Sweet or savory, these German-style stuffed soft pretzels and pretzel bites hit the spot for a hearty quick snack. This post covers a variety of ingredients to use to stuff your favorite pretzel dough using everything from cheese to Nutella and chocolate chips along with mustard and peanut butter and jelly. Regardless of the filling,Continue reading “Stuffed Soft Pretzels & Pretzel Bites: The Best Savory & Sweet Options”
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German Bavarian-Style Soft Pretzels 🥨: Symbolism & Helpful Tips!
These German Bavarian-style soft pretzels make a fantastic snack. They include common Bavarian pretzel ingredients and ratios. It’s the technique of shaping and dipping them in an alkaline solution that makes them unique. This blog post covers it all including how to shape the pretzels and their Christian symbolism along with lots of details onContinue reading “German Bavarian-Style Soft Pretzels 🥨: Symbolism & Helpful Tips!”
Spiced Carrot Cake Scones 🥕 Cream Cheese Orange Glaze: Simple with Elegance
These spiced, sweet, and decadent Carrot Cake Scones are based on the combination of the English carrot cake using (British) mixed spice and Scottish scones. Keep them simple or elevate their elegance with a cream cheese orange glaze and toppings to include toasted coconut and shredded carrots. Why not add chopped walnuts or pineapple forContinue reading “Spiced Carrot Cake Scones 🥕 Cream Cheese Orange Glaze: Simple with Elegance”
Mardi Gras Marbled King Cake: A Beautiful Twist on Tradition⚜️
This Mardi Gras King Cake consists uniquely of dollops of enriched yeast dough marbled throughout with cinnamon and sugar (hence the twist!), baked in a Bundt pan, and topped with a lemon powdered sugar glaze along with purple, green, and gold colored sugar. While this heavenly light dessert is called a cake, it’s actually aContinue reading “Mardi Gras Marbled King Cake: A Beautiful Twist on Tradition⚜️”
Vietnamese Puffy Steamed Buns or Dumplings: Fantastically Fluffy & Yeasty
A soft, light, and airy puffy bun folded and steamed to perfection. Vietnamese Bánh Bao steamed buns, while traditionally split and filled with your choice of shredded meat and sautéed veggies, also make incredible yeast rolls eaten all on their own. This dough can also wrap around your favorite fillings and steamed for a wonderfulContinue reading “Vietnamese Puffy Steamed Buns or Dumplings: Fantastically Fluffy & Yeasty”
Elegant Czech Vánočka: Beautiful Bread for the Holidays
Countries all over the world indulge in fruited holiday breads and cakes like the Italian Panettone, German Stollen, and American Fruitcake. The Czech Republic’s version called Vánočka is no exception. While called a cake, this simple Czech Christmas delight is a lightly sweetened, buttery, enriched, brioche-style yeast bread scented with nutmeg and dotted with driedContinue reading “Elegant Czech Vánočka: Beautiful Bread for the Holidays”
Holiday Spiced Squash & Cranberry Muffins: Wonderful Sweet & Fruity Bread
Warm spices, squash, and cranberries are significant flavors during the holidays. We usually have a week of guests during Thanksgiving, so I always make scones, muffins, and cinnamon rolls for our breakfasts. In light of the season, I really wanted to create a muffin recipe using my winter garden squash, warm spices, a sweet crunchyContinue reading “Holiday Spiced Squash & Cranberry Muffins: Wonderful Sweet & Fruity Bread”
My Grandma’s Coveted Crispy Crust Moist Skillet Cornbread
Another one of my southern grandma’s was best known for her crispy crust, moist skillet cornbread. I recall many New Year’s Days growing up eating it with a bowl of her vegetable soup and black-eyed peas with a side of hog jowl for luck. While many people have their own cornbread recipe, I find myContinue reading “My Grandma’s Coveted Crispy Crust Moist Skillet Cornbread”
Gluten-Free Cinnamon Rolls: Just as Ooey, Gooey, & Satisfying
Cinnamon rolls are so divine that heaven must be filled with them. When I wasn’t eating gluten for a while, I created a gluten-free yeast roll recipe, mainly with the hopes of turning it into an incredibly tasty cinnamon roll. I’m happy to say… mission accomplished. Reality is, how can you go wrong with butter,Continue reading “Gluten-Free Cinnamon Rolls: Just as Ooey, Gooey, & Satisfying”
Spinach Tortillas: Great for Mexican Dishes, Sandwiches, and Dips
While simple flour tortillas are a great go-to for traditional Mexican dishes, wraps, and pinwheels, spinach tortillas take the color and flavor to a whole new level. My beautiful, dark green-laced spinach tortillas elevate the flavor of any flour tortilla-based dish. Can you imagine these pretty green tortillas in pinwheels as an appetizer for theContinue reading “Spinach Tortillas: Great for Mexican Dishes, Sandwiches, and Dips”