When you are not forced to eat gluten-free bread, you may not want even to taste it. Why try a gluten-free baked good when you can have all the gluten in the world? I’m like this most of the time too. But this bread is so good that even gluten eaters will love it! I love poppy seeds a lot, and there are a few recipes on this blog with poppy seeds, such as buns with poppy seeds or a lemon poppy seed cake. This time, I am using these cute seeds on a loaf of bread. I got the inspiration for this recipe from a Swedish gluten-free baking cookbook. I changed a few things, such as some of the measurements and instructions, to better fit my baking methods and ingredients. The resulting bread is soft, delicious and stays in good shape for many days, as long as you keep it in an airtight container. You can put the leftover bread slices in a toaster, and they will taste as good as new. The warm …

I’m sitting in my quiet apartment with my blanket on, writing this blog post, while it’s snowing quietly outside. The white winter is here in Helsinki. I don’t complain much, except for this lovely puffy snow turning into ice and becoming a health hazard overnight (unless it continues to snow). If I didn’t write this blog post, I would be doing what, can you guess? Yes, bake! Because baking is cosy and intimate. But instead of baking, I’m writing about it. And I decided to publish this recipe as the first one for 2021. Let’s hope it brings, ehm, luck! So, lingonberries, hmm… This is one of the berries I got to know after I moved to Finland. They are very sour, so they go well with savoury dishes, but sometimes with sweet ones too. It also goes excellent hand-in-hand in a bread dough like this. I saw this recipe in a gluten-free cookbook I’ve had for many years. I finally decided to give it a try, but of course, I had to make my …

This has been a tough year. Not just for me, but so many people around the world. Some people were already in hardship, be it hunger, be it war, be it effects of climate change. They got hit even harder with the pandemic. So today’s post starts with hoping things will get better for everyone in 2021. I don’t believe in god. So I don’t pray for anything. Instead, I wish with all my heart a better future. But of course, we have to work hard for that better future, and we must keep this in mind. I also got some bad news from my family today, so I’m feeling so down. Had to fight an anxiety attack during the day with the news I got. But I am lucky to have amazing friends who are always ready to help and a lovely, sweet man who listened to my anger/sadness on the phone for half an hour, so I calmed down. As I am writing this blog post, I am feeling quite tired mentally. But …