Baking
Sourdough Dried Apple Bread Recipe
Another Saturday means another sourdough bread, this one with lots of apple flavor and whole grains. Today's recipe is one of my favorites. It's just sweet enough to eat like a dessert bread, but savory enough for sandwiches. This recipe makes a very large loaf - one...
Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
For many families, Easter morning means cinnamon rolls. Cinnamon rolls are usually made from a soft straight dough, but a few years ago I carried a Sourdough Saturday theme through a whole year, over on my defunct site, Hestia's Kitchen. Thus, I experimented with...
Sourdough Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns, full of tasty dried fruits and spices, are a long-time British Easter tradition. Although I am not British I am from New England and grew up considering many British traditions my own. Thus, I have been making hot cross buns every spring for 25 years...
Mom’s Orange Blossom Rolls
Mom's rolls are soft, citrusy, and sweet - perfect for a spring day. Now with an added sourdough tang! Luckily for me, my Mom was a child of the 1950's. She followed the expectations of that era and pored her heart and soul into being a wife and mother. A big part of...
Sourdough Savarin Cake
Many, many years ago I belonged to a recipe group where one of the options was a traditional Savarin Cake. I didn't make it then, but have been eying it ever since. I guess it's true that good things come to those who wait, because this Sourdough Savarin Cake...
Easter Babka Bread Recipe
I have been making hot cross buns for Easter for nearly 30 years. This year, I thought it might be time for some variety. In my search for traditional Easter breads I came across Babka. “Sounds great,” I thought. “Let’s find the true recipe.” Easier said than done....
Time to Make Fruitcake
Are you a fruitcake hater? You will change your tune with these recipes! Fruitcake is a delight. Or maybe I should say homemade fruitcake is a delight. After all, what's not to like? Cake - Good Nuts - Good Dried Fruit - Good Candied Fruit - Here's where we run into...
All About Kamut
I have been baking with Kamut® flour for quite a few years now, and often get the question, "what is Kamut®?" Many people, especially those outside of the Northwest, have never heard of it. It's a fair question, but let's back up a bit first. What is Khorasan Wheat?...
Friday Round-Up: Easter Breads
If you spend very long on this site it becomes obvious that I like to bake bread. There's something very primal about baking. It's like a compulsion to follow in the footsteps of my ancestral grandmothers by baking bread. Celebration breads are are big part of this...
