Sour dough Straun bread

Posted on 2 April 2020 by Glenda

Hello everyone.

In February 2015 I wrote a post on Peter Reinhart’s Straun bread recipe (here is the link). The recipe was from Peter Reinhart’s first book, Brother Juniper’s Bread Book. As I mentioned in my previous post when the first edition of Brother Juniper’s Bread Book was published, Peter Reinhart was living in a semi-monastic community of Eastern Orthodox Christians running a restaurant and bakery called Brother Juniper’s Cafe. The most popular item at the café was this Struan bread. Continue reading →

Struan bread

Posted on 23 February 2015 by Glenda

Anyone who is into bread baking will have heard of Peter Reinhart. He is the author of seven very popular bread baking books. His first, Brother Juniper’s Bread Book, was published in 1991.

When the first edition of Brother Juniper’s Bread Book was published, Peter Reinhart was living in a semi-monastic community of Eastern Orthodox Christians running a restaurant and bakery called Brother Juniper’s Cafe. The most popular item at the café was this Struan bread. Continue reading →

Energy Cookies

Posted on 30 July 2012 by Glenda

These biscuits are big and solid and full of goodness. So much goodness, in fact, you would be forgiven for believing they are actually good for you. They certainly taste wholesome. Continue reading →