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We live in a small urban homestead in a property that is 5100sqft in total. We have tried to use as much of our space as possible and within this blog you will find a wide array of topics covered from gardening to baking and how we utilize our space to live the life we want.
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Not Another Sourdough
So here's a secret: not everything needs to be a sourdough. So what to do when sourdough baking just doesn’t quite fit into your life, but you still want to bake some tasty artisan bread? You use yeast of course!
Indulgent Triple Chocolate Cookies
I wanted something that would just feel indulgent to eat, like a good holiday truffle. To my surprise the first batch turned out almost perfect! After a couple of additional tweaks and test batches, I decided these were just too good not to share.
Heritage Oatmeal chocolate chip Cookies
I love the flavor combination of oatmeal and chocolate; anything with those ingredients is just automatically homey and comforting to me. I wanted to create a cookie that really showed off those flavors, but still was healthy enough that I didn’t have to feel guilty about grabbing one for breakfast.
Heritage Multigrain Bread
I think that normal sandwich loaves get kind of a bad rap. Everyone thinks of great bread as being lofty sourdough boules and crusty baguettes, but I'll bet the average person goes through a lot more sliced sandwich bread than anything labeled 'artisan'. And isn't that kind of a shame?
A Connection to the Past
The more bread I bake, the more I fall in love with the ancient and heritage grains. Now, there is nothing wrong with simply grabbing a bag of run-of-the-mill bread flour - that was certainly how I made my first loaves - but I’ve always been a bit too curious for my own good.