The two most commonly used terms in bread making world are baker’s percentages, also called baker’s math, and dough hydration. Novice or experienced baker, yeast or sourdough bread baking – I’m sure you came across those terms. What is the baker’s percentage and how do you calculate it? The baker’s percentage is a formula used … Read more ... Baker’s Percentages (Handy Calculators Included ..read more

Northern Europe is famous for its rye bread, as rye grain is the cold climate grain. Danish rye bread, or rugbrød, is one of the best-known types of rye bread from that region. Looking like a brick and full of wholegrain goodness, Danish rye is ideal for making smørrebrød open sandwiches. Rye bread is one … Read more ... Danish Sourdough Rye Bread (Rugbrød ..read more

Bruschetta is synonymous with summer, ripe tomatoes, basil, and al fresco dining. Add a glass of chilled white and you are transported to a warm holiday destination instantly. It’s so easy to recreate that feeling at home with some stale bread and a few vine-ripened tomatoes. Everyone can make bruschettas, even if you have no … Read more ... Bruschetta – Easy Appetiser Using Stale Bread ..read more

Let me introduce you to one of my favourite desserts (drum roll please): Plum dumplings! I could eat them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and in-between. Luckily for my waist, the plum season is only in late spring and autumn. Plum dumplings are made with potato dough, similar to gnocchi, sans egg, a fresh plum in … Read more ... Plum Dumplings Recipe ..read more

Most households will have stale bread at some point. Instead of chucking out the last few slices of the leftover bread, turn those into an opportunity to create a new product: bread crumbs! Homemade bread crumbs are really easy to make and taste so much better than store bought ones. You can control how coarse … Read more ... How to Make Homemade Bread Crumbs ..read more

Over the years we have lost our connection with the food we eat. People have stopped making bread at home, and children don’t know how bread is made, or what is it made from. I witness it often enough when holding incursions at schools and kindergartens. We are losing the knowledge of previous generations. We shy away … Read more ... Bread Making at Home: 12 Quick Answers You Should Know ..read more

Our customer Ross Bury has built a wonderful wood-fired pizza oven and booked our Family Bread Making Class. I had the pleasure of conducting the class for his family and baking in the oven was a great experience. Breads and pizzas were absolutely amazing! That taste can’t be achieved in a conventional oven. You can … Read more ... MakeBread.com.au Testimonial – Wood Fired Pizza Oven ..read more

Homemade croutons are one of the easiest ways to use up leftover stale bread. Easy to make, crispy croutons are a great addition to soups in winter or salads in summer. What is the best bread to use for homemade croutons? Most bread types can be used to make croutons. Sourdough bread or yeasted bread … Read more ... How to Make Homemade Croutons ..read more

Panzanella is a simple Tuscan tomato & bread salad, a meal in and of itself, and a summer favourite in our household. It takes care of two issues at once: dried out sourdough bread and an oversupply of tomatoes in the garden. The main ingredients used for the panzanella salad recipe are stale bread torn … Read more ... Panzanella Salad Recipe with Sourdough Bread ..read more

Bread is a staple food in our home: we eat a lot of it, especially when it's freshly baked. Bread making is passion of mine. Nothing compares to the aroma of a loaf just out of the oven! But when fresh bread is on the table, what to do with the old one? Don't throw old bread in the bin! Read more ... Stale Bread Recipies ..read more