I have a strong association of pineapple upside down cake with major sporting events, so I’m thinking of it as a great World Series dessert. When I was in high school we would always go to the same friend’s house for the Super Bowl and every year his mom would make (among many bacon wrapped…
Tag: Baking
No-knead Herb Bread
All of my grandma’s bread recipes have been pretty solid so far. The major exception is Quick French Bread which I haven’t posted yet because I’m struggling with making it a working recipe while retaining the essence of it. It’s just a terrible recipe. The first thing that jumps out about this recipe is the…
Super Bowl Sugar Cookies
Every year for the Super Bowl we theme our food options to the two teams that are playing. There has been Philly Cheesesteak Queso, Lobster Roll Dip, Dumplings (San Francisco), and many years of Kansas City Ribs. While I’m happy to not be having Kansas City Ribs for the third year in a row, the…
Banana Nut Scones
A couple weeks ago a friend and I stopped by Common Bond so she could get one of the healthy-ish scones, but it was late afternoon and they were completely out of all of their scones. Of course she was devastated, almost inconsolable, so I put together this recipe for not really healthy scones but…
Greek Bread Braid
This is a great, lightly sweet, soft bread with a nice depth of flavor from the whole wheat or rye flour. The plaiting also looks very impressive even if it is only two or three strands. I’m sure you could do more strands and get crazy with it but the original recipe works well with…
Sesame Lemon Bars
I meant to post this recipe a long time ago, I finalized it and made what was supposed to be the photographed version at the height of citrus season when everyone pulled off their citrus fruits before the big Houston freeze. It was going to be a nice treat for our friends that had lost…
Banana Bread
There’s not much adjustment that needs to be made with a banana bread recipe. I think every time I want to make banana bread I use a different recipe and I’ve never had a bad experience but this is an opportunity to have one banana bread recipe in one place. I don’t usually put walnuts…
Wasabi Dinner Rolls
Servings: 16 rolls This wasabi and nori flavored bread was inspired by bread that I had with seaweed and some kind of fancy butter at The Pass & Provisions. Unfortunately The Pass & Provisions closed in 2019 but now I can have the bread all the time. Making bread is notoriously finicky, and while I’ve…
Savory Pumpkin Bread
Servings: 2 loaves It’s fall, so it’s time for pumpkin everything! Even here in Houston where that means lots of iced pumpkin lattes instead of hot… This recipe is a fun twist on the standard pumpkin bread. It’s made savory by the addition of caramelized onions and garlic and some more savory spices, but it…
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