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BROTworkshop
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artisan baker and sourdough teacher. mostly bread. mostly sourdough.
and dogs.
http://brotworkshop.com
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If you’re looking for kirschwasser for baking, or just sipping by the wood stove, I highly recommend Westford Distillery.
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A bottle of Kirsch on a wooden table near two stainless steel bowls containing rye dough.
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Friday night:
let’s make Franconian rye.
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A view through the window of an oven watching three rye bread loaves bake.
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Today I was test baking Nussecken cookies and Knäckebrot.
Two racks with freshly baked Nussecken cookies. A rack of freshly baked Knäckebrot.
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Thursday flour power hour:
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November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Flour Power Thursday!
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Several large bags of different types of flour are resting on the floor near the mixer. Mixer is not in this photo.
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Monday: making rye bread pudding with walnuts and cranberries.
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A casserole dish containing cubed rye bread. A sauce containing eggs, cream, vanilla, nutmeg, and other herbs/spices is being poured over the bread.
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Thursday: making Rugbrød.
As one does on a rainy night.
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Four pans filled with dough using a traditional Rugbrød recipe. The upper part of the photo shows the baker’s hands covered with rye dough and seeds.
October 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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it’s Sunday
and we’re in love with the
Stony Creek farmers market.
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Our sourdough bread stall. From left to right- walnut raisin, sunflower, pumpkin, Rugbrød and Vollkornbrot, basic batards. On the right is a menu board in a red frame. Our booth neighbor Ada dressed up as Wednesday Adams and me. Her very fine jams and jellies on display on the left. Looking south from Stony Creek. In the foreground is a salt marsh and an osprey nesting platform. In the background- the Thimble Islands and Long Island Sound.
October 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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stretching and folding for Saturday #sourdough bread orders.
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A blob of wheat sourdough being stretched vertically. A plastic tub contains the dough.
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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We fired up the wood stove today in our cottage bakery.
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A wooden workbench with sourdough in various stages of production. In the background a fire is burning in the wood stove.
October 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Friday, making a Swiss based recipe of walnut-rye bread.
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In the big red mixer- walnut and rye being blended. To the right are chopped walnuts in a stainless steel bowl. The baker is vigilant.
October 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Thursday: the weather is PERFECT for our last appearance at the Guilford farmers market!
A menu board of sourdough bread: Classic batard Walnut raisin Cheddar pan loaf Bavarian pretzels Franconian rye Vollkornbrot Our bread stall with an array of sourdough breads in wooden crates under a canopy.
October 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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We will have walnut raisin sourdough boules at the Guilford farmers market tomorrow. #breadsky 🍽️
Three walnut raisin boules made with sourdough are resting in their proofing baskets.
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Monday: the Haussler takes the day off.
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A photograph of a Haussler mixer. This is where I mix most of my dough using the screw hook. The machine is red and the mixing bowl is stainless steel.
September 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The fiddlers are fiddling at the Deep River farmers market under a beautiful early autumn sky.
September 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Beautiful day for #sourdough at the Deep River farmers market!
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A tan canopy over two tables of wheat a rye sourdough breads.
September 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The menu board for Saturday at the Deep River farmers market:
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The menu board is framed in red and leaning against a garden gate. It reads: BROT MENU ALL SOURDOUGH —— WHEAT: the classic batard $10 walnut raisin $14 —— RYE: Franconian &14 vollkornbrot $14 Made with locally sourced 100% organic rye flour —— Half loaves available!
September 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Thursday: mixing seeds for a multi-grain pan loaf.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Prepping for the Saturday pretzel class.
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A baker stretching sourdough to form a pretzel.
September 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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beautiful Sunday weather on Long Island Sound at the Stony Creek farmers market today.
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Two women standing behind a counter selling several varieties of sourdough bread.
September 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Friday: let’s make Rugbrød.
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Two pans of Danish Rugbrød dough and seeds doing their thing.
September 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Wednesday: doing some minor renovations in the #breadsky workshop.
A woman standing in a room full of sawdust as she sands two wooden countertops.
September 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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tidying up the terrace before the fall sourdough baking classes start.
September 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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It’s raining cats and dogs in Stony Creek, but we’re here and ready to sell sourdough.
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A photo of our bread stall at the Stony Creek farmers market. Red menu board in the foreground. Black tablecloths that will soon be covered with sourdough bread.
September 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Friday: it’s all about the rye.
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Eight loaves of rye dough, waiting to be shaped and placed in their pans for baking.
September 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM