Ben Starr

The Ultimate Food Geek

Tag: fast

  • One-Bowl No-Mixer Pumpkin Muffins

    So it’s no secret that I’m enamored with pumpkin, and I have dozens of pumpkin recipes that get busted out in the fall.  But for many folks, the idea of setting up the stand mixer to cream butter and sugar…or having multiple bowls and measuring cups to clean up afterward…it’s just too much to contemplate…

  • Quick Sticky Buns

    Over the last few years I’ve migrated away from commercial yeast and toward my sourdough starter.  It’s gotten to the point that I don’t even keep yeast around anymore.  This means my breads have gotten infinitely better…but also take infinitely longer to bake.  There’s no such thing as “quick sourdough” anything. So while I have…

  • Ben’s Secret to Stock

    Homemade stocks make ALL the difference in recipes, particularly in soups, sauces, and gravies.  But who’s got room in their freezer for gallons and gallons of homemade stock?  Lots of TV chefs will tell you to reduce the stock a bit and then freeze it in ice cube trays, but then you have to maintain…

  • 1-Hour No-Knead Yeast Dinner Rolls

    Bread.  It can be a problem with dinner, because sometimes you just don’t have 4-5 hours to prep contemporary yeast bread or roll recipes.  You all know that I prefer to use long, slow fermentations with my yeast breads to produce incredible flavor and crust.  But that requires me to start the bread the day…