archive for August, 2010

Don’t lose it – use it! Zucchini muffins to the rescue.

Recipe: The Shipyard Galley’s Zucchini Muffins

zuc·chi·ni [zoo-kee-nee]  –noun, plural -ni, -nis.
1. a variety of summer squash that is shaped like a cucumber and that has a smooth, dark-green skin.
2. the plant bearing this fruit.
Also called, especially British, courgette.

Zucchini. Courgette. What fancy names for this least fancy member of your backyard garden!

Zucchini is easy to grow. And even easier to grow REALLY BIG. read the rest of this entry »

Curious about yeast bread? Old traditions, meet new techniques.

Recipe: Oatmeal Toasting and Sandwich Bread

Ed. note: Irene Shover, our newest blogger, is a former home economics teacher, and now a member of our King Arthur baking resource team. Welcome, Irene!

When I was 12 years old, my aunt’s house held two things that piqued my curiosity… a bowl of yeast bread dough rising on the kitchen counter, and a copy of Peyton Place on the living room bookshelf.

Auntie was all too willing to share that yeast bread recipe; but I swear she and Mom conspired to catch me every time my fingers touched the cover of Grace Metalious’ novel.

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These are a few of our favorite things: cinnamon and espresso and yeast and vanilla and..

Recipe: Chocolate Babka

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: bake something that includes the five top-selling ingredients on our Baker’s Catalogue Web site.

CHOOSE to accept it? How could I resist picking up this particular gauntlet, and be Iron Baker for a day?

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King Arthur Flour visits the Ohio State Fair

Recipe: None

Every year King Arthur Flour sponsors baking contests across the nation at county and state fairs; this year the list tops out at about 70! The fair activity peaks in August and September, which means we spend a lot of time during those months sending prizes and receiving lists of winners accompanied by photos and interesting stories. read the rest of this entry »

Q. What’s our most popular recipe? A. You won’t believe it…

Recipe: Classic 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread

With all the recipes here at kingarthurflour.com for decadent chocolate goodies, crusty artisan breads, delicious pies, and tender-tasty cakes, it’s a recipe for humble whole wheat bread that gets the most clicks.

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“Ordering a BLT…” on pizza crust.

Recipe: BLT Pizza

Have you ever worked in a consumer goods company? Then you know what a line extension is.

For Honda, a line extension is taking their ever-popular Civic, and coming out with a Civic hybrid.

For Ben & Jerry’s, it’s adding Mud Pie (“Chocolate & Coffee Liqueur Ice Creams Swirled Together with a Chocolate Cookie Swirl”) to their lineup of outrageous flavors.

For me, it’s creating a new pizza.

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Ginger-Pear Pie and Turnovers: My OH my!

Recipe: Ginger-Pear Pie or Turnovers

Ginger is one of the most soothing, yet also invigorating spices we humans have discovered. We use it in both savory cooking and sweet baking. We drink it hot in tea, and cold in soda. We make ginger ale, and ginger beer. We even add ginger to our bath soaps and shampoos. read the rest of this entry »

Beyond banana bread: muffins with add-ins (and attitude).

Recipe: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Banana bread.

It’s SO ’50s.

So… home ec.

So GOOD.

And even better with chocolate. Really.

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Naan better! Go to the head of our Far-Flung Flatbreads class.

Recipe: Buttery Seeded Naan

What does the picture above have in common with the one below?

Both were taken at a recent class at the King Arthur Flour Baking Education Center – a.k.a. the B.E.C.

Are we having fun yet?

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What is sustainable agriculture?

Recipe: None

True!

I can’t decorate cookies as fancy as MaryJane. I can’t instantly whip up recipes like PJ. And I’m certainly not a professionally trained chef like Susan Reid. My days at work don’t focus on the hows and whys of recipes, which, I imagine, is why most people read this blog. So, why am I here visiting Baking Banter?

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