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From Argentina With Love: Medialunas. I know I've been away for awhile.

From Argentina With Love: Medialunas

A loooong while. Will you forgive me? I won't bore you with the details, but to make up for it, I'm giving you a long-awaited, quintessentially Argentinean recipe--medialunas. The medialuna is the Croissant's cousin from the south--a little smaller and a little sweeter, and the tastiest to wake up to. Puff pastry is not as complicated to make as its reputation, it just takes a long while, just like any true love, to get to the good stuff. The name, medialuna, has a celestial sort of romance all its own--literally, it means 'half moon', bringing to mind the 'moony,' sweet days of a new love. Which is just how I feel when I'm in Argentina, and have an excited flip-flop in my stomach--I'm about to start my day with medialunas! The few that are left get rewrapped until late afternoon, a post-siesta snack.

Medialunas, in my mind, have reached an almost heavenly status of foodstuffs. As the saying goes, 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder'. Blueberry Banana Bread - Java Cupcake. Buttermilk Banana Blueberry Bread. A great way to use up those lingering, spotty bananas, and the perfect holiday gift that everyone will love!

Buttermilk Banana Blueberry Bread

If you’ve been following me for a while now, then you’ll know that I hate using a loaf pan. I’ve had several epic fails, but before I swore off all loaf pan recipes, I realized that I could just make mini loaves and not have the whole burning-sides-overcooked-insides situation happening on a consistent basis. Sheet Pan Steak and Veggies by Damn Delicious Share Video So that’s exactly what I did here – I took an amazing banana bread recipe, added some fresh blueberries and threw them in 4 mini loaf pans. Okay, maybe it’s not so genius but I’m just glad to be making quick breads again. So here’s how you make this: Let’s first start with the dry ingredients. Then we’ll cream the butter and sugars together until they get nice and fluffy. Here we’ll add the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Next we’ll throw in the super ripe bananas. Then comes the flour mixture we made earlier. Ingredients: Hotteok (Hoddeok) – Sweet Korean Pancake.

I‘ve always wondered how this unique disc-shaped like snack called hotteok 호떡 (sweet Korean pancake) would taste like. Would it taste as heavenly as so many has spoken about? Finally couldn’t take it any longer with all the guessing, I decided to try make them myself. Amish Friendship Bread Starter Recipe. Oatmeal Raisin Rolls. There’s something so hearty and comforting about a bowl of warm, cinnamon raisin oatmeal.

Oatmeal Raisin Rolls

But after making oatmeal raisin rolls, I may never make a bowl of cinnamon raisin oatmeal again. The oatmeal ante has been upped. The oatmeal raisin rolls have a striking resemblance to cinnamon rolls with raisins, but because they’re made with whole-grain oats and use far less butter and sugar, I told myself they were a healthy cinnamon roll. Greek Yogurt Pumpkin Dark Chocolate Chip Bread. So, who waits until right after Christmas to pull out a pumpkin recipe?

Greek Yogurt Pumpkin Dark Chocolate Chip Bread

Yep, that would be me. My true colors show. #pumpkinlove. Lemon-Blueberry Yogurt Loaf. Lemon-Blueberry Yogurt Loaf Zingy Lemon-Blueberry Yogurt Loaf made with freshly squeezed lemon juice, lemon zest, yogurt and plump blueberries is lightly brushed with a lemon syrup then drizzled with a lemon glaze.

Lemon-Blueberry Yogurt Loaf

Bursting with lemony flavor and fresh blueberries, this melt in your mouth will leave you begging for more. Serve a slice of this moist loaf with a cup of tea and start your morning off right. Zingy Lemon-Blueberry Yogurt Loaf made with freshly squeezed lemon juice, lemon zest, yogurt and plump blueberries is lightly brushed with a lemon syrup then drizzled with a lemon glaze. Bursting with lemony flavor and fresh blueberries, this melt in your mouth will leave you begging for more. Cherry Cheesecake Pull Apart Loaf. Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread. Looks yummy, right?

Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread

And let me tell you, this cinnamon bread really is yummy! Immensely! Desi Fiesta : Home Made Sweet buns and Bun Butter Jam. Chai Banana Bread. As you know by now, my stance is that you can never, ever have too many banana bread recipes.

Chai Banana Bread

What if the next one is the best one ever? That's been my experience, so I just keep making them. Indeed, I think this one may even be the best one ever. Pumpkin Monkey Bread. September 23, 2011 | Print | E-mail | Filed under bread, pumpkin Monkey bread.

Pumpkin Monkey Bread

It’s almost as much fun to say as it is to eat, and with the arrival of autumn, I couldn’t stop thinking about taking my usual recipe and kicking it up a notch with the addition of pumpkin – so, of course, I did. The three-day odyssean journey (with failures along the way): chocolate babka. Note to self: read a recipe twice and then a third time. You have to know that I spent two hours last night making the PERFECT Danish pastry dough. I was ecstatic, triumphant. There might have even been a Breakfast Club-inspired fist pump.

Yet, something gnawed at me when I went to bed last night, but I ignored it and fell into a blissful slumber. Until 5AM this morning, when I woke with a start and realized that I had misread “freeze” for “fridge,” and my babka dough had started to rise in the fridge overnight. Mom's Zucchini Bread Recipe. Snickerdoodle Bread. I about died when my mom tried out this new recipe for Snickerdoodle Bread.

Snickerdoodle Bread

She found the recipe from Barbara Bakes and made a few modifications. It was a huge hit!! If you like bread and you like Snickerdoodles, you will LOVE this recipe! I PROMISE you will love this recipe – it is so good! But, I must warn – cinnamon chips are only seasonal and can be found at most grocery stores during the holidays. Ingredients 2 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 cup butter (softened) 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 3/4 cup sour cream 1 package Hershey's Cinnamon Chips 3 TB sugar 3 tsp. cinnamon Instructions Cream butter, sugar, salt and cinnamon until fluffy. My advice – stock up and freeze the chips during the holidays. For more SNICKERDOODLE creations, check out these amazing recipes: The Best Snickerdoodle Cookies. Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread - Matkonation. How Sweet It Is.

Pumpkin Honey Bread.