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Soft Pretzels « The Candid Appetite. Nothing beats a classic soft pretzel with mustard for dipping or even better, hot bubbly cheese for dipping.

Soft Pretzels « The Candid Appetite

That’s my favorite. These Soft Pretzels might look daunting at first but I promise they’re easy to make and are so much better than anything you can find at the grocery store. Give them at try and I bet you’ll be hooked. You’ll want to make them over and over again. The ingredients are as follows: Flour Sugar Salt Baking Soda Oil Yeast 1 Egg Warm Water Sesame Seeds or Pretzel Salt So the first question on every one’s mind is, “How do we get started?”

Well, its rather simple really. If you lack one of these, above, you can also just grab an empty bowl and a wooden spoon……Good Luck. No, it’s really simple that way as well. But anyhow, I digress, pour the warm water into the bowl. To the water, let’s add some sugar. Now, I know what you must be thinking, “Sugar Jonathan? But this little bit of sugar, doesn’t make the dough sweet at all. Rustic Italian Bread. Posted on September 21, 2011 I never thought I could make my own bread until I inherited this recipe. It’s pure and simple and all you need is the ingredients, a bowl and a fork along with an oven to bake in. For some reason I believed I would need all sorts of tools, machines, and special ingredients like “malt” to make it happen but then Flavia shared her basic rustic bread recipe with me. It can be used with different types of flours like oat, wheat, and of course all-purpose.

Homemade Pita Pocket Bread. 1.

Homemade Pita Pocket Bread

In a large bowl, combine first 4 ingredients. Add 1 cup of the flour, along with the yeast, and stir to mix. Add remaining flour and knead to make a soft dough. (Add additional flour if necessary during kneading.) Alternately, if you have a bread machine, you can put the ingredients in the pan in the order listed and use the dough cycle. Pita Bread. Pita bread is a great bread for beginning bakers or for making with kids.

Pita Bread

The entire process of making them only takes about two hours too, so it is also a great one for people on a tight schedule. Flat breads can be made in dozens of different ways. They can be made from grains other than wheat, such as corn in corn tortillas. They can be made with no leavening, such as matzo or flour tortillas, with chemical leavening (baking soda or baking powder) such as pancakes or crepes, or with yeast, such as naan or pita bread. They can also be made from a starter. Anyone who grew up in a household where flat breads are an essential part of every meal knows will attest that they are a hundred times better when baked fresh than when bought from the store wrapped in plastic and already two or three days old. I wasn't brought up in such a house, actually, but a year or two ago I started going to a local Lebanese restaurant solely for the fresh pita bread that they baked.

That's it.

Cinnamon Rolls

Herbed Turkey Meatballs and Cranberry Barbeque Sauce Recipe. Herbed Turkey Meatballs with a Cranberry Barbecue Sauce Makes 16-20 Ingredients:meatballs:1 pound ground turkey1/3 cup oats1 egg, lightly beaten1 garlic clove, minced2 tablespoons Worchestershire sauce2 tablespoons sage, minced1 tablespoon rosemary, minced1 tablespoon thyme, minced1 tablespoon chives, thinly slicedsalt and pepper to tastecranberry bbq sauce:12 ounces cranberries½ cup orange juice¼ cup molasses3 tablespoons honey2 tablespoons light brown sugar2 chipotle peppers in adobo1/2 cup ketchup2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar¾ teaspoon cinnamon Directions: 1.

Herbed Turkey Meatballs and Cranberry Barbeque Sauce Recipe

Preheat oven to 375°F. 2. Place all ingredients for the turkey meatballs in a large mixing bowl and mix together until just combined. Season with salt and pepper. 3. **Note: Sometimes I like to saute 1/2 yellow onion (diced), a clove of garlic (minced), 1 tablespoon thyme (minced) and 1/4 cup dried cranberries to the bbq sauce before adding the fresh cranberries, sugars etc. Crispy grissini gris. The Pastry Affair - Home - Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart&Bread - StumbleUpon. I once made the driest pancake in the world.

The Pastry Affair - Home - Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart&Bread - StumbleUpon

I can see you sitting at home, staring at your computer screen, and scoffing at my bold statement. Driest pancake in the world? Yeah, right. How would you even know? But this is the truth, my friends. Sprinkled with Flour: Cherry Crunch Coffee Cake. Handcraft cracker and grissini breadsticks! Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread — Joy the Baker - StumbleUpon. I’m sorry.

Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread — Joy the Baker - StumbleUpon

I know it’s Monday morning and you probably came here for some pretty pictures of food that you could glance at, and then move on with your day… and here I go thrusting warm, soft cinnamon sugar bread in your face. It’s not fair. Winter Breads from Casa de Cuisine: French Sour Cream Wheat Bread - National... When most people think of breads from France they automatically think French Bread (Pain Francais).

Winter Breads from Casa de Cuisine: French Sour Cream Wheat Bread - National...

Logical thought process considering it is one of the most popular breads in the world. When you live in France (or in my case go to school there), you still gorge yourself on French Bread but your mouth also enjoys the other greats breads from this culinary capital, including this outstanding version of whole wheat bread, French Sour Cream Wheat Bread. As you can tell from the picture, this bread not only has a wonderful texture but a very dark nutty crust. This is a perfect bread for any sandwich with a creamy base (crab salad on this bread is simply unbelievable). As someone who loves whole grain breads, this one is defintely one of my top favorites. Bread and Butter. Sometimes life feels like layers of complications.

Bread and Butter

Like taxes and traffic and cavities and getting laid off are all piled high into one smelly sandwich that you’re supposed to eat for lunch.