Weekend Baking Project: Bagels I have been making my own bagels at home for years. They are super easy and fun to make. If you have kids, get them in on the project, and they can learn a little about creativity, math and the science of baking at the same time. They will love shaping
Savory Star Bread
If you are still planning your Super Bowl snacks, add this one to your menu! It’s quick, easy and showstopper beautiful! This recipe is based on the King Arthur Flour Cinnamon Star Bread Recipe. I love the cinnamon bread recipe for special occasions and holidays and it was super easy to convert to a savory version
Holiday Baking
Some of my favorite holiday memories are of baking cookies, breads and other treats, and making candies. Growing up we always had cut out sugar cookies and ginger cookies, as well as fudge, english toffee, chocolate steamed pudding, and Norwegian favorites, rosettes and fatiman. As an adult I have added new favorites including King Arthur
Lisa’s Pizza Dough
Lisa’s Pizza Dough Recipe I have been making my pizza dough from scratch for years. It’s easy, tastes great and is dirt cheap to make at home! I often receive requests for my recipe, and I’m happy to share! It’s a great project to do with kids, too! We enjoy having grilled pizza parties during
Pane Bianco
Last Year during King Arthur Flour’s bake along, one of the featured recipes was Pane Bianco. I quickly fell in love with this beautiful shaped bread, and found it was easily adaptable for both savory and sweet applications. You can fill it with virtually anything you can dream up, and it is very easy and
Cardamom Cinnamon Knots
OH My GOODNESS! When I saw this Glazed Cinnamon-Cardamom Buns recipe from Epicurious, I knew I had to make this RIGHT NOW! Not only do they look gorgeous, they are a blast to make and they taste divine! This is one project that if you have children you must try with them…they will have so much
Ricotta Berry Cake
Bon Appetit recently posted a recipe for a Raspberry Ricotta Cake which looked and sounded so delicious that I had to try it myself. I found some gigantic fresh blackberries at the store and decided to use those for the cake. I’m not sure if it’s better for breakfast or dessert…either way it’s incredible! This
Pumpernickel Bread
March brings fun cooking ideas for St. Paddy’s Day and for other spring recipes. It’s been a busy week here with all the fun cooking ideas popping into my head. For St. Paddy’s Day I made some fresh Pumpernickel Bread with a recipe I found on the Spruce Eats. The plan was to have Reuben
Scali Bread
…nothing smells quite as special as bread baking in the oven.