugar, and yeast. This method produces a lighter, less dense, and typically less sweet loaf with a soft interior and crispy crust. It's easy to whip up anytime, but also special enough for holidays.
Coconut Bread Ring with Tangzhong
Sunday, May 10, 2026| |
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A soft, enriched ring-shaped snack bread filled with a slightly sweet, buttery desiccated coconut filling—golden, light, and perfect for breadfast, afternoon snack or picnic. For the dough, you need to take an extra step and make a water roux starter first by simply heating up a mixture of water and flour to bring out the gelatinization of starch in flour. Bread baked with water roux is particularly soft, tender and haslong-lasting freshness.
Brioche Challah Buns
Tuesday, May 05, 2026| |
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Those brioche challah buns are pillowy soft, fluffy and slightly sweet. They are perfect for breakfast, afternoon snack or served as dinner rolls. It’s fun to braid the dough into small challah buns, but you certainly can shape the dough into a large round challah or even just a standard loaf. I made these buns straight through in a few hours, but you can cold-ferment the dough for 12-18 hours if you want to break up the process to fit your time schedule.
Dinkelbrötchen - Spelt Rolls
Monday, April 27, 2026| |
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Sometimes you just need something quick – and that's when a simple spelt roll recipe comes in handy! Whether you're baking them for a leisurely brunch or dinner with the family, these spelt flour rolls always taste great. Baking bread is often considered complicated, especially by beginners. And of course, making and using your own sourdough starter isn't exactly the quickest thing to do, though definitely worth it! The dough is super easy to work with and the result is fantastic. So if you don't have much experience or time, you should definitely start by baking these simple spelt rolls. They have a wonderful crust and are beautifully moist inside.
Quick Wild Garlic Loaf
Thursday, April 23, 2026| |
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This aromatic bread gets its distinctive flavour from the addition of finely chopped wild garlic, which not only adds a fantastic, mild, and sweet garlicky flavour to the loaf, but it is also a nutrient-dense "superfood" with numerous health benefits. With spelt flour, milk and Parmigiano Reggiano, it turns out wonderfully hearty and moist. Best of all: it requires no yeast at all and can be mixed together with baking powder in just a few minutes. Whether for breakfast, as a side dish for a barbecue, or simply spread with butter – this quick bread is a real treat for all wild garlic fans!
Millet Bread
Tuesday, April 21, 2026| |
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This light millet bread is wonderfully moist and fluffy thanks to the use of milk and honey. In addition to the mineral-rich and easy-to-digest millet, which will be cooked beforehand, I also used both spelt flour and regular wheat flour for the dough, but you can use either just wheat or spelt. Perfect for sandwich or a delicious breakfast with homemade jam or cheese.
Carrot and Flaxseed Bread
Friday, April 10, 2026| Baked with dark malt beer | Baked with water |
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Hearty, flavourful, with a hint of natural sweetness from grated carrots and a crispy crust, this flaxseed bread is packed with loads of fiber-rich organic brown flaxseeds, tasty and something you can really enjoy and feel good about it. The bread turned out deep golden and nutty with a moist and tender crumb - simply perfect for your breakfast, afternoon sandwich, or a hearty midnight smear of nut butter. I baked the bread with both German dark malt beer and water, but you certainly can use other types of beer or a mix of beer and water.


