Archive for October, 2009


Pain Rustique…practice makes perfect!



We are still baking like crazy with our Rofco bread oven. This little box works miracles for bread. The hot stones make the bread live, open up, and rise till the roof! All the heat which is stored in the big stones is transmitted directly through the bottom of the dough turning it into bread. [...]



Quest for the Best Speculaas



Like marzipan, speculaas (or speculaasjes as the individual cookies are called) is a cookie highly connected with the feast of Sinterklaas in Holland. The name speculaas has to do with the wooden molds the cookies are made in (we call it a speculaasplank, speculaas comes from the word speculum (mirror). One of the more famous [...]



Autumn Muffins



It’s these kind of recipes that send out the right kind of whiffs to get me in a cheery autumn mood. All I need then to make me completely happy is a look out of the window onto the trees with burning leaves against a clear autumn sky.

Recipe for the Autumn Muffins
makes 12

300 grams [...]





Sticky Cinnamon BunsRecipe for Raisin BunsThings We Baked This Weekend IIIThe Best Rye Bread!Things We Baked This Weekend II    & A Word of ThanksBaking Bread: The MovieThings We Baked over the WeekendSan Francisco Sourdough BreadLittle Orchard Apple PiePain Rustique...practice makes perfect!Quest for the Best SpeculaasAutumn MuffinsThe Amsterdam Artisan Bread TestBread Up Close & Personal + More Bread Baking Tips!A Whole Lotta Rolls and Some Useful TipsBread, Figs and RosesPain Rustique & Our New Spiral MixerChicken Pox Spoil Baking FunRofco: Our Brand New Bread Oven!You Guessed It...More BreadCoffee two: It's in the CremaRose Cupcakes with Green Tea FrostingYes, even more Bread...More Bread