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Mini Baguettes

I'm always in search of a fast bread recipe, and this baguette formula made some pretty reliable little loaves. Terrific right out of the oven, they'll keep well if tightly wrapped and frozen. Pop them into a 350 oven until they're warm and you have a terrific sandwich bread or something to go with dinner - perfect for two.

This recipe comes from The Thrifty Gourmet, and uses only 5 ingredients - pretty typical for a lean bread. These are things all pantries should have, but if you don't have bread flour, you can use all purpose flour just fine.

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Yeasted Meringue Coffee Cake

Daring Bakers out of a toaster oven was proving to be interesting.

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Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day - Master

I've made a few breads out of Peter Reinhart's Bread Baker's Apprentice, and many more out of other sources, but I've found that the amount of time I need to invest to make a great hearth bread is much more than I can spare.

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Rhubarb Mother

I've put off starting a sourdough mixture for a long time, and for a lot of reasons. This week, I just didn't have any more excuses. This starter begins with rhubarb from our garden - just another item (like cabbage) that you can use to start a sour mixture.

This method comes from the Fergus Henderson cookbook Beyond Nose to Tail and is the basis of a number of bread recipes in his book. It's my goal to use this starter in a BLT challenge, so I wanted to try it out first.

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