I previously did an entire episode on King's Cake. This one offers tips from the McKinney Franchisee who is the queen of King Cake sales.

The cakes have a baby inside and are shaped like a big huge donut.  For King Cakes, we frost than add the colored

We use a pastry style sweet dough, which is rich and dense.  Not really cake like more bread like in

½ cup of honey

3 cups of white flour bread

1 cup of whole wheat flour

1Tablespoon of salt

1 Tablespoon of vanilla

2 Eggs

¼ cup of butter softened

2 packages of yeast or 1 ¾

1 ½ cups of milk warmed

Make the dough into a long rope like shape much like you

1 cup of brown sugar

1 Tablespoon of cinnamon

Bake for approximately 30-35 minutes until the bread reaches

With a pastry brush, paint on a layer of powdered sugar and

1 cup of powdered sugar

Add a tablespoon of water at

The frosting is thin and used to help the colored sugars

Colored sugar.  Place

Place the sheet in the middle of the pre-heated oven for

A decadent yeasted chocolate bread that you can shape in a heart for the perfect Valentine's Day gift.   Plenty of chocolate and a bit of sugar to make sure you are delighted for breakfast toast, or an evening dessert.   If you have some leftover, you can turn this loaf into chocolate biscotti.  

CHOCOLATE BREAD (Yield two loaves)

½ cup of warm water (approximately 100 degrees)

½ cup of brewed coffee warm

½ cup of milk

2 packages or one and 3/4 tablespoons of active dry yeast

3 cups of unbleached flour (bread flour, high protein)

1 cup of wheat flour (gold or white whole wheat preferred)

1/4 cup of white sugar

¼ cup of cocoa unsweetened

¼ cup of butter very soft

1 egg

1 Tablespoon of salt

Add at the end of the kneading when you have the good dough stage:

½ cup of white chocolate chips

½ cup of dark chocolate chips.

Let rise 1.5 hours, shape into hearts and let rise again .5 hour and bake in a 350 degree oven until internal temp is 180 degrees.   

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A discussion of two different types of bread categories, enriched and not enriched loaves. The general rules on best packaging, and storing options for the different types of breads.

Happy Baking Everyone!

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In this episode, Sheila explains the similarities and differences from Stollen, the German Christmas bread, and Panetonne.    After a review of the recipe, Sheila gives tips for easy recipe substitutions, and where to find the classic Panettone molds.   Please subscribe and share this podcast with a fellow bread baking friend.  For more information about House of Bread, please visit www.houseofbread.com. To purchase the House of Bread recipe book, please visit https://houseofbread.com/recipe-book/ To take an on line class, please visit https://houseofbread.com/product-category/online-baking-class/ If you’d like more information about the franchise opportunity with House of Bread, please visit www.houseofbreadfranchise.com. For our YouTube channel, please go here https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCXH5NgT8vpnAuSuZN5AxEQQ.

Molds go here. Novacart Panettone Disposable Paper Baking Mold, 6-5/8 Diameter x 4-1/4 High, Pack of 12 Baking Molds - BakeDeco.Com

Citron supplies Glazed Diced Citron - By the Pound - Nuts.com also chef.com has candied dried fruit.

Recipe

Water 1 cup.

Bread flour white 4 cups

Yeast 2 T or two packets

Lemon extract 1 tsp

Orange extract 2 tsp

Butter softened ¼ cup

Egg 2

Salt 1 T

Lemon Zest 1 lemon.

Mix the above first to the good dough stage prior to adding in the dried fruit and nuts.

¼ cup of raisins

¼ cup of dried apricots-you can use whole but I prefer diced.

¼ cup of cranberries

¼ cup of walnuts

¼ cup of dried citron.

How do you know if you have given your dough enough time to develop a good texture and flavor? Well it is not that easy, because there are so many variables that a set time cannot be given in a recipe. I give you some tips, but understand that the real answer reveals itself when the bread comes out of the oven. That's baking bread, and why it is still interesting to me because I can get it wrong. There is no such thing as a master baker, because no one rules the dough-you can only shape it, feel it watch it and hope for the best. Happy Baking!

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Welcome to episode sixteen of the Baking with House of Bread Podcast. In this episode, I am going to talk Cranberry Orange Walnut the quick bread, which is a zestier pound cake with an intriguing citrus and cranberry taste.   If you are not a pie fan, then this loaf is a perfect holiday dessert loaf.   The 2020 holidays are especially important to have comforting homemade baked goods that will lift your spirits of you and your loved ones.   I  hope you enjoy the season for all the many reasons.  

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https://rockymountainspice.com/for the dehydrated lemon zest.

3 ½ cups of flour-pastry or all purpose

2 ¼ cups of white sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp of baking soda

2 ¼ tsp of baking powder

Zest of one lemon.

Mix together in a mixing bowl until thoroughly combined. In a separate bowl combine the following ingredients:

4 Eggs

1 cup and 2 T of buttermilk

¾ cup of canola oil. May substitute vegetable or olive oil.

¼ cup of orange juice

1 Tablespoon of orange extract

One cup of fresh cranberries. May substitute dried cranberries that are hydrated well.

