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Crusty Bread. Jan. 1, 2015: Just released.

Crusty Bread

Instructional video for the Crusty Bread recipe. Crusty Bread 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour 1 3/4 teaspoons Kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon Instant or Rapid-rise yeast. No Knead Bread: so easy a 4-yr old can make it! Monday, September 10, 2007 No Knead Bread: so easy a 4-yr old can make it!

No Knead Bread: so easy a 4-yr old can make it!

It’s been almost a year since NY Times unveiled the secret to the revolutionary No-Knead Bread. And while fads come and go, this certainly is a recipe that has transcended the fickleness of foodies. It’s time to revisit the bread…. as many of us have been brainwashed by this summer’s ice cream! Spiced Pumpkin Bread Recipe at Epicurious.com. Peanut butter bread - Jackson Cooking. Zucchini Bread Recipe - Southern Recipes. Golden Sweet Cornbread Recipe. Carrot Apple Bran Flax Muffins. In my attempt to avoid food chemicals and preservatives and provide more nutritionally beneficial foods, I've been checking out recipes and ideas on this site.

Carrot Apple Bran Flax Muffins

I bought flaxseed meal and bulk oat bran a while ago, and I finally made these muffins yesterday. This morning the kids proclaimed, "We want these for breakfast every day! " They are very good and super moist! This recipe is right on the Bob's Red Mill Flaxseed Meal bag. 1-1/2 cups flour3/4 cup flaxseed meal (found in the baking section or in bulk food aisle)3/4 cup oat bran (again, either in baking section or bulk foods)1 cup brown sugar2 tsp. baking soda1 tsp. baking powder1/2 tsp. salt2 tsp. cinnamon1-1/2 cups carrots, shredded2 apples, peeled and shredded1/2 cup raisins (optional)1 cup nuts, chopped (optional)3/4 cup milk2 eggs, beaten1 tsp. vanilla Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Flax Carrot Apple Muffins. Have you ever started to make school lunches in the morning to find out you were out of bread?

Flax Carrot Apple Muffins

This happens to me like once a week, at least! On these days, I try to send these Flax Carrot muffins in their lunch instead of a sandwich! I can't believe I haven't shared this muffin recipe yet! It's one of my kids favorites, and I've been baking them for years. Although the first few times they actually Did NOT like them (just a warning).

Why Flax? Help build lean muscle tissuePromote regular, healthy eliminationStimulate lazy bowelsprevent blood clots from formingreduce high blood pressurepromote weight lossincrease energy levelsincrease metabolismpromote optimal organ function- brain, nervous system, skin, sexual organsProvide energy Convinced yet? Flax Carrot Apple Muffins In separate bowl 3/4 cup milk2 eggs1 tsp vanilla Combine dried ingredients with the wet. 1 cup dried cranberries Combined just until moistened. Sweet Potato Biscuits with Honey Cinnamon Butter - StumbleUpon. Have you given up on making biscuits?

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Honey Cinnamon Butter - StumbleUpon

Do they seem like too much trouble for the end result? I was kinda in that boat. There are far more interesting things to make…or so I thought! I made these for the first time last fall to go with some Thanksgiving leftovers. My family went wild for them! And to make a good thing even better, they always turn out great! And because I live in the land of biscuits and honey, we top it all off with some must-have honey cinnamon butter! Gather Up:2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes 1 stick butter, melted 1 ¼ cups milk 4 cups self-rising flour Pinch baking soda 3 tablespoons sugar. Pepperoni Pizza Muffins Recipe — Simply Being Mommy - StumbleUpon. When I’m online looking for dinner inspiration, I often search for recipes that take something my family loves and make it into something new.

