Portuguese Sweet Bread is a mainstay among Portuguese bread lovers, often at Christmas and Easter when it includes a boiled egg. Traditionally it is served plain or with butter but it is delicious on its own. I plan to make French toast with it this week. I have read that this bread would make excellent … Continue reading
This is a classic crumb coffee cake that is made with unfed/discard sourdough starter. If you are a devotee of sourdough like I am, you know that you have to remove some of your starter on a regular basis and replace it with new to keep your sourdough starter alive and ready for your next … Continue reading
Maple syrup tapping runs from late February through March and even into April in the Upper Peninsula just depending on the winter various areas are having. It is a short season, only 6-10 weeks long. Michigan is Number 5 in the nation for maple syrup production. Not all of it is commercial as there are … Continue reading
The Big Easy turns 300 this year – yes, New Orleans is celebrating it’s Tricentennial. The city has a diverse heritage which includes Mardi Gras falling on February 13th this year. New Orleans represents a strong influence of French, Spanish, African Americans, Cajun and Creole and people from many parts of the world which have had … Continue reading
My family loves spicy sausage and we also love biscuits. What a delicious breakfast or brunch you can have when you combine these two favorites. Over the years I have been trying various biscuit recipes using different kinds of flour such as all-purpose, self-rising, White Lily Flour, Bisquick and others. You can also vary the … Continue reading
Are you looking for a simple way to use your sourdough starter besides baking bread? Do you like an intense chocolate flavor enhanced by espresso in a cake and in the icing too? Then this recipe is your answer. You won’t taste any sour in this cake just the deep, full flavor of chocolate. The … Continue reading
“Tiramisu” just rings of something good to eat and these cupcakes sure do demonstrate that. I have been promising a sister, who happens to love this dessert, that I would make tiramisu for her birthday – some day! Well, that day finally came. After pouring over all of the recipes I have collected I decided … Continue reading
Does this sound delicious, or what? I mean a bacon and onion filling inside the bread, then the bread is paired with delicious Vermont cheddar and bread and butter pickles for a special grilled cheese. I could not resist making this – my kind of ingredients and it was easy to make in a 9×5-inch loaf … Continue reading
For a long time I have been wanting to make a “red velvet” dessert. I’ve collected recipes for cupcakes, cakes, brownies, cookies and bundt cakes. Even though I love to bake all kinds of things a bundt cake has always been a favorite as they are attractive for entertaining and they always freeze well. Keeping with the holiday season … Continue reading
I loved baking and eating this butter and egg-rich bread. My kitchen smelled so good and my tummy was very happy just eating a sliced piece. This is a classic brioche dough in taste but it is denser and more cake-like than the typical brioche. Actually, it was closer to a pound cake texture – not quite what I expected to … Continue reading