Flatbread with roasted tomatoes – easy to make and full of flavor from the tomatoes which are roasting while the bread bakes. I have lots of memories about my Grandma, but most of them involve bread baking. She loved baking bread for our big family. She’d start by sifting the flour in the big oval…
Bread Baking 101 – Types of flour and how to accurately measure flour
*Note to myself, never promise something unless I’m really good at predicting the future. So today, I’m running a little late, because Comcast thought would be a good idea to leave us in the dark for a couple of hours, you know, who actually needs internet at 6 am? So here I’m, after one…
Bread Baking 101 – Ingredients
As promised, I’m back with another post, part 2 of my Bread Baking 101 series. Today I’m going to talk about the commonly used ingredients. Since I don’t want to turn this into a mile long post I’m going to divide it in three parts : liquid, salt, sugar and fat today, all about flour…
Cheese pizza with homemade pizza dough
Made-from-scratch flavorful cheese pizza dough topped with more cheese and grape tomatoes. Friday night pizza just got a whole lot better! We are your typical American family. Friday night it’s pizza night. More than I should admit we order from a local Italian restaurant but most of the time I make my own. I don’t eat…
Baking Bread 101 – Equipment
Before I begin this 4 posts series I want to say I’m not compensated by any of the companies I’m going to refer to, not was I given free products. I’ve never taken bread baking classes or any baking classes. Everything it’s from my own experience. I get a lot of questions about homemade bread. From why mine is not as yellow/white as yours?…
Chocolate coconut cookies
These chocolate coconut cookies have a cake-like texture with a perfect balance between the nutty flavor and the shredded dark chocolate It’s that time of the month, time for another chocolate party. After baking with apples, pumpkin, cranberries and peppermint this month we picked coconut. I’m nuts for coconut and I was so happy when my friend…
Gingerbread roll cake
Moist gingerbread roll cake filled with spiced creamy filling. A delicious twist on the traditional Christmas gingerbread cake I remember watching mom rolling up, using a damp tea towel, the pan-sheet cake she just took out of the oven. We were too small and could not understand where she had hidden the filling since we…
Christmas peppermint candy ricotta cheesecake
Velvety ricotta cheesecake mixed with crushed peppermint candy and topped with a layer of white chocolate ganache, Christmas candy and sprinkles. Years ago, before I had Tiffany you’d find me in the local bookstore with a book, a coffee and a sweet treat. It was a nice way to enjoy an afternoon, get out of…
Stollen
A sweet German yeast bread, stollen is packed with rum soaked fruit and marzipan and dusted with powder sugar for a winter look. Yes, another yeast Christmas bread. This time we’re talking a trip to Germany to enjoy a slice of Stollen also known as Weihnachtsstollen or Christstollen. Stollen, in a quick definition, is the yeast version of the American…
Romanian dried fruit swirl bread
A brioche like bread, rich from the butter and eggs with a soft crumb this dried fruit swirl bread baked around the holidays Today’s post is hard to write. I’ve had a couple of attempts but after few short sentences the teary eyes forced me to think of something else. I’m a very emotional person…
Cream cheese dried fruit bread
Sweet, soft and fluffy yeast dried fruit bread made with cream cheese and dusted with powder sugar for Christmas breakfast or brunch When I first had the #25recipestoXmas idea I thought I’d share a week filled with holiday loaves of bread. Nothing wrong with it, right? As the time was approaching I got to a conclusion,…
Eggnog cupcakes with chocolate cream cheese frosting
Last year it was the first time I tried eggnog. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I wasn’t impress. I didn’t feel it was something I see myself drinking while chatting with my friends and family and having a great time. But I love baking with eggnog. I love the nutmeg sweet flavor it gives to baked goods. I have tried…
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