ROGGENWOLF Blog: Your guide to baking bread

Everyone is talking about sourdough. It feels like everyone is regularly baking a fresh loaf of this intensely flavored treat at home. A great idea - until you ask for advice. Starters, leaven, and feeding sound more like science than bread baking, and the discussions about quantities, flours, and common pitfalls could fill books. But they don't have to. Sourdough can also be explained simply enough to make baking fun again.

An airy, moist crumb and a deep brown, crackling crust. We work for hours toward this moment. And then all that effort is destroyed in seconds. The wrong knife crushes the crumb, tears the cut surface, and causes the crust to break uncontrollably. In this blog post, I will explain how to recognize quality and find a bread knife for life.

A fluffy, soft texture and a wonderful aroma are what make an authentic panettone. To achieve this result, there's a crucial trick: it has to cool upside down.

Adding a portion of pumpkin puree into this cake recipe was the best idea I had this autumn. Now I've one more reason to look forward to pumpkin season every year! While I love pumpkin soup, this pumpkin cake recipe with whole wheat flour, will make sure I've set aside enough pumpkin puree for the cake mix before I even think about making soup!

First the satisfying crack of the bread crust and then inside you see the airy, moist crumb. This is the desired result most home bakers want when they pull their first loaf of home baked bread out of the oven. Baking bread in a cast iron pot makes this even easier. In this article, you will receive a guide on how to bake bread in a pot, what accessories you need, and which pot is right for you.

Baker's linen is indispensable if you enjoy baking rolls or baguettes. You can easily wash it in the washing machine. To ensure your baker's linen lasts a long time, this article provides all the important care tips.