½ cup of walnuts.

Citrus zester on Amazaon. https://www.amazon.com/Deiss-Citrus-Zester-Cheese-Grater/dp/B0738C7RXF/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=citrus+zester&qid=1605573255&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyODlYNUoxUVI2SVBWJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzY4NDU5SDhZSkdEVkQ0R0wmZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDQ2OTg5NUQyMlREWTNQUkxLTiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

A delightful festive twist on the basic pie recipe of a mixed berry and pumpkin pie. 

Pie Crust yield two crusts.

2 ½ cups of pastry flour

1 Tablepoon of granulated sugar

1 tsp of salt

1 cup of cold butter

½ cup of cold water.

Roll out the dough, take your pie pan and put it upside down on just cut about ½ inch around it u

Jack O' Lantern Pumpkin Pie for two pumpkin pies.

Mix in a bowl 2 eggs and 1½ cups milk, can be whole or skim. Can also substitute nut milks.

Add in 15 oz. of pumpkin puree. Note, not pumpkin pie filling that may come in a can. You can also make your own pumpkin, which I discussed in my pumpkin bread podcast.

Mix thoroughly the ingredients, and then in a separate container mix the following:

½ cup white sugar, ½ tsp. salt, 1 tsp ginger, ½ tsp. nutmeg, ½ tsp cinnamon.

Then combine the ingredients.

Pour into the pie shells.

Bake 80 minutes at 350 degrees, and take the internal temperature of the pie and it should get to 175 degrees, and we go a little over as many people assume the pie isn’t done if it jiggles too much, but that’s the temp the internet says pie is done. That being said, I like it to be 180 degrees.

While the pie is still hot add the Jack O'Lantern look.  

In a microwave safe container, 1/2 cup of chocolate chips with a Tablespoon of butter and microwave for 1-2 minutes until melted.  Put in a small plastic bag, cut the end off one tip to allow you to draw in about an inch chocolate triangles for the eyes, nose, and then triangles alternating for the mouth.  Please visit the Pumpkin Pie Jack O’lantern short video on Youtube. https://youtu.be/P9kw2Xb5Hyc

For one Berry Scary Pie,

Mix 3/4 c. granulated sugar 

1/2 c. pastry flour 

½ tsp. ground cinnamon 

¼ tsp of salt

Then toss in 4 cups of fruit, I recommend 2 cups of blueberries and 2 cups of raspberries.  If you are using frozen, then thaw the fruit and drain.  Place in pie shell and cover your pie as usual with the other pie dough. Then you cut 8 slits about a couple of inches long so that it looks like there is a swampy. Then the hand is coming out of the pie.

Make your fingers, with also a big thumb. Use a blueberry and smash it into the dough tip. Four fingers lined up together that are coming out of the pie, then add the thumb coming in where a thumb would be if the hand was coming out of the pie-across from the ring finger. Egg wash and bake for 80 minutes, until crust is golden and internal temp reaches past 180 degrees.

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SOURDOUGH

                                             SMALL (6)            MEDIUM

1.     MIX DRY INGREDIENTS AND SET ASIDE.

PASTRY FLOUR                       1 CUP                         2

GOLD FLOUR                            1 CUP                         2

SALT                                            ½

CINNAMON                               1 tsp                           2

BAKING SODA                          ½ TSP                         3/4

BAKING POWDER                   ½ TBSP                      1

2.    

BUTTERMILK                           1 CUP                         2

sourdough starter                 ½ CUP                        1 CUP      

EGGS                                           2                                  3

3.    

DATES OR APRICOTS             1/2 C                           1 

CRANBERRIES                         1/2 C                           1  CUP

walnuts                                      ½ c                              1 CUP

carrots  (OPTIONAL)            ¼ c                              ½ CUP

4.     USING AN ICE CREAM SCOOP, DISH THE BATTER INTO

5.  

I promise you that if you try this bread for your next French toast, you'll love it.

After the first rising of the Grandma's White dough, you will add the following:

¾ cup of Honey

1.5 Tablespoons of Cinnamon

1/2 cup of drained canned or fresh. Just any combination you prefer but no more than 1/2 cup for the Grandma's White recipe. That means, 1/4cup per loaf.

Follow the exact recipe for the Grandma's white loaf in episode 5, but you want to add 1/2 cup of dried apples into the water that will be going into the mix.

After the first hour and half of rising, spread the dough out flat about an inch or

Note: Try the original recipe first because it is simply

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Super easy recipe that you put on top of a dough to add a special look and texture. Almost like magic or rather chemistry, your plain old loaves take on new look and texture.

I recommend using the Grandma's White Dough recipe that is covered in episode five.

Grandma’s White.  

1 1/2 cups of warm water (approximately 100 degrees).   

2 packages or one and 3/4 tablespoons of active dry

4 cups of unbleached bread flour.  Note the recipe requires bread flour, not all

1/4 cup of honey. 

After the second shaping and before going in the oven add the below as a thick paste.

2 T Sugar

6T white rice flour

1 T Active dry yeast

¼ tsp. Salt

1tsp canola oil

1/3 cup of warm water.

Happy Baking, Sheila

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