Sourdough bread is my favorite sandwich bread, hands down. It’s sinfully delicious when toasted and stuffed with spicy cajun fish, a slather of mayo, and crisp, fresh veggies. It’s also relatively easy to make perfect no-knead sourdough bread at home. That’s right, you don’t even have to get your hands dirty.I’ve been making no-knead artisan…
Why We Love This English Muffin Recipe (And You Will, Too!)
Summer’s coming and soon your kiddos will be home 24/7. While it’s *PAR-TAY* time as far as they’re concerned, you may have considered padlocking the fridge to keep up with their constant snacking. Save time and money on food by making homemade English muffins. Once you find out how ridiculously easy these are to make,…
Gougères {French Cheese Puffs}
Homemade gougères, or French cheese puffs, are a quick and elegant way to start a meal. I love baking these pretty little puffs from a basic choux pastry and watching them rise in the oven to a light, hollow little ball of cheesy goodness.Cream puffs and gougères are made from the same traditional French pâte à…
Red Lobster Biscuits Copycat
I took my three month-old to the U.S. Embassy last week to apply for his passport and certificate of birth abroad. You’d think this process would be pretty straightforward- documents in, documents out, sign a form, presto! Why is it then, that I always have trouble sleeping the night before an embassy appointment? Besides the…
Homemade Croissants
Homemade Croissants. Pain au chocolat. Things that terrify, mystify, impress. Things that intrigue me, beg me to bake them, taunt me from the recesses of cookbooks and foodie blogs, “Try me, I dare you!” So I did. Homemade croissants have long been on my list of culinary “musts” and have remained there on that list…
Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Ooey, gooey, brown sugar laden overnight cinnamon rolls covered in maple cream cheese glaze are one of my breakfast anytime favorite baked treats. I love cinnamon rolls of the moist, cinnamon-rich, drenched in so much cream cheese frosting you can’t tell what’s hiding beneath the creamy layer variety. Dry, sugar glazed, packaged rolls from the…
Quick Ham & Cheese Braid
Last week four loaves of meaty cheesy bread goodness emerged from our warm oven in record time. I love that! Each loaf is prepared in less than 25 minutes, from mixing to sliding-into-oven time. These beauties are deliciously impressive and very filling- enough for a crowd. Expecting visitors for coffee? Impress them with one of…
Loaves and Fishes
If you don’t have a bread machine stop reading now. This post is only for the privileged kitchen adorned with the most efficient of bread machines. For those who still crave a soft loaf perfect for butter slathering, french toast, grilled cheese, and garlic bread, I’ll oblige you with a link to my favorite sandwich…
In “Vince”able Treats
When you’re feeling blue, all you gotta do….is politely nibble at one small scarf down a panful of these amazing chocolate cinnamon rolls. PW’s Tasty Kitchen is a treasure. Among the many MANY recipes I drool over at the site are these amazing rolls.Not only is this unconventional cinnamon roll prototype delish, but it pleases…
Baguette Brilliance
Husband and I love bread. We just do. I’m pretty sure that were we ever to be forced into the South Beach Diet, we’d be the mischievous rascals slinking into the panaderia during “toilet breaks” at work, tiptoeing out of bed in the wee hours in the morning, and squirreling away our stashes in the…
