Bread

Flaky Biscuits with a Million Layers of Cinnamon

September 21, 2011 All Things Yogurt

I used to be a whey-waster.  Yep, I threw out the yellowish liquid that collects on top of yogurt or is strained away when one makes Greek yogurt at home. But I have repented and changed my ways, due in large part to these flaky cinnamon biscuits. While researching the whole ways-to-use-whey issue, I decided to [...]

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Extreme Banana Bread Makeover

August 3, 2011 Bread

Aging bananas can be hazardous to your health! You might know what I mean if you can’t stand to see bananas go to waste but don’t like to peel and eat them when they become spotted and soft. Although they freeze well for making nutritious smoothies, a lot of my old bananas used to end [...]

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Sugar-Crusted Raisin Brioche

May 19, 2011 Bread

  Call it a rut or a routine.  Either way, eating the same thing for breakfast every day means one less decision.  Am I the only person who does this? For three years now, I grab a big ole cereal bowl and fill it with my own custom mixture of dry cereals, heavy on Fiber [...]

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Rosemary Yeast Bread with Dried Cherries and Pecans (A Bread Machine Recipe)

March 19, 2011 Bread

Yeast bread with fragrant rosemary, dried cherries and toasted pecans. Perfect for a Ham and Cheese Panini. Made in a bread machine.

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Crusty Round Bread (made in a bread machine)

February 19, 2011 Bread

Begin by making a “sponge”.  Well, the original recipe called it a sponge. I hesitate, because I think it may technically be called a biga based on the ratio of water to flour.  Sponge sounds kinda gross but this mixture does look like a sponge after 6-8 hours. See? I’ll skirt the whole issue and [...]

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