Vegan with jam

Category: Bread

  • Spicy Pumpkin Bread (Cake?!)

    This looks great!

  • The Same, But Different

    Though these look like the same bagels as those I baked the other day, they are substantially different. After reading the book, ahem, I decided I’d actually follow Mr. Reinhart’s directions. He recommends performing the “float test” prior to boiling. The idea, I expect, is to see if the dough has sufficiently proofed. If the “test bagel” doesn’t float, then it needs a little more time to rise.
    So, I did the float test, and sure enough, the bagel sank right to the bottom. I waited another 20 minutes, with the formed bagels under plastic, and that did the trick.
    These are much better than the last batch. Mary says they “look like grown-up bagels!” Ha!
    We’re going eat one in a few minutes!
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  • Today’s Bagel

    You just can’t beat the flavour of fresh sesame bagels.

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  • Bagels

    These bagels just came out of the oven. I followed a recipe in Peter Reinhart’s, “Artisan Breads Every Day” and was reasonably OK with it. I followed the baker’s measurements in the back of the book and the only comment I have is that maybe there are too many raisins, if that is possible. Such a high percentage made it somewhat difficult to form the dough into bagels. This is a very stiff dough. I might try a mixer next time, but have some doubts that it will be powerful enough for 1.6 kg of dough. Maybe.

    Overall, they’re great! In fact, if spite of the odd shapes and misforming, they’re the best I’ve ever had. And of course, they’re mine! All mine! Moohaahaa…

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  • Remainder of Day Two and on to the Next…

    Finished up day two with a good ol’ PB&J for lunch with a side of apple slices. For dinner, Mary made a lentil stew with some kind of green that I hadn’t had before. And it was very good. We have a number of left overs now in the frig that we will probably get to on day three (that would be today, actually)…

    Day three breakfast was scrambled tofu with onion, garlic, green pepper – side of salsa – with WW toast and light Earth Balance spread.

    Lunch was PB&J again. Hey, when something works, don’t mess with it. Mary and I have been discussing the hanging of some pictures in the living room and it has now pushed beyond being fun. Why is it that standard photo enlargement sizes don’t match standard frame and mat sizes? Is this the same question as why do they package hot dogs in lots of six and rolls, eight? Seems odd to even mention hot dogs on a vegan page…

  • Day Two Breakfast

    Today I had the left overs from the tofu scramble I’ve been eating – now on the fourth day. This stuff heats up very nicely, actually improves with flavour with each day. It is more filling than it looks. Of course, I did have four pieces of toast – whole wheat – to go with it.