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The Southern Most Bake Shop in the US – The Big Island, Hawaii

This was a delightful bakery with restaurant. They had wonderful classic bakery products as well as Hawaiian sweet breads. Sadly, however, we didn’t see any whole grain breads.

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A Note from Pam

Friends and fellow bread lovers – I am going to take a sabbatical [unpaid, of course :)] from blogging about whole grain breads for a bit.  I hope you keep on baking and developing your own delicious and healthy breads.  Please, … Continue reading

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Lemon Bars with Spelt Flour

I made Lemon Bars based on a recipe in Baking by James Peterson (page274).  The only change I made is that I used spelt flour instead of all-purpose and cake flour.  The crust turned out pretty well and was tasty.  … Continue reading

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Mixed Whole Grain Bread

I missed a week of baking due to the death of a favorite aunt, who lived in another state. Death may be a normal part of life, but knowing that doesn’t necessarily make the passing of a dear person any … Continue reading

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Rye Bread with Spelt & White Whole Wheat Flours

This rye bread recipe, based on Rye Bread (page 16-19) in the publication The Best of Fine Cooking Breads(winter 2012), uses two starters: a rye and a wheat starter. Since I was basing this on the Breads recipe the flours … Continue reading

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Whole Grain Banana Nut Bread

I have been baking quite a bit this past week, but in some cases I wasn’t that thrilled about the results and in other cases I didn’t use whole grains – just went with the white flour recipes. It is … Continue reading

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Ron’s Chocolate Cake Surprise

My birthday was this week. It’s our family tradition that I make a cake for Ron on his birthday and he makes one for me on mine. No store-bought cake allowed on this special day! Almost always – or really, … Continue reading

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Walnut & Cranberry Whole Grain Rye Bread

Another rye bread. Are you beginning to think we like rye bread? You’re absolutely right – and especially homemade rye bread. While I made a few changes, the recipe was based on the Dark Rye Bread recipe in 100 Great Breads by Paul … Continue reading

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Fabulous Stuffed French Toast

Yesterday, Ron and I went to the historic French town of St. Genevieve, just about an hour south of St. Louis, Missouri on Hwy 63. We stayed at The Inn St Gemme Beauvais, an elegant Bed and Breakfast right in … Continue reading

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Still enjoying my high protein whole wheat bread with walnuts!

The High Protein Whole Wheat Bread with Walnuts I made and put into the last blog was consistently delicious and held up well as a sandwich bread these past several days. Since I made 2 loaves, however, and there are … Continue reading

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