Homebaker’s Cookbook: Yogurt bread/ Il Ricettario di Homebaker: Pane allo yogurt

I too often get excited when going shopping fro groceries. Family packs are my thing…usually I stock up on crackers, lupins and one-kilo natural yoghurt jars. Usually the next weeks all sort of unexpected things happen and I find myself with a lot of ingredients coming close to the end of their shelf life. And get in a panic. This is more or less how this loaf, which I now propose for Homebaker’s Cookbook, was born. Fragrant, soft and long-lasting, it was a great discovery given by necessity and total randomness. The great thing is that you can forget about it and leave the dough to rest in the fridge for a few days, in fact your loaf will acquire more flavour!

Homebaker’s Cookbook: Almond and Sesame Biscuits / Il Ricettario di Homebaker: Biscotti alle mandorle e sesamo

Some time ago I discovered reginelle palermitane, very simple but delicious biscuits. This recipe is simply inspired by the original biscuits, which I thought were the result of a mix between wheat flour and almonds an ingredient in fact missing in the original recipe, as found out after a fairly detailed study, nonetheless I decided to put in the mixture to make my own version for Homebaker’s Cookbook. I chose to use homebaker’s farina 400, a flour specific for biscuit baking. Since I started using it in my recipes for biscuits and crackers I keep a package in the pantry…the difference, compared to biscuits baked with all purpose flour, is tangible and all the baked goods resulting are definitely more crisp! These almond and sesame biscuits are not too sweet and are ideal for both breakfast and a coffee break.