A Great Day! And…Pi Li Li’s

If you want to read about my great day, you will have to read to the bottom of this post. If you want to read about what the heck Pi Li Li’s are start here:
Pi Li Li’s or Pee Lee Lee’s, whichever way to want to spell it,( it sounds like the second version) are [...]

Sourdough Breads from the Store

I couln’t believe it but I found some La Brea Bakery bread in a Hilo store! Not only that , but I found some San Francisco Sourdough bread as well from Raymond’s Bakery. So I bought them and brought them home to see how they compared ( In the last post there was a a contest [...]

My Dad’s English Muffins

I have made some unusual baked items while living in Hawaii. I had a sourdough recipe for sweet potato muffins and one of the nut pickers gave me some purple sweet potatoes which are very popular here. So I baked up some purple muffins!
 

Sourdough Tortillas?!!

Need a fun recipe to help use up the extra sourdough starter?  How about sourdough tortillas?   Something fun –If you want a chance at a free sourdough starter, read to the bottom of this post.–
To make 3 lbs of dough add together in a medium mixing bowl:

Bob’s Red Mill vs Gold Medal and King Arthur

If you have been following the last few posts, you will know that this post is about testing Bob’s Red Mill bread flour. So far I have tested King Arthur and Gold Medal bread flour, which you can see in the two previous posts. I made up a formula to follow when testing each flour [...]

Comparing Flours – Gold Medal vs. King Arthur

 

In my last blog post I decided to compare the bread flours I could find locally here in Hawaii, where different brands are somewhat limited. I decided to do this because at the Costco on the island, I bought 100 lbs of a flour which was giving me grief. There don’t seem to be many places here [...]

I’m Back! With some Sourdough Egg Bagels…

 
Hi Everyone, I’m Back! Back in cyber world that is! Many thanks to those of you who generously donated so that I could get back on the internet and keep my site going. It is an ongoing expense, so donations are very much appreciated. I was able to get satellite hookup here in the remote [...]

A wedding, Hawaii, and back to REAL bread!

On Monday, I arrived back from a road trip of ten days. We went to our lovely daughter’s wedding which was in Phoenix, Az.
It was 107F  in the shade the day we went to the Phoenix Zoo. The animals were trying to keep cool:
We visited relatives on the way down and on the way back. [...]

So You Want Your Sourdough…well…SOUR.

I am at it again. I wanted to go after the crust and the sour of the San Francisco Sourdough. I have come up with a new technique that I have been experimenting with for a while. 
However, I want to take a moment to thank Peter Reinhart for giving me assistance with the publishing aspect, [...]

The Ultimate San Francisco Sourdough…Griffin’s Bread

Well, I can finally say, “I did it!” after several years of varied experimentation with sourdough, I have finally achieved what I was aiming for. I really can’t believe it.
I experimented with high hydration doughs, low hydration doughs, all kinds of different formulations of doughs, timing, temperatures, autolyse, no autolyse, flour blends, different starters, motherdoughs,etc. If you [...]