Your sourdough starter is finally growing. It has matured and now it’s time to use it to make the bread you’ve been waiting for, right? After all, isn’t that why you began the sourdough? Even if you’re not a baker and are hesitant about kneading dough, you can still make a great tasting sourdough bread.Continue reading “Simple, No-Knead Sourdough Bread: Only 15 Active Minutes!”
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Simple Sourdough Starter for Beginners: Flour & Water Only
A sourdough starter only needs two ingredients and time. Flour and water combined with a little warmth and patience yields a naturally occurring, wild yeast. The only commitment on your part is feeding it and discarding the extra starter daily. We’re talking only a few minutes a day, tops! This post is all about showingContinue reading “Simple Sourdough Starter for Beginners: Flour & Water Only”
Easy Sourdough Discard Bread: Perfect for the Bread Machine
You began your sourdough starter a couple of days ago. It’s growing, but it’s not ready or complex enough in flavor to use in a traditional, sourdough bread. Believe it or not, you can actually use it now to make sourdough bread. The only caveat is that you need to rely on commercial yeast forContinue reading “Easy Sourdough Discard Bread: Perfect for the Bread Machine”
How to Make My Favorite, Indulgent Cinnamon Rolls
The smell of homemade cinnamon rolls is one of my favorite scents during the holidays. I find myself giddy over the aroma of butter, cinnamon, and sugar baking in swirls of enriched, yeast dough slowly permeating through each and every crevice of the house and up the stairs. There’s a reason you can buy cinnamonContinue reading “How to Make My Favorite, Indulgent Cinnamon Rolls”
Sour Cream Pocketbook Rolls: Buttery, Salty, Tangy, & Sweet
If you ask me what my last meal would include, I would say the same now as I would have said as a kid… ooey, gooey, cheesy, mashed potatoes and a buttery, salty, yeast roll, along with a warm, homemade chocolate chip cookie for dessert. Then again, I probably wouldn’t be hungry if I knewContinue reading “Sour Cream Pocketbook Rolls: Buttery, Salty, Tangy, & Sweet”
How to Make TRUE Crispy Gingersnap Cookies
Depending on where you live, spice cookies are called ginger nuts, Arnott’s biscuits, brunkage, or speculaas. In many places they are known as pepper cookies in the appropriate Swedish, Finnish, Latvian, Estonian, or Norwegian languages. In the United States and Canada, however, we call them gingersnaps. My gingersnap cookies would make GREAT holiday gifts orContinue reading “How to Make TRUE Crispy Gingersnap Cookies”
Nutella Swirl Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Crust: Rich & Chocolatey
Tis the season for all things pumpkin, even if, it’s only the spice. It’s hard to find a table during the holidays (in America) without pumpkin pie. Years ago, I wanted a change for my Thanksgiving table. Still pumpkin, mind you, but not the same traditional pie. Low and behold, I found it, or createdContinue reading “Nutella Swirl Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Crust: Rich & Chocolatey”
3 Simple & Flavorful Pie Crusts: Savory, Sweet, OR Gluten-Free
Pie crusts are about a simple a bake as you can make. A good, basic crust only includes flour, fat, and water. While it’s easy to buy pie crust from the store, why not make a couple of homemade versions when you can and freeze them for later use? I’m talking about the holiday timeContinue reading “3 Simple & Flavorful Pie Crusts: Savory, Sweet, OR Gluten-Free”
Delectable Tres Leches Cake: Luxurious Milk Soaked Vanilla Sponge
Regardless of the season, there’s always a good time for a light and sweet, vanilla sponge cake soaked in three different milks, covered in a cloud of sweetened whipped cream and topped with the season’s spices or fruit. I’m talking about the traditional Latin American Tres Leches Cake. This moist, luxurious, and dreamy tasting cakeContinue reading “Delectable Tres Leches Cake: Luxurious Milk Soaked Vanilla Sponge”
Mexican Conchas: Rich, Buttery Brioche Topped with Cookies- What!
¡Buenos días! Picture this… a large, enriched, yeast-based sweet roll made with butter, sugar, and eggs topped with a buttery and sweet, vanilla, chocolate, or spiced cookie baked into the dough. Who can say no to that?! A French brioche dough and a cookie ALL IN ONE! Yes, please! This post is all about MexicanContinue reading “Mexican Conchas: Rich, Buttery Brioche Topped with Cookies- What!”