Since pizza is one of my family’s favorite treat, I try to find new ways to incorporate it into our menu – kinda like I did with the Fried Pizza Bites. When I stumbled onto a recipe from the Noble Pig, I knew I had to try it out on my family! They absolutely loved it! The recipe was simple, only required a few ingredients and didn’t take long at all to prepare! Traditional Irish Soda Bread Recipe. There are some recipes, like this one for Irish soda bread, that are full of history. My great grandmother was born in Ireland, and she shared her method, for the St. Patrick's Day staple, with my dad. He only makes it around this time of year and when I was little, my disgust for both raisins and caraway seeds caused me to dislike the bread. Now that I've grown to become a foodie, I've taken on the annual tradition of baking and sharing my great grandmother's Irish soda bread.

Best Bread Recipes at Epicurious.com. Pumpkin Muffins with Candied Pepitas. Fall and pumpkins go hand in hand, so kick off the season with these delectable muffins.

Pumpkin Muffins with Candied Pepitas

They are soft and tender, mildly spiced, and topped with candied pepitas, or pumpkin seeds, adding a nice element of crunch. They are oversized, but it may be hard to eat only one. Recipe Type: Breakfast Serves: 12 large muffins Ingredients Candied Pepitas:3/4 cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds)1 egg whitePumpkin Muffins:1-1/2 sticks unsalted butter1-3/4 cups sugar2 T. light or dark molasses4 eggs3/4 c. fresh orange juice1-16 oz. can pumpkin puree3 cups unbleached all purpose flour2 t. baking powder1/2 t. baking soda1 t. Instructions Candied Pepitas:Line a small tray with parchment paper. In mixer, cream together butter, sugar, and molasses until light and fluffy. It will look curdled like this. Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl, then gently fold in the egg mixture only till combined. Fill the prepared muffin cups with the batter to the rim.

Recipe adapted from Flour Bakery by Joanne Chang. Mallorca. I don’t think I can count all the happy and fun memories this bread brings up.

Mallorca

Every time I go home to visit I have to get my hands on a warm buttery mallorca. In Puerto Rico every small town has at least one large bakery with an array of delicious pastries and breads and you almost always find mallorca. If there is one weakness I have when I visit Puerto Rico it’s the bakeries. I go on a all out carb gorge when I visit, picking up bread in the morning for breakfast and pastries to have with my after dinner cup of cafe con leche. Mallorca bread is a sweet, fluffy and buttery egg bread. If there is one place that I MUST go visit when I am home in Puerto Rico, it is La Bombonera. Another memory that comes to mind and makes me chuckle, is sitting out en el balcon (on the porch) early on a Saturday or Sunday morning and I could hear from a block away a megaphone with a lot of static announcing “el panadero…el panadero”. Cheddar Corn Muffins with Jalape&o Butter Recipe at Epicurious.com. Photo by William Abranowicz yield Makes 12 muffins active time 20 min total time 45 min The bread basket just became a little more exciting.

These savory muffins are made with white cornmeal—favored over yellow by many southern cooks—and strewn with corn kernels and shreds of cheese. Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins - StumbleUpon. Blueberry-Sour Cream Muffins. Quentin Bacon total prep Some little rituals, like baking on Sunday for the week, provide cookbook author Eugenia Bone a kind of stress-free reprieve, and at the same time let her stock up on fuel for the family, like these muffins. Topping1/2 cup(s) light brown sugar1/3 cup(s) all-purpose flour2 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, softened1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon Muffins1 1/2 cup(s) plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour2 teaspoon(s) baking powder1/4 teaspoon(s) baking soda1/2 teaspoon(s) salt1 large egg3/4 cup(s) sugar1 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, melted1 rounded cup sour cream1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract3/4 teaspoon(s) finely grated lemon zest1 rounded cup frozen blueberries 1.

Lemon-Pear Breakfast Bread. How to Make Bagels: A Users Manual at Epicurious.com - StumbleUpon. Making bagels at home isn't difficult or labor-intensive, but the process does take two days.

How to Make Bagels: A Users Manual at Epicurious.com - StumbleUpon

Here's an overview of the basics, plus a recipe with more specific instructions. Weighing/Measuring the Ingredients.