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Cheesy Bread Bakers (or Baking with the Gals)

Date: May. 18th 2008
Category: Bread
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Ladies and gentleman, today I have decided to coin a new term.

That term is Bakeanista.

What is a Bakeanista? Well, a Bakeanista is a member of the femal species that would happily forego shopping for shoes, getting her hair done or going for a spa treatment to stay at home watching yeast bloom and covering the kitchen in flour.

You dream of souping up your Kitchen Aid mixer?

Bakeanista.

You get into arguments with people over the quality of flour?

Bakeanista.

You bake and do laundry at the same time?

Bakeanista.

And not only am I going to be so bold as to coin the new term, I’m going tell you who the original Bakeanistas are: Mary of The Sour Dough, Lis of La Mia Cucina, Helene of Tartelette, Kelly of Sass and Veracity, Laura of Laura Rebecca’s Kitchen, Sara of i like to cook and Stephanie of Dispensing Happiness.

So how did the Bakeanistas band together? Well as with all good stories there are many versions and theories and events but let’s just say that in its most current rendition, the Bakeanistas were born when Mary saw this postthis post and decided that the Bakeanistas needed to act.

So she sent out the Bakeanista symbol (no those were not lights from an alien spaceship that you saw in the night sky), organized everyone, provided a recipe and arranged a live baking session via Skype.

If you’ve made any type of bread before or worked with yeast at all, then this recipe couldn’t be simpler. If you haven’t baked bread or are terrified of yeast, this is a great recipe to try.

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Really. It’s easy. And the end result is a bubbly mass of cheesy rolls that my family devoured for lunch with a green salad and some freshly sliced prosciutto.

What I lov … oh wait … sorry, folks. I see the Bakeanista symbol flashing again. Somewhere there’s something that needs to be baked!

Ciao!

Here are the Bakeanistas that participated: Helen, Ivonne, Kelly, Laura Rebecca, Lisa, Mary, Sara, and Stephanie

Here’s the recipe we used: Gruyère-Stuffed Crusty Rolls.

Note: I used marbled cheddar in my loaves.

39 Comments


05/18/08 at 10:30 am

I love IT! I always, always wanted to an “ista” of some type!! Now I’m the ultimate “ista” a bakeanista. Ivonne, I had so much baking with you and can’t wait til we meet in the kitchen again.

I’m thinking you had just about the best lunch too!


05/18/08 at 10:48 am

Aww they look like cheesy pots! I love them! WAIT until you see mine! hahahahahahaaaaa!

I am so getting a t-shirt that says Bakeanista on it!

I had a blast - even though I could only peek in once in a while.. still baking those cheesy breads was fun and I am completely addicted to them! :)

xoxoxoxoxoxo


05/18/08 at 10:58 am

ohhh those look so yum! i’m going to have to try these one day! love the new term too!


05/18/08 at 11:32 am

Bakeanista - that just about says it all! Butter and sugar is glorious but cheese and yeast always takes it over the top. Those are really fantastic looking breads and perfect with the green salad!


05/18/08 at 12:09 pm

Lis is right: we SHOULD get t-shirts; that would be so much fun! Ivonne, thank you for baking with me and thank you for brightening my day with this fun post!


05/18/08 at 12:15 pm

Your bread runneth over. Funny I made this type of bread twice this week to rave reviews. So I was with you in spirit. Lovely Ivonne.


05/18/08 at 12:43 pm

That bread is calling my name! I like your coined term… I wish I could say I was one but I’m kind of crap at baking. I need to get better at it!


05/18/08 at 2:13 pm

Wonderful! Those cheesy buns look gorgeous! I love that great combination!

Cheers,

Rosa


05/18/08 at 3:09 pm

Gruyere *or* cheddar oozing out of a crusty roll??? Sounds like the perfect lunch (or breakfast, or dinner) to me! Love the new term. :)


05/18/08 at 4:38 pm

love the photo of the baked on cheese! these rolls look so good!


05/18/08 at 6:17 pm

wow! these are beautiful! i love the pictures, and they sound delicious! i would totally eat these with chili!! (or anything else, or alone :) )


05/18/08 at 7:16 pm

How about dreaming about bread? Do I qualify? I made a fougasse today…


05/18/08 at 8:00 pm

Holy cow! Gryuere chees oozing out of bread…soooo good.


05/19/08 at 3:24 am

Wow! I am definitely not a bakeanista, but I wish I lived next door to one….


