You are here: Home / bread Frost with confectioners’ icing, sprinkle eggs with candy decorettes, nest with green shredded coconut. —America’s Favorite Recipes from Better Homes and Gardens (1966) EASTER NEST COFFEECAKE 1 envelope active dry yeast, soaked in ¼ C warm water½ C milk¼ C shortening¼ C sugar1 tsp salt1 C flour, sifted, plus an additional 2 C sifted (or
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I posted a couple of Easter bread recipes awhile back: Danish Easter Duck Bread (no real duck involved, just shaped like a duck), and Italian Easter Egg Bread. This one looks a bit less complicated in terms of forming the loaf. “Velikonoční Mazanec” EASTER CAKE SMALLER RECIPE 5 C flour6 oz (12 Tbsp, 1 ½
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Originally published April, 2019. It’s fun to do these more elaborate recipes every once in a while, isn’t it? From The Best of Bon Appetit (1979) Be creative! Make this in the shape of a bunny instead of a duck! More info here; similar recipe here.) “Each slice of this festive bread will show a
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Originally published April, 2019. This looks like something that would be fun to make with… oh, I don’t know… a little boy, doesn’t it? 😉 From The Best of Bon Appetit (1979) brought to you courtesy of Mr. Big Food’s Big Food Manual and Survivalist Flourishing Guide. (More info here; similar recipe here.) “This bread may
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It’s delicious! Recipe with various substitutions here. I was surprised, to say the least. It has neither the texture of rye not pumpernickel. It’s not light but it has a nice crumb. Not going to win any beauty prizes, but that’s not really my goal in bread baking. Went perfectly with a big dinner salad
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Mr. Big Food asked for a rye bread this week. What a great idea! … There were some problems. I attempted to solve them. (I did not choose the recipe ahead of time, just on the fly this morning. So some problems we self-induced.) Problem 1 I knew I was almost out of rye flour
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We have entered cooking and baking mode here at The Farm! This is a very distinctive Christmas bread. Lovely texture and crumb. Taste is a bit more mellow (?) than some vánočkas, but delicious. It will make a perfect leftover ham sandwich. Cooking mode began with a baked ham in a cooking bag yesterday, plus
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Two of my favorite fillings are prune, and cheese. But they’re all really good. Originally published on January 2, 2016 and well worth a rerun! From West, Texas MRS. NEMECEK’S KOLACHES AND FILLINGSMakes about 3 ½ dozen DOUGH 2 envelopes active dry yeast ¼ C lukewarm water1 Tbsp sugar, plus ½ C2 C milk1 stick butter
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Getting to be that time of year when you don’t mind spending a little extra time being creative. And so, from Mr. Big Food’s Big Food Manual and Survivalist Flourishing Guide, I present to you… HOW TO MAKE THREE- AND FIVE-STRAND BRAIDS AND OTHER FANCY BREAD SHAPES from The Creative Cooking Course (1982). We will
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Moist fragrant loaves, filled with fruit and nuts, are an irresistible invitation to sandwiches. —The Encyclopedia of Cooking Complete in 24 Volumes, Volume 14: 500 Ways to Make Tasty Sandwiches (1953) This is good. I substituted 1/2 cup of chopped dried fruit for the nuts. And after looking at a few old recipes for banana
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This is a bread machine recipe. I would be hard pressed to rank order our small kitchen appliances, but I’m sure the bread maker would come in the top 10. So convenient. The beer, brown sugar, raisins and spices give this bread a very distinctive and quite delicious flavor. I used a Yuengling Black &
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The last Finnish recipe I posted from The Big Food Manual and Survivalist Flourishing Guide was Bull Cook’s Finnish Hamburger. It’s interesting. It’s supposed to be served on top of a slice of buttered bread. I’d recommend this one, which as I am writing this is baking away in the bread maker and smells delicious.
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Image stolen from the internet; see water mark FINNISH CARDAMON BREAD (PULLA) Makes 1 large loaf 3 packages dry yeast½ C warm water½ C milk, scalded5 Tbsp butter1 ½ tsp salt½ C sugar, plus an additional 2 Tbsp2 tsp finely ground cardamom3 large eggs, plus an additional 1 egg white4 ½ to 5 C sifted
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“Sticky cinnamon buns belong to Philadelphia as much as Independence Hall and the Twelfth Street Market. Not just any cinnamon bun, this bun of Quaker City, but a bun unique, of true cinnamon flavor, of a stickiness incarnate. “Time was when every bake shop in the city made the buns daily, the very rich ones
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It’s mine. This was the cracked wheat bread I am / was / we’ll see what happens making. And since I believe in being honest, I will tell you that I messed up four ways from Sunday on this. The key to the recipe is “Whole wheat flour (as needed),” and my not paying attention
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I was looking for a bread recipe that calls for cracked wheat and stumbled upon this (which does not). It looks interesting. And this is perfect weather for this sort of thing–cold, gray, nasty, and drizzly. I’m not inclined to commit to it though, but I thought I’d share. “Instead of using just all-purpose flour,
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We have really been enjoying the savory bread recipes in Best Bread Machine Recipes (Better Homes and Gardens Books, 1997). My only complaint about this cookbook is that the serving sizes are way off. I do 1 1/2 pound loaves and I supposed if I got the meat slicer out and sliced the loaf pretty
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Simply wonderful breakfast. French toast made from homemade bacon and tomato bread, fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, and coffee. The bread is a savory loaf and one of the best I’ve made. Just a hint of maple syrup turns it into a rich sweet and savory. Juice adds perfect snap of tartness. Coffee. Plus! We can
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Recipe: Vánočka (Czech Christmas Bread) Reposted from December 20, 2021 You could say it’s an annual Christmas tradition! Mr. Big Food will be making this year’s loaf tomorrow, which is Marica Cooks Tuesday. So I’ve chosen to make Chicken Merlot with Mushrooms in the slow cooker so he has the kitchen all to himself. Recipe:
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It’s called ‘Perfect’ for a reason. Before we get to the recipes–regular and adaptation for bread machine–I’d like to draw your attention to something amazing. From time to time I go on a “Please hit the tip jar” campaign and many of you are kind enough to contribute. I assume it’s because you like what
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