Baked goods

My homemade white bread in a bread machine is super popular but I was getting a lot of requests for vegan options. So, I created this Vegan Machine Bread Recipe. I use the Zojirushi bread machine but you are free to use any bread machine.…

The name monkey bread comes from the fact that this bread is a pull-apart bread and you would pick it apart with your fingers like a monkey would. This delicious gooey monkey bread is made from scratch. I have used my Zojirushi bread maker to…

This ginger cookie recipe is different from the ginger snaps that you find in American stores. These are very similar to ginger nut cookies you will find in England. I first tried them in London and fell in love with them. They taste great dunked…

Baguette – This crusty French bread tastes delicious just by itself or with a drizzle of olive oil or balsamic vinaigrette. My favorite way to relish this bread is slices with a slather of homemade garlic butter. This baguette requires only 5 ingredients – bread…

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 easy brownie 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…

Our vegan banana bread recipe is eggless and made without butter. It is made of whole wheat flour. It uses coconut milk but, if you are not vegan, you can substitute coconut milk with regular milk. I have added chocolate chips but you can skip…

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…