Let me just say that SF sourdough bread is no longer possible in SF only. unbeknownst to them, SF gave the La Brea Los Angeles Bakery the "best SF sourdough" award in a contest, and went ballistic when they found out that the winner was not a San Franciscan! Tests on the SF water proved wrong all claims that SF sourdough bread can only be made there! Whether a beginner or an expert in sourdough bread this recipe is all you need.

Reviewed On: Jul. 24, 2009

this sounds brilliant. i was looking for a rose syrup recipe and other foreign-language cookbooks suggest the same procedure. thx very much. now i can proceed with confidence to something more than just rose syrup... rose petal jam!

Reviewed On: Jun. 13, 2008

Ah, Ruthie Banks! I just realized you're the same Taste-of-Home published recipe winner in the cookbook my family bought me for Xmas. ALLERGIES ACCOMODATED Thx for this heavenly, versatile, and easily adaptable recipe. To accomodate our daughter's allergies, I substituted - a gluten free all-purpose mix for the flour - schredded coconut for the potato flakes - coconut milk for the dairy milk - goat-milk butter for the usual butter - dried egg whites for the eggs, and - coconut/lemon extract for the vanilla I also brushed the top with eggwash for a shiny appearance. TIP: because it can be quite sticky, i recommend minimal handling of the dough. BREADMAKER CONVERSION Pour all wet ingredients first, and then all the dry ones. Yes, all 7+ cups of flour. We can disregard the 4-cup flour capacity limit, because that's for the full baking cycle. We're only using the machine for kneading here (step 1). A few min later, plop the dough into a well greased megapan (i use our turkey pan) and let rise uncovered in semi-warm oven (75 F) for 1-1/4 hrs (step 2). Punch dough down flat, brush with eggwash, crisscross with greased pizza cutter, and let rise for another 45 min (step 3). Remove megapan to preheat oven before baking (step 4). Enjoy your pull-apart hawaiian sweet bread!

Reviewed On: Feb. 25, 2008