Breads

Banana Date Bread Recipe

by Allen Williams on November 4, 2010

After finding a bag of dates hiding out in the back of my fridge, I contemplated their fate this morning. Should I make them into a pie or cookies? Or, should I just eat them one by one until the the bag was empty and I was full?

When I came across an over-ripened banana on the counter, I knew what I must do. I made a moist banana bread spiced with a bit of cinnamon and loaded with chewy, sweet dates.
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Breads

Grape & Walnut Focaccia Recipe

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Peter Reinhart is the man behind the book, The Bread Baker’s Apprentice. He does not know me and I’ve never met him, so why did I constantly think about him while on vacation last month? Well, I’ve been eager to try his focaccia recipe and I couldn’t remember if I’d be back in time to [...]

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Baked Goods

Casatiello: a Savory Bread

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This marks my second indulgent week of deliciously sinful carbs. I enjoy bread baking, especially the lengthy proofing process, and find it therapeutic. However, the amount of bread I’m turning out (and consuming) is the downside to my so-called therapy. There’s only so much almond filled brioche a person should eat in one sitting. I [...]

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Baked Goods

Braided Almond Brioche Bread

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Sometimes, little boys who learn to braid hair on the playground grow up to be hairdressers, but not me. I quickly became a master of the traditional 3-braid ponytail and all the girls knew who to reach out to when their hair needed to be pulled back. I braided hair on the bus. I braided [...]

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