Mini Irish Soda Breads
St. Patrick’s Day may have passed, and winter departed – but rainy days of self-isolation had me craving the cold-day comfort of an Irish Soda Bread. After all, you can’t get more homey than a hearty bread fresh from the oven.
Category Archives: Breads
Lazy Everything Bagels
There’s nothing quite like freshly baked bread. But bread making is a complex and often time-consuming task, especially when you add in the extra difficulty of making it gluten-free. That’s why I stopped in my tracks when I found a bagel recipe that used no yeast, proofing time, or water bath. It was an intriguing […]
Herb Focaccia
Focaccia is a favorite bread of mine. Whether used as a soup accompaniment or sandwich base, this rustic-looking flatbread easily elevates any meal from basic to sophisticated. And for the baker, it has excellent versatility. Once you have a good focaccia base, you can adapt it in a million ways. Try it with the traditional […]
Apple Walnut Oat Bread + A Guide to Baking Apples
Opinions on the pumpkin spice craze. Go. Now, I’m a major pumpkin fan. Whether in latte or pancake form, I enjoy indulging in the many spicy, pumpkin-y creations of fall. But to me, there’s an even more important – and oft forgotten – autumnal debut: the apple. True, apples exist year-round. So what makes them […]
Coconut Zucchini Bread
Vegetables for dessert. Seems almost like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? But, then again, is zucchini actually a vegetable? Botanically speaking, summer squash such as zucchini is the mature ovary of a flower, including the seeds and protective covering. That makes it a fruit. But under this same definition, tomatoes, cucumbers, even tree nuts are also […]
Cakes 'n' Bakes 