October 3rd, 2014

Gebrannte-Mandeln-Zopf

Category Cake & Pastry Tags: Almonds, Amaretto, Cinnamon, lactose free, only with yeast, Pâte fermentée, Tonkabohne 26 Responses

There are traditions I would never break with, like baking a nut braid for my colleagues for my birthday coffee break. Everyone loves this braid, its tender crumb with the generous amout of filling. And the filling helps to keep the braid fresh for a long time, too. This year, anyway, I had to face […]

December 23rd, 2012

Wie man einen runden Zopf flechtet

Category Bread baking theory Tags: How to do No Responses

Dived the dough in 80g . Roll into a strand of about 70 cm. Divide the strand into 4 parts. Now lay them cross-wise, so that the strands are inwoven(1). Now take the lower strand and lay it over the higher one (2) and repeat this once more in the other direction (3). Now fold […]

October 25th, 2009

Zopf filled with Nuts

Category Cake & Pastry Tags: Cinnamon, Nuts, only with yeast 50 Responses

After our lab moved to the new bio center we are now nearly back to everyday life. Some things are not working as they should, but it gets better every day! In our coffee room we miss the new kitchen (it will be delivered later this month) but we have already tables, chairs, and a […]

December 13th, 2019

Lussekatter

Category Rolls, Special Occasions Tags: Biga, Cardamom, Cream, only with yeast, Saffron, Wheat 10 Responses

It’s been a long time, since I published my first Lussekatter recipe. Back then I learned that in Sweden you can find two different types of recipes: one with quark, and one without. The variant with quark was on my to do list ever since. And I had a recipe draft ready already three years […]

July 26th, 2019

French Toast

Category main courses Tags: Bread, Egg, Leftover, Milk One Response

The last two weeks were busy ones. My sister is moving and so I spent the beginning of the summer holidays with sorting stuff out, packing boxes, carrying furniture from the third level to the transporter and renovating. My own household tasks were left alone during that time. And so I spend my first “real” […]

March 11th, 2019

Buttermilk Braid

Category Bread, hand kneaded, Overnight Tags: Buttermilk, Cream, Hand kneaded, only with yeast, overnight, Water roux 20 Responses

It was such a stormy Sunday! The sun was glimpsing through the clouds now and then, but the whole time trees were bending under the power of wind. It was the right weekend to stay home and bake bread. And so I bake a delicious braid. But as we have a tiny bit of stormy […]

August 10th, 2018

Schokoladen-Weckchen

Category Rolls Tags: Butter, Chocolate, Malt, Rye, Sweet starter 24 Responses

Chocolate is always a good idea. And already since childhood I’m in love with the “Schokoladen-Weckchen” (Sweet chocolate rolls) which the baker in my home town baked. And during the sorting of my baking suppleys I found chocolate drops, which I original bought for baking cookies. But when I saw them, I coudn’t get this […]

August 2nd, 2018

Poppy seed–Nut–Rolls

Category Cake & Pastry Tags: almond, Egg, hazelnut, Nuts, only with yeast, Poppy seeds, tonka 9 Responses

Sometimes recipes are just created to use leftovers. This recipe is one of them. I created it spontaneously, when my mother-in-law and me started to sort her baking supply’s last week and found different nuts and poppy seeds a bit past the “best before” date. We checked them and they tasted still fine, so we […]

July 8th, 2018

Spelt Potato Braid

Category Bread Tags: egg free, milchfrei, Spelt, Sweet starter, Tonkabohne, wheat free 12 Responses

Sometime it is good to have a delicious recipe at hand, which works well for those, who are not eating milk, eggs or wheat. For me, it is important that these recipes do not taste like “replacements” but are delicious stand-alone recipes. The Spelt Potato Braid is one of this recipes. The dough is made […]

March 26th, 2018

Ideas for Eastern 2018

Category This and That Tags: Eastern One Response