Sourdough Bread Baking--post 3 And A Fabric Palette

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian readers!

Goal number one on my October list was to document recipes from the Artisan Sourdough Made Simple cookbook written by Emile Raffa. This is my third post regarding recipes I've baked from that cookbook.

Soft Semolina Breadsticks with Buttery Crumbs

At the beginning of June, I made the Soft Semolina Breadsticks with Buttery Crumbs. My youngest granddaughter likes hard breadsticks. She might like these. When she comes for a visit, we will need to bake some to see what she thinks!

I baked these a few minutes too long so they weren't as soft as they should have been. The buttery crumbs are tasted panko bread crumbs with a little parmesan cheese mixed together. To get the crumbs to adhere to the breadsticks, I brushed the warms breadsticks with melted butter and then I rolled them  in the crumb mixture. This recipe was husband approved!

Crispy Sourdough Grissini

At the end of June, I made the other bread stick recipe, Crispy Sourdough Grissini, in the cookbook. From the oven, these were crisp; but, even in an airtight container, they didn't stay that way long! I would make them again; but, be sure to use them the same day that I baked them!

Roasted garlic and rosemary sourdough

Roasted garlic and rosemary were in the next loaf of bread I baked. My husband thought this was the best recipe yet.

Rolls before baking

Overnight Sourdough Bialays With Caramelized Onions and Goat Cheese was the next recipe I tried. My husband does not like goat cheese although he did eat it in these rolls. He liked the carmelized onions and gave the recipe a thumbs up.

Rolls after baking

We ate one hot from the oven. The verdict was delicious! We ate them room temperature with our dinner. The verdict was good. We froze half of the batch. When we ate a couple that had thawed in the microwave, they were just as good as eating them at room temperature. I would definitely make this recipe again. It would be easy to leave off the goat cheese for those that don't prefer it.

Salted Chocolate Caramel Knot

Salted Chocolate Caramel Knot was absolutely delicious. I had my reservations. First, I doubted that the sourdough would be light enough to be a sweet bread. (It was!) Second, I doubted that I'd be able to shape the dough as was done in the recipe.(I sort of got there!) Third, Nutella and caramel? (It was a wonderful combination!)

A slice

My sweet husband said it would be no problem to "have" to eat this recipe again! It was best fresh from the oven; but, it was still great after it was totally cool. The next day and the day after it was still good! I would definitely make this recipe again!

Raspberry Gingersnap Twist

Raspberry Gingersnap Twist was good too! We would have enjoyed it even more had I done better about following the directions. I missed adding the cinnamon and chocolate chips at the right time in the recipe. I also didn't have Raspberry jam; but, I had plum butter that I had made from my friend Wendy's fruit tree. I made homemade gingersnap cookies to crumble so there was some effort in prepping for this recipe!

A slice

This twist was easier for me to do and it looked beautiful. The lightness of this loaf wasn't as much as in the Nutella loaf. The weather was a little cooler so maybe that was part of the reason or maybe, I should have let it rise a little longer before I baked it. All good reasons to try the recipe again!

There are about 70 recipes in this cookbook. (Artisan Sourdough Made Simple)So far, I've baked about eighteen of the recipes. There are more recipes to try so I will be writing future posts!

Because this is a quilting blog. . .I will share that I settled on my palette for a challenge one of my small groups is doing. A recognizable amount of the three printed fabrics must be used. We can make any project and can add as many additional fabrics as we want. There is no size limit.

Challenge palette

I have an idea of how I want to proceed so the next step was to prewash all the fabrics. I know many people don't prewash. I do because our water contains chlorine. I don't want surprises when I wash a project! I will report that the red print bled a bit; but, the dark orange was the worst bleeder! It took two rounds with synthrapol before the water was clear! Since pre-washing fabrics is a list item I avoid, I made it goal number seven on my October list. 

Pre-washed, starched and ready to cut

I have starched the pre-washed fabrics and ironed them. I'm ready to begin cutting the fabrics. First though, I need to stitch some blocks together so the design wall is available for this project. Linking to: Oh  Scrap and Sew and Tell.