Sunday, November 8, 2009

Walnut Bread / Daring Kitchen Article

For our anniversary, Dave bought me this Cuisinart brick oven. I've wanted one for ages, ever since I started getting in to baking bread. It's a brick oven and a convection oven all in one. It's nice and small which is perfect since my kitchen in teeny-tiny.

The first thing I made with the new oven was walnut bread. I made three loaves, using my regular oven and the new Cuisinart. All three turned out well, but the new oven cooks things really quickly. The general recipe I used is here:
http://www.applepiepatispate.com/bread/five-grain-walnut/, though I sort of made my own mix of different flours, and I added wheat germ, flax seed, and some millet.





I also wanted to let you know that I have a new article up on the Daring Kitchen site. It's about whole grains, and if you're interested you can read it here: http://thedaringkitchen.com/food-talk/whole-grains-all

I hope you're having a great weekend! Go Packers!!
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13 comments:

  1. Oh, cool another article. I'll go read it. I like the oven, what a great gift! Your bread looks great.
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  2. What a cool little oven. How sweet of Dave! Happy Anniversary!
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  3. I almost bought that oven last year - it looks perfect for baking bread. And it doesn't heat up the entire kitchen, which is always a bonus when it's 115 degrees here.
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  4. Great article!! And that oven...wow! nice!
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  5. Nice oven! I've never seen those before. Great article too. I really like how whole grain foods taste.
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  6. What a great Hubby!!! The bread looks fantastic.
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  7. Great article. Whole grains are so important in a diet. I swapped refined carbs for whole grains and feel a whole lot better. Here are some recipes you might enjoy which include whole grains: http://www.shar-on-nutrition.com/?p=362

    Feel free to comment! :)
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  8. That looks like a very nice oven; perfect for bread-baking. I love how you "powered" up the walnut bread recipe by adding flaxseed, millet and wheat germ. I do that, too.
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  9. Nice new cool oven and your bread is amazing! I love all the good stuff you put in it..flax seed, wheat germ..all good stuff for ya!
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  10. Thanks for the sweet comments!!

    I love that the oven doesn't heat up the kitchen and I can even use it outside on the patio when it's real hot in the house.

    I have really been converted to whole foods--grains and seeds.
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  11. I had no idea they made mini brick ovens! I'm seriously lusting over that! And your gorgeous bread :D
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  12. That is so cool, I had no idea there were mini brick ovens! I want one! And also your bread :D
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