bread

Meyer Lemon Peasant Boule for #Baketogether

After months of sweets and other indulgences, our wise #Baketogether leader Abby Dodge decided a simple bread would be something all of us might be craving. She was so right. When she said simple I couldn’t imagine any bread THIS simple. I’ve seen bread novices and talented aficionados alike claim the ease and never-ending possibilities [...]

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Raisin Walnut Bread

A simple but satisfying bread with raisins and toasted walnuts that is an old family recipe. I already make Pecan Butter Ball cookies every year for the holidays and I attribute that recipe to my Grandmother Bathe. They are a favorite of mine and I recall fondly helping her as a girl and making them [...]

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Apple, Walnut and Cream Cheese Bread

I try as hard as possible to hang on to summer; one last dinner on the patio, one last walk through the perennials…but today it’s becoming clear I had better get ready. It’s a nice sunny day outside but there is definitely a chill in the air, my feet are freezing (socks…really, is it that [...]

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Zucchini Bread with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Brown Butter Frosting

Zucchini bread is one of those things that if I had gone all summer without making it would have left me with a sad, that’s just not right sort of feeling. For years it was something my kids really looked forward to, using squash from our backyard garden. However, as the neighbor’s tree has grown [...]

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Savory Bread Pudding with Asparagus, Gruyère and Fines Herbes

Savory Bread Pudding with Asparagus, Gruyère and Fines Herbes 1 1-pound loaf French bread, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces 1 pound asparagus, trimmed, cut into 1 1/2-inch lengths 6 large eggs 2 cups whole milk 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 cups grated Gruyère cheese 2 cups grated Swiss cheese 1 cup [...]

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Browned Butter Rum Pound Cake

Each month I look forward to getting monthly gifts in the mail and by that I mean my cooking magazines. I get a couple of magazines and love them all but was shocked, like many others, to hear that Gourmet will be no more. I mean, it’s still hard to comprehend. So I really wanted [...]

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Tuscan Polenta Bread

This recipe was sent to me by a neighborhood friend; she got it from Better Homes and Gardens and just raved about it so I want to share it here even though I’ve not made it myself…but maybe this weekend! Ingredients 1-1/2 cups cornmeal 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 2 Tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. baking soda [...]

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Faux Cinnabon Rolls

I’ve had this recipe for years and don’t recall where it came from but there was a Cinnabon in a nearby shopping mall and some friends and I wanted to try our hand at home to create something similar so we made a batch of these. To tell you the truth it was way before [...]

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Bananas Foster Banana Bread

I love Bananas Foster; the first time I had it was in St. Louis when out to dinner with friends; it was a going away party right before I was moving to North Carolina; so I thought for the longest time it was that one restaurant’s claim to fame. When I found I could make [...]

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