http://www.mysourdough.com All Things Sourdough, for Bakers and Artisans Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:43:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  Basic French Bread Batards -- New Boulangerie Parisienne Starter  You will need freshly fed sourdough starter, bread flour, sea salt, sugar, food oil and a small amount of cornmeal for dusting pans. Liquids: 350 grams (1-1/2 cups) freshly fed and active sourdough starter at room temperature 50 grams (2 TBS) oil, melted lard, or ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/09/18/basic-french-bread-with-metric-and-imperial-measures/ Sourdough starters have been popular since the Sumerians, Egyptians, Mayans and other ancient civilizations discovered that ground up grains mixed with water would ferment. Every civilization that ever discovered bread, discovered beer and wine at the same time. They  found that the only practical way to use his magical living ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/09/16/12/ Green Tomato Cake may sound a little weird, but you're gonna have to trust me on this one.  This cake is an incredibly tasty way to use the tomatoes that refuse to ripen.   Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups sugar 1 cup vegetable oil or melted shortening ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/08/31/green-tomato-cake/ Vegan!  Gluten free!  Deeeeelicious!! 3 large, ripe bananas, well mashed (about 1 1/2 cups) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup coconut oil, barely warm - so it isn't solid (or alternately, olive oil) 2 cups rolled oats 2/3 cup almond meal 1/3 cup coconut, finely shredded & unsweetened 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt 1 ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/06/07/banana-coconut-chocolate-chip/ The hot weather is here and something cool and delicious for dinner sounds great. Wait, don't say "Oh no, another boring pasta recipe". This is fantastic. Always a hit. I have been making it for years. I clipped the recipe from the old Philadelphia ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/06/04/pasta-salad-jarlsberg/   RAISIN SOURDOUGH STICKY BUNS As a teenager I just loved the cinnamon buns with white icing that were common fare among bakeries. Not knowing a lot about different kinds of bread, I often wondered what ingredients were used to make the bread part. It wasn’t like loaf bread, but it was ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/05/24/sticky-buns-that-brought-back-memories/ Honey Wheat Germ Sourdough Bread   For this small loaf, I use Nosey’s Humboldt County sourdough starter, thinking the slightly tangy flavor would be a nice contrast to the sweetness added by the honey. This is a nice everyday bread that lends itself well to toasting. ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/05/17/honey-wheat-germ-sourdough-bread/ Everyone loves oatmeal raisin cookies, and I found this recipe, clipped from a newspaper, and stuck in the 'Cookies' pages of my Searchlight Cookbook, printed in about 1940. It is interesting to note that some of the ingredients and methods are a bit different.  I never heard of soaking the ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/05/05/heirloom-oatmeal-raisin-cookie-recipe/ My adventure with sourdough started a few months ago when I received two different starters from Nosey Parker, the tangy Humboldt County and the more buttery Columbia River strain. As a child, my interest with cooking started with baking, mostly cookies and cakes. For some reason – perhaps because I don’t ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/05/05/nuthin%e2%80%99-smells-better-than-cinnamon-bread/ I correspond with several of my old friends from high school, and I mentioned to one of them that I have not been able to manage a good, flaky pie crust. She sent me this recipe, and I'll post it here for all of you who are not pie ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/05/05/bonnies-pie-crust-recipe/ This article is a departure from our main theme of breads and baked goods using sourdough. It does, though, fit in with our theme of celebrating and promoting good, healthy home cooking.   When I was young, I used to sit on a tall stool in my grandmother's kitchen, and watch ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/04/19/eva-jancas-slovak-chicken/ From Nigella Lawson’s “How To Be a Domestic Goddess” (Best.  Baking cookbook.  Ever.) "This cake is the essence of all that is desirable in chocolate: its dark intensity isn’t toyed with, nor upstaged by any culinary elaboration." 1 cup soft unsalted butter 1 2/3 cup dark brown sugar 2 large eggs, beaten 1 tsp vanilla ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/04/18/dense-chocolate-loaf-cake/   With all the fancy bread recipes available on the Internet, and the glorious pictures we can find with a Google image search, I still prefer a simpler, more basic bread recipe. I've found a number of recipes, including Erma Rombauer's version from an old copy of Joy of Cooking, circa ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/04/16/classic-french-bread/ You’ll need sourdough starter, flour, eggs, oil, sugar, baking soda, and water. Sourdough is not just another ingredient you cook with. It’s a living thing, and while it requires less attention than a plant, and far less than a pet, it does take some discipline. The care and feeding of your ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/04/14/waffling-on-sunday-morning/   I I love flax seed. It's one of my favorite things to throw in just about everything. It adds a nice, subtle nutty flavor and is high in omega-3. I also love sourdough bread, so it was only a matter of time before the two would meet in my kitchen. Here's ... http://www.mysourdough.com/2009/04/06/simple-no-knead-flax-loaf-from-starter/