Gingerbread, gingerbread people, or simply gingerbread cookies are all treats made with warm spices mixed with butter, sugar, and flour. I can smell the holidays just thinking about them. Pumpkin pie spice gets all the glory in the United States during the holiday months while apple pie spice follows a long distant second, but whatContinue reading “Gingerbread Spice Blend: Great for Your Favorite Holiday Foods & Drinks”
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Grandma’s Famous Holiday Cinnamon Rolls & Yeast Rolls: ONE Recipe
My grandma was known in her community for her yeast rolls. Luckily for her family and friends, the recipe was good enough and large enough to make both breakfast and dinner with a single bread-making dough. While I have shared my grandma’s yeast roll recipe before in another blog post, I’m happy to take thoseContinue reading “Grandma’s Famous Holiday Cinnamon Rolls & Yeast Rolls: ONE Recipe”
Simple Apple Pie Spice Blend 🍎 for Your Warm Fall Dishes
Fall is the season for adding warm spice blends to almost everything we eat and drink. Every commercial eatery seems to have something with pumpkin pie spice. But what about apple pie spice? What’s the difference? Actually, there is a slight difference between the two versions. While both have a concentrated cinnamon flavor, apple hasContinue reading “Simple Apple Pie Spice Blend 🍎 for Your Warm Fall Dishes”
Turkish Tahini Sweet Rolls with Layers of Coiled Sesame Butter
Türkҫe Tahinli Çörek (Turkish Tahini Bun) refers to the traditional Turkish tahini sweet roll made with a simple yeast dough. Each roll is flattened and smeared with a mixture of sesame paste and sugar. Individual rolls are rolled up like a cinnamon roll and coiled to resemble a snail shell. Even with a butter-y, molassesContinue reading “Turkish Tahini Sweet Rolls with Layers of Coiled Sesame Butter”
Super Easy Everyday Yeast Rolls: No Knead & Egg Free
These Super Easy Everyday Yeast Rolls are a much quicker and easier version of the traditional southern Sour Cream Pocketbook Rolls. These shortcuts with fewer steps and no eggs produce a very surprisingly and incredibly rich, light, and fluffy roll. They truly are as easy to make as homemade biscuits. Make these for the holidaysContinue reading “Super Easy Everyday Yeast Rolls: No Knead & Egg Free”
Danish Brunsviger Cake 🫓: A Tantalizing Yeast Dough with Caramel Swirls
The Danish Brunsviger cake is a buttery, sweet yeast dough baked with swirls of rich, buttery brown sugar caramel sauce. The bread is very light and airy with a soft caramel interior and toffee crunch on the top and edges. While called a cake, it resembles more of an American coffee cake, monkey bread (pull-apartContinue reading “Danish Brunsviger Cake 🫓: A Tantalizing Yeast Dough with Caramel Swirls”
Stuffed Soft Pretzels & Pretzel Bites: The Best Savory & Sweet Options
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”
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!”
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⚜️”
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”