Polish Easter Sweet Bread
Polish Easter Sweet Bread is like babka, but not quite. It comes from a similar sugary, yeasty, eggy, milky dough, but it’s not as sweet. It’s buttery, studded with golden raisins, and has a crumb topping. Polish Easter Sweet Bread is really a thing unto itself.
Martha Stewart’s Best Buttermilk Pancakes
Martha Stewart’s Best Buttermilk Pancakes – especially with blueberries – are unparalleled. I used to think that pancakes were by definition boring at best. I was wrong. These are remarkable. Yes, a mix would be easier, if you want to settle for something serviceable. Yes, you could just go directly to her site and read the recipe, but then you’d miss all my smartass comments.
Dark Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
To hell with decadence. This cake is immoral. Dark Chocolate Olive Oil Cake is our spin on a hot water chocolate cake, which we’ve made with dark cocoa, buttermilk, and olive oil. Frosted with chocolate fudge cream cheese frosting, with a touch of cinnamon. You’ll love the way this cake will defeat your efforts at restraint.
Italian Pasta and Beans
Post tax stress disorder got its ugly fangs in your neck? Italian Pasta and Beans is a cozy comfort food that will ward off the worst fears of financial ruin, and it hardly costs anything. This recipe produces a homey, fork-appropriate pasta sauce dish, rather than the more traditional soup.
Thawing a Frozen Loaf of Bread
If you’ve come here to lean about thawing a frozen loaf of bread, you’ve come to the right place. Come see how we stretched “take it out of the freezer” into 300 words. What’s our secret? Adjectives!
How Do You Freeze Bread, and How Long Will It Keep?
This how-to will tell you how long can you keep frozen bread. It freezes well, so the answer is “a long time.” Just how long? Read the post.
Baking Bread from Scratch
Some say that baking bread from scratch should be taught in our public schools – those union-rife institutions that popularize horrors such as giving yeast a little sugar.
Beef and Beer Stew (with Puff Pastry)
You can enjoy this hearty Beef and Beer Stew just as it is, or you can top it off with puff pastry and make it into a fantastic pot pie. Either way, it’s best eaten while wearing your best flannel, after a long day of lumberjacking.