This easy yeast roll recipe came about from messing with a recipe I found online, feared lost when the website it was on disappeared, then found in my recipe stash. Handwritten on a big notecard, it’s clearly had some water damage through the years. But now that I’ve figured out an even better version, I […]
The Easiest Homemade Bread Recipe Ever
Once fall and winter come along, the easiest homemade bread recipe sure comes in handy. I make this pretty much every week to go with soup, and the leftovers are perfect to make grilled cheese, French toast or grilled bread to go with other meals. I have baked a lot of different kinds of bread […]
Bake Something
I saved this one for a weekend even though I did it a while ago because it’s probably more realistic for someone who doesn’t work at home to bake on the weekends rather than some random Wednesday. Today’s craft challenge is to bake something. Bonus points if you do it with any kids who happen […]
Improving on a Classic, Part Two: Banana Muffins
A few months ago I told you abut my family’s banana bread recipe and how I’ve pretty completely altered it to have less sugar, almost no white flour and plenty of whole-grainy goodness. For a few weeks there it seemed like I always had exactly two bananas getting old on the counter, where I tend […]
Improving on a Classic
My family does not do a great job eating bananas. We seem to buy some almost every week, but a week rarely goes by when we actually finish a bunch before it turns brown. So I have several go-to banana bread recipes, including one that’s been in my mom’s family now four generations. The original […]
Things I Love: Homemade Bread Made Easy
I love to bake. But even though I’m home pretty much every weekday for about six hours at a time without anyone else in the house, I don’t bake all that much. Or at least I don’t bake a lot of fussy stuff. I really love to bake bread. I would love to have fresh-baked […]