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Baguette – This crusty French bread tastes delicious just by itself or with a drizzle of olive oil or some balsamic vinaigrette. My favorite way to relish this bread is slices with a slather of homemade garlic butter. Real simple to make, this baguette requires …
Pineapple upside down cake is my favorite cake to bake. I made it this year for my daughter’s birthday. She was so excited to bake and wanted to help me with it. The great thing about this cake is that is looks perfectly decorated and …
This delicious vegetarian white sauce pizza is an adapted version of the peach gorgonzola pizza we tried at a local pizzeria. We used apples instead of peaches in our recipe. This pizza uses homemade white sauce with herbs, arugula and a balsamic reduction. We also …
We went through several permutations of ingredients to come up with this recipe for the best brownies with no eggs. Eggs typically give baked good a nice rise and it’s not easy to get the same texture with replacements. However, try this recipe and we …
Our vegan banana bread recipe is made without eggs or butter. It uses coconut milk but you if you are not vegan, you can substitute coconut milk with regular milk. I have added chocolate chips but you can skip them or add a vegan substitute. …
The first documented recipe for sourdough bread dates back to 2300-2400 B.C. in Egypt. However, humans began making bread more than 10,000 years ago with the advent of agriculture. Wheat, as we know it, is very different from the wild distant relative of wheat that …
You can buy a starter for your sourdough bread online or get some from a willing fried. However, it is so easy to make a sourdough starter at home that you will think why you didn’t know this before. The resulting bread is much better …
A basic Margherita pizza has three ingredients – tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and basil. My Margherita pizza recipe is very easy. I use ready pizza sauce, pre-sliced mozzarella from Costco, and basil from my kitchen garden. I use homemade pizza dough but you can also use …
These chocolate chip cookies are so easy to make. I go through a few batches during the holiday season. My family loves these and think that they are the best kind of cookies in the world. They are also perfect to bake with your little …
How many times have you thought of baking your own bread? Every time I would pick up a loaf of bread at the grocery store, the list of ingredients used to make me cringe. So many chemicals to impart color and flavor! Read along for …