Author: Darryl Alder

SOURDOUGH UKRAINIAN EASTER PASKA

The practice of making Paska for Easter can be traced back to the earliest days of the Orthodox Christian church which traditionally offers a sweetened “communion” bread during its celebrations. In this recipe adapted for sourdough, our enriched dough has butter, eggs, and milk, is flavored with fresh citrus zest and is loaded with golden raisins.

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Martha Washington’s Sourdough Bread

In the latter part of the 18th century, Martha Washington, the first president’s wife’s handwritten recipes began circulating as a gift for newlywed family members. The pressures on her kitchen to host guests must have been enormous and bread was part of nearly every meal in her home.

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Flour Freshness May Improve Nutrition From Your Bread

In commercial flour, nearly 30 percent of vitamins and minerals have been stripped away, along with natural oils, the germ, and the bran. But when freshly milled whole wheat is combined with long fermentation to make sourdough bread , each loaf delivers a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals not bio-available in commercially yeasted bread.

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