Spectacular Eats

Eggnog Bread

The kids are home, the guests are in and we are in full-fledged baking mode around here.  Flour is flying and the aprons are on (and being put to good use I might add).
There’s something very comforting about a sweet bread.  Whether it’s for breakfast or for an afternoon snack with hot tea, a nice [...]

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes Project Part 2

The great “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes” project continues…
A few days ago I did a post on my experience with the cookbook Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. In case you missed it, the first part of this bread-bakin’-project can be found here:  Artisan Bread Project.

Today’s changes:

Last Post = Loaf 1:  baked directly on [...]

The Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day Project

For some people it’s chocolate.  Others prefer to have it salty or fried.  For me, it’s homemade bread.  Call me a simple gal but my food of choice is bread.  From the kneading, to the smell of it baking, to the crispy outside and tender inside – I just love it.
So you can imagine how [...]

5 Reasons to Make Your Own Bread

There are manyso many reasons to bake your own bread.  I could go on and on and on.  Here are just a few…
1. Have you ever read the ingredients on the bag of bread you buy at the grocery?  Ugh!  It is truly nasty.  And to think I feed this to my children every day!  [...]

Pizza Dough

I really hate to defrost meat in the microwave.  I guess it’s because I actually end up cooking the meat in the microwave.  I have not perfected the whole defrost thing.  So, my favorite way to defrost is to take it out a few days early and plop it in the fridge.  Actually, my favorite [...]

Herb Biscuits and Experimenting with Potatoes

I received a subscription to Bon Appetit from my lovely daughter.  She truly knows me .
This month’s issue has a great recipe for Herbed Biscuits(page 20).  I made them last night to go along with our “Depression Era Meal” inspired by Clara (see previous post).

Coming from almost entirely Irish ancestry, you would think that [...]

Pumpkin Love

While my house smells of warm cinnamon and pumpkin, I thought I would put this recipe out for you all.  I do love a good loaf of pumpkin bread.  And pumpkin cookies are just amazing!  Someday I want to try using the real stuff-  from a pumpkin I buy in produce… or better yet, one [...]