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Bread knots are probably my favorite style of bread to bake in real life, so I was looking forward to making some in miniature. I made the butternut squash knots…

For these rye rolls, I wanted a lighter shade of brown than in my previous rye bread projects, in the hope that there would be greater contrast between the dough…

For these whole wheat dinner rolls, I used the same color mix as for my other whole wheat roll project: Fimo Soft sahara and Premo translucent, with grated specks of…

These dinner rolls use the same color mixes as the corresponding larger loaves of bread. The butternut squash rolls are a mix of Premo ecru, cadmium yellow, white, and translucent,…

This butternut squash bread, called pane di zucca in Italian, is a recipe I developed for my cookbook Flavors of Friuli. The dough is studded with raisins and walnuts and…

For these rye bread loaves, I used a color mix of Premo burnt umber, Fimo Soft sahara, and translucent. After using a toothbrush, needle tool, and crumpled aluminum foil for…

For these whole wheat rolls, I used a slightly darker color mix than the white bread, this time using only Fimo Soft sahara and Premo translucent. To create flecks of…

For these sesame seed rolls, I used the same color mix as the poppy seed kaiser rolls: Fimo vanilla, Fimo Soft sahara, Premo white, and translucent. This time I formed…

The shelves in Gastronomia Furlan have 14 trays to fill with bread, and these poppy seed kaiser rolls are the first type I've made. I started with a color mix…