These fragrant Earl Grey tea cakes are flavored with loose leaf tea and orange zest for a delicate flavor in every bite. Dark chocolate chunks add extra richness and balance out the sweetness perfectly. Perfect for any tea lover! Tea-flavored desserts are delicate, aromatic and an absolute treat for the tea-obsessed baker that I am. …
Buttery, crisp shortbread topped with a generous pumpkin cheesecake filling makes these easy cookies a delicious fall treat. Do you ever open your fridge and think: “Why the heck do I have half a can of pumpkin and half a block of cream cheese and what am I going to do with either of these …
These soft, buttery dinner rolls are made with pumpkin puree and flavored with fragrant rosemary and cardamom. Brown butter adds extra richness for the perfect savory bread roll! As far as I’m concerned, pumpkin season doesn’t end until Thanksgiving (and Christmas doesn’t really start ’til after). I’m going to be enjoying all things pumpkin until …
These honey oat sourdough bread rolls have crusty, chewy outsides and soft, fluffy insides. Cooked oatmeal and cinnamon make these rolls fragrant and warming, and honey adds a deep, rich sweetness. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I’ve got bread rolls on my mind. Sure, the star of the show is the turkey – but …
We’ve all heard that the key to baking great artisan bread is a Dutch Oven. Don’t get me wrong – I have a Dutch Oven, and I love it. It helps me turn out beautifully puffy and crusty loaves of bread every single time. But alas, there are limitations to a Dutch Oven. And I’m …
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Day 0 Like many of my pastry adventures, this one started with an episode of the Great British Bakeoff. It was specifically noted that “making strudel pastry is incredibly time consuming and difficult and even the experts just buy it from the store.” Well. I just knew I had to give it a shot.
This soft, moist coffee cake is studded with chunks of chocolate and walnuts. A walnut brown sugar crumble adds a sweet and crunchy finish. I never really have a hankering for coffee cake in the summer. But as soon as the cooler weather hits, I’m looking for that perfect slice of coffee cake to go …
Day 0 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 This episode of Bread Diaries brings some fun with sourdough flavors and colors. I recently ordered a bag of matcha and thought it would be perfect for creating green sourdough. And because just green sourdough is boring, I decided to mix it in …
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Fluffy milk bread is swirled with sweet red bean paste and topped with a matcha condensed milk glaze. This Chinese bakery-inspired loaf is the perfect combination of sweet and sophisticated flavors. Red bean buns were always my childhood favorite. When I visited a Chinese bakery, I never wanted the hot dog breads or custard buns …
Day 0 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 Chai tea walnut fig pumpkin sourdough bread aka “wow I am so ready for FALL” sourdough bread aka “what happens if I throw EVERYTHING into this dough” sourdough bread. Like every other basic baker, I started baking sourdough bread when quarantine started and have …
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