05/19/08 at 4:12 am

I baked bread for the first time in ages the other day. However, I also bought shoes and I’m male…

You have given me the urge to buy cheese though :-)


05/19/08 at 5:10 am

That is the kind of bread I would like to have with my tea right now, Ivonne!


05/19/08 at 6:45 am

What a lunch it must have been with that bread! It was great baking with you all and I was really happy to have the group that day to change my mind and keep my energy up. Thank you for all the fuzzy feeling!


05/19/08 at 7:12 am

And NOW I truly have a name! Those look deeeeeeelishuuuuusssss! I hate to be one to invite myself, BUT would a newbie be allowed to butt in next time y’all get together? That just sounds like a perfect day to me :)

Carrie


05/19/08 at 7:28 am

These rolls look delicious! I will have to give them a try.

I will have to tell my family that I am not obsessed - I am a Bakeanista. Love that word!


05/19/08 at 7:40 am

A Bakeanista…. LOVE IT!!! Such a cute term :0)

I’m STILL too intimidated to try baking yeast-containing breads, but I always love viewing the gorgeous bread-loaves of my fellow bloggers :0)


05/19/08 at 8:37 am

I’m definitely a Bakeanista, what a cute term too, it can’t be bad ;)

I love baking bread, except cheese bread, it just doesn’t do it for me. Even so yours looks so good, I might just try it.


05/19/08 at 8:52 am

Ivonne — I LOVE it. How did you know I’ve always wanted to be an ______ista? Hahahahaha! It was much fun, and you are so right about being willing to do laundry or other things while bread is doing all its lovely stuff. Still working on my post…sorry it took so long to get over here. Your cheese bread is quite stunning!


05/19/08 at 10:32 am

You are definitely a multi-tasking Bakeanista Ivonne:D


05/19/08 at 11:28 am

I’ve always been pretty sure that if I was told I could only have bread and cheese for the REST of my LIFE - I’d be okay with that. This recipe is a case in point. Divine.


05/19/08 at 2:08 pm

That cheesy bread looks so good!


05/19/08 at 4:29 pm

Ooh…love cheese…love bread….love this…

j


05/19/08 at 8:00 pm

I love this term Bakenista!


05/19/08 at 10:00 pm

Love that first picture! A perfect cheesy bun.


05/19/08 at 11:20 pm

Oozing goodness! Have.to.make.these!
I’m a bakenista! I’m known to do pretty much anything while baking at the same time (which admittedly isn’t always favourable for either baking or the anything).


05/19/08 at 11:23 pm

I need one of those cheesy rolls, yum!


05/20/08 at 9:44 am

That oozing cheese photo is making me weak. That looks BEYOND good!


05/21/08 at 7:03 pm

I love your technique! I’m surprised you don’t have to pinch the bottom end of each roll so that the cheese doesn’t scortch on hte underside. I will definitely be trying this method.


05/22/08 at 7:16 am

Oh man, first Mary, then Helen, then Lis and now you…. You Bakeanistas are making me hungry!
Actually I plan to start the starter today, and cart the dough up to my parents this weekend to make it for them up this weekend. :-)


05/22/08 at 6:33 pm

Your buns look amazing, err the cheesey bread ones I mean.

I love how you coined the term Bakeanista. That is me. My friends call me the Domestic Diva but I love Bakeanista. Because yeah I would so rather be cooking something up in my kitchen than anywhere else lately.


05/22/08 at 6:34 pm

Oh and by the way, after seeing Tartelette’s post, I bought the gruyere and it will be baking in my kitchen some time soon! Great find!


05/23/08 at 12:53 am

That’s the kind of thing that will haunt my dreams. I adore cheesy, savory baked goods. So–I’m sunk!


05/28/08 at 5:57 am

Oh man, what a great looking bread. I love how it’s OOZING cheese :)


08/29/08 at 10:09 am

Hello - I am in love with this web-site and have seen many new recipes that I would love to tackle. One of the recipes being the crusty cheese bread (rolls). I clicked on the recipe link and it was unavailable. Is there any way to send it to me on my e-mail address? I would certainly appreciate it. And, please, keep up the wonderful work with this web-site. Thank you & Sincerely - Mary


03/9/09 at 6:40 pm

[…] that’s exactly what happened not too long ago when Breadchick of The Sour Dough, Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice, Lis of La Mia Cucina, Sara of i like to cook, Helen of Tartelette, Stephanie of Dispensing […]

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