So, I am headed to a Housewarming Party this weekend, and never one to show up empty handed, I am making a few snack food type things. First up are these Grissini-Style Cracker Sticks. I made 5 different kinds, which is a bit overboard (who, me?): Toasted Sesame Seed, Poppy Seed, Mixed Herb, Dried Garlic and Plain. If you think that they look a little dark on the ends, that is intentional and is caused by the egg white wash. While these will be served with a dip of some sort, they would also go great as croutons for salad or soup.
I don’t bake bread all that often. I love bread — don’t get me wrong, I LOVE bread — but as a singleton, a loaf of bread sometimes will take me more than a week to eat, and after a couple of days, homemade bread isn’t all that fresh anymore. With all of that said, Rainer called me the other day, raving about a recipe that he had seen on Cook’s Country, of a multigrain bread (which is always a favorite). So I had to try it. And it turned out wonderfully yummy. The one thing that I would likely do when making this again is to make two oblong loaves instead of one boule.
