Smooth, rich cream with a bright burst of orange is wrapped inside perfectly puffed choux pastry. These cream puffs are topped with rich dark chocolate ganache for the ultimate indulgent dessert. Swap out the creme patisserie filling with Greek yogurt for a lighter option. With everyone staying at home nowadays, there really is no better …
Soft, fluffy enriched bread is interlaced with the subtle sweetness of honey and the satisfying crunch of walnuts. This easy challah recipe is great for beginners and is sure to please with its stunning presentation. For everyone who has ever feared making enriched bread, and for those who has quailed beneath the thought of braiding …
Day 0 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 My bread fascination began with a book named Sourdough. It’s not a book about how to bake the most amazing sourdough. It is a book about a depressed engineer who lives in San Francisco and begins baking sourdough as a hobby. [spoiler alert] the …
Day 0 | Day 1 | Day 2 (I know croissants are technically pastry not bread, but it’s yeasted, so close enough) Croissants have been on my to-bake list every since I became hooked to the Great British Baking Show. These wonderful, genius homebakers could make towering cakes and perfect loaves of bread but for the …
Enhance your go-to banana bread with thick swirls of rich mocha. The chocolatey coffee flavor is irresistible when paired with the comforting taste of traditional banana bread. Yes, I’m back with another banana bread recipe. My local grocery store was selling 15 bananas for 99 cents (!!!), and there was no chance I’d come home …
Day 0 | Day 1 Okay everyone we’re here to answer the real question: Can you be lazy and still make good bread? Or another variation of that question: Can you be incredibly busy with very little time to invest in making bread and still make good bread? The answer is yes. Does it taste …
After producing a semi-successful loaf of Focaccia, next up was French baguettes. I ate the most heavenly baguettes when I visited Paris earlier this year, and honestly I still dream about those perfect, crispy crusts and soft, fluffy insides. I just knew I had to give a try and baking my own, and honestly it …
Fun fact learned during quarantine: when people are stuck in doors all day, they’ll return to their agricultural society roots and bake a ton of bread. I’m certainly guilty of this – I’ve been turning out loaves of Focaccia, messed-up baguettes, crusty loaves, and even croissants. I was on a bread-making roll… and then it …
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It starts with Focaccia. Or perhaps more accurately, it starts with a Saturday afternoon in October where I decide I must bake 6 loaves of bread even though I’ve never baked bread before. Or even before that – a book about sourdough bread that makes me so deeply crave a fresh loaf I begin Googling …
Thick, buttery shortbread is accented by a crisp and fragrant pecan to create a simple and satisfying dessert. Serve with a cup of cocoa or coffee to bring out the deep and rich flavors. Think it over: every time you taste something that’s delicious beyond imagining and you say, “What is in this?”, the answer …