A Little Bit of All Right

September's King Arthur Bakealong was as Pane Blanco - basically a type of savory stuffed bread.  There recipe calls for sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil, but I was not up for a trip to the store that I would have had to go to to find those things, so I used some roasted red peppers that I had in the cupboard.  The recipe produces a slightly sticky bread dough that you roll out, add filling and then roll in a style similar to that used for making cinnamon rolls.  You then cut through the top layers to expose the filling and form it into a figure eight. After it's allowed to rise for another hour or so, the interior is exposed more.  I think it would have worked better if I had gone through another layer of dough. Bake and eat. Delicious and easily modified to fit a variety of palates and dinner menus.

February's King Arthur Bake Along.

January 2019 King Arthur Bake Along was Challah Bread.  I had a lot of trouble getting it to rise, but it may have been the way I combined the ingredients.  I used regular yeast instead of instant yeast.  I'm going to try again with the correct yeast and see if it rises more.  My family still loved it though, and it was perfect with beef stew on a cold, snowy day.

October King Arthur Bake Along.  Easy, delicious. I used a variety of fillings, including cinnamon, chocolate chip, and apricot jam.  The apricot jam was definitely our favorite.

November/December selection for the King Arthur BakeAlong was a Cinnamon Star Bread.  I decided this would be a perfect choice for Christmas morning.  In accordance with the instructions, I baked it the day before and kept it covered in the refrigerator.  Christmas morning I reheated, covered with foil, in a 350 degree oven.  Worked perfectly! Family loved it, and it was not not as much work as it looked.  I used scissors as recommended, and that definitely made things much easier. I had a little problem with the cinnamon/sugar leaking out as I cooked it.  Not sure what caused that, but it didn't affect the taste. https://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2017/11/01/cinnamon-star-bread-bakealong/