Pesto parmesan bagels are not a common flavor and I don’t know why. They have the salty cheesy umami flavor that is perfection. Slather some cream cheese on and you have like all the flavors and textures. I am one of those people who prefers a local small business to a chain. There is NOTHING…
If you love pumpkin, I won’t lie to you and tell you these pumpkin maple dinner rolls are like taking a bite of pumpkin pie. They aren’t. That being said, they bring great flavor and beautiful color to these super soft and fluffy rolls. These things are jumbo as well. These rolls are soft and…
Imagine a charcuterie board if you will. Who are the players? Cheese obviously because cheese is wonderful and most of us love it. Then you have your cured meats. Salami, sausage, and probably a prosciutto. Then some nuts, maybe some grapes, and then cap it with carbs. Whether it’s crackers or crostini. But most of…
Cinnamon and apples probably conjure up images in your mind of apple pie, picking apples in an orchard, fall temps, plaid blankets. Basically, they scream fall. So an apple cinnamon bread was a must. I went through quite a few iterations of this bread trying to get it just right. A lot of recipes have…
Milk bread is one of my favorite types of bread. It’s uber soft and very lightly sweet, but not sweet enough to be considered a sweet or dessert bread. I happily make these milk bread buns to go with dinner. Milk bread sometimes is called Hokkaido or Shokupan, as it was developed in Japan. In…
Give pretty much anything with pesto or caprese and I’m in. What’s not to love? I love pesto, I love tomatoes, I love fresh mozz, I love balsamic. Now, if I could go directly to Italy and get some Mozzarella di Bufalo omg this would be even better. If you haven’t ever had it (and…
This honey white sandwich bread is the best thing since sliced bread. It’s the OG! Sandwich bread is not exciting. It’s the most basic of breads. I don’t see a loaf and think mmm let me eat a slice of that. But, is it important? Yes. It’s a classic. It’s carrying the load of school…
Believe it or not, I’ve actually never baked anything with cherries before. Probably because I love them and will eat them all right after buying them. Rainier cherries are my absolute favorite and getting a paper bag full while walking through the produce and flower section at Pike Place is the best way to do…
If you’ve never had a braided bread, you’re probably in the majority. There are quite a few recipes for breads filled with lemon curd out on the internet and it’s probably the most popular. One of my favorite appetizers is a crostini with goat cheese, prosciutto, honey, arugula and grapes. It was kind of the…
Let’s be bread baking babes Bread is relatively simple. Flour, salt, water and yeast are the four main ingredients that make the dough. Some doughs will use things like sugar or eggs or olive oil, but a LOT of breads are made with these four simple and fairly inexpensive ingredients. You can make pretty fancy…
This white-wheat dutch oven bread requires no kneading yet creates a crusty artisan loaf of bread to share and enjoy. No knead bread is the best! Any bread you don’t have to knead is great in my opinion because it’s so easy. It’s like those old commercials (maybe they were infomercials), set it and forget…
These chocolate malt milk buns are like heaven. Have you had Japanese milk bread? If you haven’t.. you need to. Simply wonderful. It’s SO SOFT and pillowy and basically melts in your mouth. Like a bread version of cotton candy. Not exactly but just as delicious. I love milk bread when it’s unflavored, it’s ever…
Birthday cake scones are a fun and festive way to celebrate. Vanilla funfetti scones with a vanilla/white chocolate chip and a lightly citrus glaze. It’s my birthday! If you have a summer birthday you know, that as a kid at least they can sometimes result in not many friends being around to come to your…
If I had ever had this blackberry poppyseed loaf as a kid, I would have been in heaven. Blackberries are a fruit I’ve spent more time picking in my life than anything else. When I was young we took a trip to Tofino, BC and I remember spending a few hours picking (and eating) blackberries…
I went to Italy and I didn’t get a stupid shirt OR an Italian maritozzi. What was I thinking? I went to Italy for Christmas and New Years in 2013/14. My husband was on deployment based out of Naples. So over the holidays I was able to fly there and meet him. It was really…