October 2026 posts

Friday, 16 October 2026
What are these and why are they here?! 
summary: With the latest update of WP, these links to :stomp: X :stomp: and :stomp: Pinterest :stomp: have suddenly appeared at the bottom of any new posts.

Friday, 16 October 2026

Olive Oil Brioche

Patricia Wells Olive Oil Brioche (BBB October 2026) 

summary: Olive Oil Brioche, based on Patricia Wells' recipe for 'Pompe à l'huile: Provençal olive oil brioche' in her excellent cookbook "Patricia Wells At Home in Provence"; switching back to using wild yeast – errm... mostly; if 1000 words is good, zillions more must be better; information about Bread Baking Babes; information about World Food Day and World Bread Day;

August 2026 posts

Tabatière

Monday, 17 August 2026
One Giant Tabatière (BBB August 2026) 

summary: Recipe for Tabatière, based on a recipe in 'The Larousse Book of Bread' by Éric Kayser; mostly wild; reading problems AGAIN (still?) – M. Kayser suggests making 3 loaves; the BBB recipe suggests making 2; shaping difficulties – if one time shaping is good, then two must be better? Maybe....; information about Bread Baking Babes;

June 2026 posts

Sunday, 21 June 2026
Enforced Revision of Our Iced Tea Recipe
summary: there can never be enough mint growing in the garden; how to beat the heat: iced tea with mint and orange juice; iced tea recipe revised because frozen concentrate no longer available;


Tuesday, 16 June 2026

altered Norwegian Sun Bun

Wild Alteration of Solskinnsboller (BBB June 2026)
summary: Recipe for Solskinnsboller turned into Citronboller; lemon butter instead of vanilla custard; adding wild yeast to commercial yeast; butter and sugar galore; information about Bread Baking Babes;

April 2026 posts

Semi-wild Honey Millet/Corn Bread

 
Monday, 20 April 2026
Semi-Wild Honey Millet/Corn Bread (BBB April 2026)
summary: Semi-Wild Honey Millet/Corn Bread; better late than never; definition of corn; caving in (again/still) by adding commercial yeast; information about Bread Baking Babes;

Thursday, 16 April 2026
How Not to Plan Ahead
summary: Great sandwich bread; failure to plan ahead; I will be late (AGAIN) with April's BBB bread; information about Bread Baking Babes;

February 2026 posts

Monday, 16 February 2026
Wild-ish Lemon Rosemary Pain de Campagne (BBB February 2026)

BBBabes' 18th Anniversary

summary: Wild-ish Lemon Rosemary Pain de Campagne based on Kathleen Weber's recipe in her book "Della Fattoria Bread"; BBBabes celebrate 18(!!!) years; silences don't mean we're not eating; firm starter vs regular starter; caving in (again/still) by adding commercial yeast; information about Bread Baking Babes;;

December 2025 Posts

Monday, 8 December 2025
almost-wordless-not-Wednesday: over-proofed sandwich bread
summary: negligence; forgetting to check after shaping; importance of timers; bread wants to be bread anyway; WP listens (sort of) to its users and re-instates (mostly) the Classic Editor; an Almost-Wordless Wednesday post;

September 2025 posts

Tuesday, 9 September 2025
I loathe change!!
summary: What happened to the Classic Editor and why did they remove the plugin and replace it with  this stupid new Block system?? It’s incredibly annoying!!

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
Delving into the Archives: Milk Frother for Iced Coffee
summary: going through our photo archives; new milk frother; inexpensive gadget really works!