Baking and Books discussion

My family is small and so often we can't eat all the bread I make so I thought it was great to find some recipes for left over bread.

Leftover Bread Recipes"

William wrote: "If we have leftover bagette or something good I like to slice it in half lengthwise and cover the surface with cheddar cheese (the good stuff) and tomato paste, sometimes adding green olive tapenad..."

This does sound awesome!

If the bread is really hard, too much so to eat or even slice, I grate it on the fine side of a four-sided grater and make bread crumbs.

I like to prepare bread pudding with leftover bread, but since getting chickens its now much easier to turn it into chicken feed ;-(

Leslie wrote: "I like to prepare bread pudding with leftover bread, but since getting chickens its now much easier to turn it into chicken feed ;-("

Love chickens! Do you have a favorite bread pudding recipe?

That is a good question, Bob. I used to make a very rich bread pudding with a whiskey-based sauce (lots of butter), but don't think my kids would like it. I was looking at bread pudding recipes yesterday and was surprised to find many savory ones - e.g. including cheese. Have you ever made a savory bread pudding? Or do you have a favorite recipe?

Leslie wrote: "That is a good question, Bob. I used to make a very rich bread pudding with a whiskey-based sauce (lots of butter), but don't think my kids would like it. I was looking at bread pudding recipes y..."

I love bread pudding, but I've never made it. I really don't make dessert that often. I do like a snifter of bourbon occasionally and the whiskey based sauce sounds very good. I'll try to find a recipe like that.

I found a great-looking bread pudding recipe. Its on serious eats, but taken from the "back in the day bakery" cookbook. You can find it here.

A word of warning, though, - along with delicious, this stuff is calorie and fat dense, and addictive!

so don't say I didn't tell ya so.

Thank you so much Leslie! I'll try it this weekend.

I found "The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook" on Amazon. The reviewers rave about it. I put it on my wish-list. I have so many cookbooks now that I feel guilty buying another one.

Bob wrote: "I found "The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook" on Amazon. The reviewers rave about it. I put it on my wish-list. I have so many cookbooks now that I feel guilty buying another one."

haha I know the feeling. I have to expand my kitchen just for my cookbooks!

I'm hoping to remodel my kitchen this spring, and bigger space for cookbooks is on the list!
Serious eats did a "cook-the-book" on the Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook, with several featured recipes. I had hoped to win a copy (*sigh*). You can see the various recipes here.