Art of baking with natural yeast, 2nd edition : Breads, pancakes, waffles, cinnamon rolls and muffins

Say goodbye to commercial yeast, and hello to a healthier body! With allergies to gluten and commercial yeast on the rise, natural yeast is a fun and healthy solution to baking all the foods you love while improving your body's antioxidants, breaking down grains, and making your bread taste more delicious than ever. "Bread Geek" Melissa Richardson, coauthor of The Art of Baking with Natural Yeast, is back with new and refined techniques and tips that will take your natural yeast breads to the next level. Try over 60 new recipes, including vegan, diabetic-friendly, and no-wait recipes like: Cranberry Ginger LoafVegan WafflesCracked Pepper Spelt CrackersBasil Dinner CrepesSalted Chocolate Sourdough BreadFrom troubleshooting tips to artistic finishing touches, this guide will make baking with natural yeast fail-proof, healthy, and delicious every time. So grab your starter, flour your hands, and get ready to bake! Cover Dedication Contents A Bread Geek Is Born Section 1: Natural Yeast: Baking for Health What Is Natural Yeast? A Natural History of Yeast and Why It Matters Anatomy of Wheat The Staff of Life Wheat Flour Benefits Anatomy of Wheat “You Mean My Bread Is ALIVE?” Section 2: Getting “Started”: Housing, Feeding, & Using Natural Yeast Getting "Started" Fresh, Live Starter: Begged or Bought How to Make Natural Yeast From Scratch Basic Care and Feeding Housing Feeding Your Start The Starter That Took Over the House Baking Building and Reducing Your Starter Consistency and Temperature Vacation Making Starter Flakes Reconstituting Starter Flakes Troubleshooting Avoiding the Super-Massive Failure . . . Know the Dough: A quick guide for kneading by hand and working with whole wheat dough Mixing Kneading Resting Proofing Baking Dough Enhancers Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Nitty-Gritty on Grinding Section 3: Getting Your Bread Geek On: Time to Bake! Adapting non-starter recipes Section 4: The Basic Six: Recipes for Everyday Baking Eve’s Bread Adam’s Bread Honey Molasses Sandwich Bread Grammy’s Bread Bread Machine Recipe No-Knead Bread Section 5: Dressing Up Your Loaves: Fruits, Nuts, Seeds, & Sprouts Whole Wheat Cinnamon Raisin Bread Walnut Date Bread Apricot Nut Bread Sprouted Wheat Bread Nancy’s Flatbread Section 6: Quick and Easy: Pancakes, Waffles, & Crepes Caleb’s Yeast-Only Pancakes Oatmeal Natural Yeast Pancakes Delicious Natural Yeast Pancakes Banana Buckwheat Pancakes Crepes Airy, Light, Natural Yeast Waffles Oatmeal Waffles The Queen of In-Between Section 7: Sweet Things: Muffins, Cakes, & Cinnamon Rolls Blueberry Cream Muffins Banana Pecan Muffins Whole Wheat Blueberry Chocolate Cake Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls Section 8: Artisan Breads: Tips & Techniques for Savory Sourdough Shaping Dusting Steaming Slashing San Francisco Sourdough Garlic Rosemary Sourdough Roasted Red Bell Pepper and Asiago Sourdough Section 9: Shaping Tutorials: How to Shape Your Dough Sandwich Loaves Boules Baguettes Rolls Crescent Rolls Cloverleaf rolls Whimsy Rolls Rosettes Section 10: Bonus Recipes: Scones, Breadsticks, & Pizza Dough Scones breadsticks pizza dough Two Ways to Eat a Brick Bread Crumbs Breakfast SoufflE Appendix Substitutions Favorite Products Bibliography Index About the Authors This is the book you've been waiting for! With groundbreaking information about the health benefits of natural yeast, this book will forever change the way you bake. Did you know commercial yeast is so foreign to our bodies that many people are allergic to it? But natural yeast converts dough into a digestible, vitamin-rich food that's free from harmful enzymes and won't spike your body's defenses. Improve your health and happiness with the delicious recipes in this groundbreaking book that will teach you to prepare and bake with natural yeast! This is the book you’ve been waiting for! With groundbreaking information about the health benefits of natural yeast, this book will revolutionize the way you bake! Easy to prepare and use, natural yeast breaks down harmful enzymes in grains, makes vitamins and minerals more easily available for digestion, and converts bread into a nutritious food source that won’t spike your body’s defenses. Improve your digestive health and happiness with these delicious recipes you can’t find anywhere else!

This is the book you've been waiting for! With groundbreaking information about the health benefits of natural yeast, this book will forever change the way you bake. Easy to prepare and use, natural yeast converts dough into a vitamin-rich food that's free from harmful enzymes. Improve your health and happiness with these invaluable recipes you can't find anywhere else!