No-Knead Rye Bread

This recipe is an adaptation of the whole grain rye bread from the book Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day. The authors use a no-knead method with a fairly wet dough. I highly recommend reading this book if you’re interested in trying out different artisan breads. 

4 cups lukewarm water
2 tbsp yeast
1 tbsp salt
1 tsp sugar
3 cups BCF Dark Rye Flour
2 ½ cups BCF Partially Sifted Flour
2 ½ cups BCF Whole Wheat Flour

In a large bowl mix together the water, yeast, salt and sugar. Let the mixture sit for about 15 minutes or until the yeast becomes bubbly. Add in the flours and mix well. The dough will be quite wet. Allow the dough to rise in a warm spot for about 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 425°F. Split the dough in half and form each piece into a ball on a lightly floured surface. Allow the dough to sit for 20 minutes. Bake the bread for about 35 minutes. Allow to cool before slicing.

Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Today is Jeff’s champagne birthday so I made him a chocolate cupcake (made with our cupcake mix of course) stuffed with cookie dough and a cookie dough icing. It’s just a slightly more grown up way to eat cookie dough. 

Cookie Dough Cupcakes

BCF Chocolate Cupcake Mix (1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup oil, 1 egg, 1/2 cup boiling water)
½ cup butter
¼ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
3 tbsp milk or cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cup Partially Sifted Flour
2/3 cup mini chocolate chips

Beat butter, sugars, milk and vanilla together until fluffy. Add in the flour and mix well. Finally, add the chocolate chips. Roll the dough into about 18 balls and FREEZE them. You want them to thaw in the cupcakes, not cook.

Prepare the BCF Chocolate Cupcake Mix as directed except spread the batter into 18 cups rather than 12. Add a frozen cookie dough ball into each cup and bake for 15 minutes at 350°F.

Cookie Dough Frosting

¾ cup butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
½ cup Partially Sifted Flour
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp milk or cream
2 cups icing sugar
mini chocolate chips to decorate

Beat the butter until fluffy. Add in the brown sugar, flour, vanilla and milk and beat well. Slowly add in the icing sugar until you get the consistency you want. After icing your cooled cupcakes, sprinkle with some mini chocolate chips. 

Chocolate Banana Bread

Give old, brown bananas new life by baking them into a chocolaty bread. This is one of our favourite breakfast treats. 

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup oil
4 bananas, mashed
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups BCF Partially Sifted Flour
1 cup add ins (chocolate chips, nuts, coconut, caramel chunks, etc)

Beat together eggs, sugar and oil. Add in bananas, vanilla, cocoa, baking powder and salt and mix well. Add in flour and mix just until moist. Add in your extra goodies (I used half a cup of chocolate chunks and half a cup of coconut in the loaf pictured) and mix just until combined. Pour batter into a greased loaf pan and bake at 350°F for an hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. If you're worried that the outside is getting too dark before the middle is completely cooked, just turn off the oven and leave the door closed for 15 minutes.

Rosemary Flatbread

Flatbread is so humble and rustic yet undeniably satisfying. This recipe goes to show that simple, wholesome ingredients don’t need a lot to make a delicious meal. We served our flatbread with garlic ricotta - it was delicious. 

1 ½ cups Partially Sifted or Whole Wheat Flour
1 tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped
1 tsp baking powder
¾ tsp salt
1/3 cup olive oil
½ cup water
coarse sea salt

Mix together dry ingredients. Mix in oil and water until well combined. Roll out the dough onto 2 parchment lined baking sheets. Don’t worry if your edges aren’t perfect – crooked edges give a nice rustic look. Brush with a little extra oil and sprinkle on some coarse sea salt.  Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes or until nicely browned. 

Dill Bread

We don’t post many bread recipes since there are too many variants that can turn all of your hard work into something you just use for stuffing, that and I’m not a great bread baker. However, this flavourful, hearty loaf is a no-fail recipe. We had ours with potato leek soup and it was divine! 

½ cup warm water
1 tbsp yeast
2 tbsp sugar
1 egg
1 cup cottage cheese, lukewarm
2 tsp dill weed
1 tbsp onion, finely minced
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp butter, melted
2 ½ cups Partially Sifted Flour or 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour & 1 ½ cups Partially Sifted Flour

In a large mixing bowl dissolve the yeast and sugar into the water. Once the yeast is bubbly, mix in the egg, cottage cheese, dill, onion, salt and butter. Finally, add in the flour and mix until well combined. Let the dough rise in a warm spot for an hour. Punch the dough down and form into a round loaf. Sprinkle with a bit of water and coarse sea salt. Bake for 30 minutes at 350°F. Let cool before you slice.