The Mellow Bakers is a challenge created by Paul from Yumarama, dedicated to baking through Jeffrey Hamelman's amazing book Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes. This challenge is mellow (as the name implies), with three breads randomly selected from different sections of the book each month. This book has been furthering my bread baking education with a more scientific presentation of the bread baking process, geared towards professional bakers as well as home bakers, but less detailed recipes, allowing for more experimentation on my part.
The best part of this challenge (for me ~ apart from the delicious bread recipes) is the awesome Mellow Bakers forum that Paul created, in which members discuss their experiences with each bread (as well as bread baking in general). Jeffrey Hamelman himself even joined our group and gave us some pointers!!
Favorite bread formulas:
1. Hot cross buns (March 2010)
2. Rustic Bread* (April 2010)
3. Pizza dough (June 2010)
4. Bialys* (July 2010)
5. Five-grain bread (August 2010)
6. Baguettes (August 2010)
7. Roasted potato bread (October 2010)
8. Brioche (November 2010)
9. Whole wheat multigrain levain *(March 2011)
10. Ciabatta with poolish (December 2010)
11. Pain de mie* (January 2011)
12. Unkneaded, six-fold French bread (December 2011)
13. Mixed-flour miche (September 2011)
14. Sesame seed bread sticks (October 2011)
15. Fougasse with olives (November 2011)
16. Semolina bread (January 2012)
17. Roasted garlic levain (January 2012)
Recipes made:
18. Bagels (April 2010)
19. Light rye (April 2010)
20. Grissini (May 2010)
21. Beer bread with roasted barley (June 2010)
22. Vermont sourdough (June 2010)
23. 70% sourdough rye (July 2010)
24. 40% caraway rye (August 2010)
25. Sourdough rye with walnuts (September 2010)
26. Challah (October 2010)
27. 5 grain levain (January 2012)
28. Golden raisin bread (January 2011)
29. Toast bread (February 2011)
30. Whole wheat with multigrain soaker (February 2011)
31. Normandy apple bread (February 2011)
32. Pain au levain (April 2011)
33. Flaxseed bread (April 2011)
34. Pain au levain with whole wheat (April 2011)
35. Walnut, fig, currant, fennel, and rosemary bread (April 2011)
36. Pain rustique (June 2011)
37. Five-grain bread with paté fermentée (May 2011)
38. Semolina bread (June 2011)
39. Volkornbrot (June 2011)
40. Black bread (August 2011)
41. Whole wheat with raisins and pecans (September 2011)
42. Whole wheat and whole rye (September 2011)
43. Berne Brot (October 2011)
44. Golden raisin and walnut bread (November 2011)
45. Five-grain sourdough with rye sourdough (November 2011)
46. 66% sourdough rye (December 2011)
47. Sourdough seed (December 2011)
48. Corn bread (May 2010)
49. Miche Pointe-a-Calliere (May 2010)
50. French bread (July 2010)
51. Country bread (November 2010)
52. Soft butter rolls (September 2010)
53. Horst Bandel pumpernickel (November 2010)
54. Whole wheat levain (March 2011)
55. Irish soda bread (December 2010)
56. Pretzels (October 2010)
57. Semolina bread with soaker and fennel seeds (December 2010)
58. Aloo paratha (March 2011)
59. Sunflower seed bread with rye sourdough (March 2011)
60. Pissaladière (May 2011)
61. Roasted hazelnut and prune bread (May 2011)
62. Sourdough rye with raisins and walnuts (July 2011)
63. Olive levain (July 2011)
64. Three-stage 80% sourdough rye (July 2011)
1. Hot cross buns (March 2010)
2. Rustic Bread* (April 2010)
3. Pizza dough (June 2010)
4. Bialys* (July 2010)
5. Five-grain bread (August 2010)
6. Baguettes (August 2010)
7. Roasted potato bread (October 2010)
8. Brioche (November 2010)
9. Whole wheat multigrain levain *(March 2011)
10. Ciabatta with poolish (December 2010)
11. Pain de mie* (January 2011)
12. Unkneaded, six-fold French bread (December 2011)
13. Mixed-flour miche (September 2011)
14. Sesame seed bread sticks (October 2011)
15. Fougasse with olives (November 2011)
16. Semolina bread (January 2012)
17. Roasted garlic levain (January 2012)
Recipes made:
18. Bagels (April 2010)
19. Light rye (April 2010)
20. Grissini (May 2010)
21. Beer bread with roasted barley (June 2010)
22. Vermont sourdough (June 2010)
23. 70% sourdough rye (July 2010)
24. 40% caraway rye (August 2010)
25. Sourdough rye with walnuts (September 2010)
26. Challah (October 2010)
27. 5 grain levain (January 2012)
28. Golden raisin bread (January 2011)
29. Toast bread (February 2011)
30. Whole wheat with multigrain soaker (February 2011)
31. Normandy apple bread (February 2011)
32. Pain au levain (April 2011)
33. Flaxseed bread (April 2011)
34. Pain au levain with whole wheat (April 2011)
35. Walnut, fig, currant, fennel, and rosemary bread (April 2011)
36. Pain rustique (June 2011)
37. Five-grain bread with paté fermentée (May 2011)
38. Semolina bread (June 2011)
39. Volkornbrot (June 2011)
40. Black bread (August 2011)
41. Whole wheat with raisins and pecans (September 2011)
42. Whole wheat and whole rye (September 2011)
43. Berne Brot (October 2011)
44. Golden raisin and walnut bread (November 2011)
45. Five-grain sourdough with rye sourdough (November 2011)
46. 66% sourdough rye (December 2011)
47. Sourdough seed (December 2011)
48. Corn bread (May 2010)
49. Miche Pointe-a-Calliere (May 2010)
50. French bread (July 2010)
51. Country bread (November 2010)
52. Soft butter rolls (September 2010)
53. Horst Bandel pumpernickel (November 2010)
54. Whole wheat levain (March 2011)
55. Irish soda bread (December 2010)
56. Pretzels (October 2010)
57. Semolina bread with soaker and fennel seeds (December 2010)
58. Aloo paratha (March 2011)
59. Sunflower seed bread with rye sourdough (March 2011)
60. Pissaladière (May 2011)
61. Roasted hazelnut and prune bread (May 2011)
62. Sourdough rye with raisins and walnuts (July 2011)
63. Olive levain (July 2011)
64. Three-stage 80% sourdough rye (July 2011)
