Banana Yeast Bread is a totally different way to think about “banana bread”. With a cinnamon brown sugar swirl, you may never go back to quick bread again. Call me crazy, but I’m kind of over banana bread. I mean, I’ve made Strawberry Banana Bread, and Maple Cranberry Banana Bread, and even used coconut oil …
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Garlic Beer Bread made with delicious Shock Top Beer. Great with chili, stew, and your favorite soups! You’ve had beer bread before, right? This mind-blowingly simple recipe means you can have fresh baked bread to go along with your favorite chili, soup, or stew in the same time it takes to make them. Yeasty flavors …
Vermont Country Blend Cranberry Maple Bread is completely irresistible for breakfast. Bet you can’t stop with one slice! Aren’t you so glad it’s fall? I love diving straight into all the flavors we associate with fall – pumpkin, maple, ginger. Warm and toasty flavors that make you feel cozy and comforted when the weather turns …
Buttermilk Biscuits are a delicious treat at any meal, at any time of the day. Have them with soup or sausage gravy, any way you want! When you think about it, there aren’t many recipes more southern than a good ol’ fashioned Quick Buttermilk Biscuit. The base of many a meal, from a piece of …
Raise your hand if you love mangoes, but they’ve always intimidated you! Up until a few weeks ago, I would have raised my hand. Every time I’ve had mango in a restaurant, I’ve loved it to bits. But I always passed it over in the supermarket – a funny foreign ingredient that I’d never use …
Sometimes inspiration comes in the form of the desperate need not to waste food. Sure, I could throw those bananas in the freezer, but there they would languish, forgotten, until they become freezer burnt beyond all recognition. As I was baking up treats for the Great American Bake Sale I looked around my kitchen and …
I’m not much one for pressuring other people in the grocery store about what to buy. Over the years, I’ve become more informed about where my food comes from, and that leads me to make choices that may be different from mainstream America. Occasionally, I’ve been accused by my midwestern brother-in-law for being a food …
Today we’re talking nuts and bolts. The essential tools and tricks that I’ve found make a certain kitchen task easier, or that ensure the desired results, every time. We spent last weekend in Washington, D.C. with family. It was a whole lotta fun, both sight-seeing in our nation’s capital and getting to know family that …
This is probably one of the hardest posts I will ever write. I had planned to post the recipe for this High Rising Sandwich Bread on Sunday. But at 4 a.m., we received a call from my parents that my beloved Nanny had passed away. I spent most of Sunday in a fog. I know …
It’s no secret that I’m a huge Disney enthusiast, or as my friend Amanda Tinney says, I’m simply a “Disney Peep”. One of my favorite restaurants at Walt Disney World is located at the Polynesian Resort, or as us Disney veterans refer to it as, “The Poly”. The Polynesian was created to pay homage to …