Your Christmas baking ingredients checklist

Your Christmas baking ingredients checklist

This has to be my favourite baking time of the year. Fresh mince pies, golden and with a hint of citrus, hot from the oven. Perhaps eaten with a dollop of cream. Or the crunch of a spiced gingerbread biscuit, perfect with a cup of tea as an afternoon treat.   Perhaps...

Why do you love to bake bread at home?

A bread wreath from my Grandma’s kitchen – now hanging in my kitchen Perhaps you recently started baking bread at home as you had a little more time. Or maybe, like me, you’ve loved to bake most of your life – I have happy memories of baking...
Why is my bread so pale?

Why is my bread so pale?

You’ve mixed, kneaded and risen your loaf before baking it to the exact instructions in the recipe. So why has your finished loaf come out of the oven pale and without the crisp, glossy crust you were hoping for? This is a common question I get asked,...