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Monday, November 10, 2008

New stuff for the holidays

So I have been rolling along with some of my established breads:
  • Oatmeal Pecan
  • Wheatberry
  • Rosemary Fig
  • Loaded Potato
  • Mississippi Sourdough
  • Italian Sun-dried Tomato
  • Asiago Herb
Plus the ever popular
  • Ginger Chewies
  • Toffee Biscotti
But we Americans love new stuff, so I do have some new items too. In addition to my excellent homemade organic butter seasoned with sea salt and mediterranean herbs, I've added cinnamon sugar and honey butter. This is really good stuff. I will elaborate some on why you want my butter when every grocery store has butter:
  • I use high quality organic cream. I started out with cream from our local dairy, but have switched for health reasons. Organic cream is higher in Omega 3 fatty acids than cream from cows that are kept pinned up in a barn and not allowed to pasture enough.
  • I culture my butter- by adding yogurt and letting the cream sit out for a day the butter has an enhanced flavor and shelf life.
  • My butter is fresh and much easier than making your own:)
This year I'm changing up my gingerbread men. Notice this will not affect my Ginger Chewies at all, I'm leaving them just as they are. My Ginger Chewies are a different dough it is far too sticky to roll out. I wanted a more old fashioned gingerbread man, kinda like the ones I would get from the Old Time Deli as a child. I have changed my dough recipe to be more buttery and bready and less sweet. I am making a bigger gingerbread man and decorating him more subtly. I have done a trial run and they went over very well with the husband. I'm using chocolate beads for the eyes and buttons and a little candied lemon or orange peel for the mouth. I hope to have pictures soon.

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