December 31st, 2011

Best of 2011

The year 2011 is already nearly gone. I still wonder how fast time flied this year. The last year brought many good things, some sad ones and always a lot of baking. And while I am sitting here and try to remember all the things that happened to me, let me share my favourite recipes […]

September 29th, 2011

“Normal” Rolls

In the different regions of Germany plain rolls have different names: In the north they are called “Rundstücke”, in the South “Semmeln” or “Wecken” and in the East they are called “Schrippen” or “Doppelte”, and in the West, were I live, we call them “Brötchen”. But as a friend who has to travel a lot […]

September 4th, 2011

Sonntagsstuten

In this Region of Germany we call sweet Bread baked in a loaf pan “Stuten”. There are different kinds of Stuten, some are prepared with raisins, other are plain and seldom you can get one made with almonds. I like the one with raisins – Rosinenstuten – very much, but because some person of this […]

February 13th, 2011

Question about Dough

There are a different methods for making a Dough: Kneading by hand, Folding, kneading with a kitchen machine? Which method is the best? In my eyes there is not “best” method, each method will develop a gluten network and that’s what we aiming for. So it is up to you to choose the method you […]

October 16th, 2010

Toastbrot

This bread results from a misunderstanding. My boyfriend asked if I could bake this delicious “Toastbrot” again. He was thinking about this bread that I baked already in different a Variation for last World Bread Day. I used this fast and easy recipe often in the last month because it is delicious and easy. And […]

July 31st, 2010

Spelt and Seeds rolls

The last weeks were very exhausting. My work in the lab is very time consuming at the moment and it seems that it stays like this until middle of September. That’s why I posted not very frequently in the last time and I am afraid that I will not post regulary until the most important […]

June 4th, 2010

Raspberry curd cream

When Zorra asked me to host 57. Blogevent I knew really soon that the topic would be “Food to take away”. I take always some lunch snack to work because I do not like the meals in our cafeteria. Most of the time it is a sandwich of homemade bread with cheese, lettuce and tomatoes, […]