Savory Challah After the success of the Fig Challah, I decided to try a savory challah… just because. This recipe is a revised version of the one I posted earlier from smittenkitchen.com; after three iterations, I tweaked the proportions, simplified the method, and (of course) there are no figs. This recipe makes one large loaf…
Vegan Gluten-free Fudge Cake — Oh, My! A couple of weeks ago I tried the recipe for Chocolate, Olive Oil, and Rosemary Loaf by Anna Jones (writing for the UK Guardian). It was so spectacularly good that I wanted to try her other chocolate cake recipe. I made a mistake on this one that ruined…
Cozy Mittens in Garter Stitch I saw these on the Ravelry page on FB — can’t remember who post them, but thanks — did a search and shamelessly pinched the pattern from (of all people) Martha Stewart. Here is the original link: https://www.marthastewart.com/1042286/cozy-mittens Of course, I immediately wrote up the pattern, then turned to my…
Black Aromatic Rye Bread I’ve now made this bread (or something similar) about ten times, and this is the best version yet in the opinion of my local bread aficionados. Here is the recipe for a BLACK rye that is easier to make than Swedish Limpa bread, but just as tasty, with a pleasing crust,…
HoneyBuns Now that I feel pretty confident about my regular breads (aromatic rye, black rye, Italian rosemary, French spiral with herbs, rye-choco-cherry, and of course the Saturday baguettes) I’ve been experimenting with other combinations. This sweet bread combines saffron and honey to make a tea-cake – a cross between yeasted bread and cake. You can…
The fabulosity of fresh BAGUETTES! On 9. May I finished reading 25 Loaves by William Alexander, and it inspired me to start making bread for the first time in 40 years. It’s now exactly ten months later (9. January) and I have made baguettes every Friday night/Saturday morning (apart from a quick trip to Boulder…
Fig, Olive Oil, and Sea Salt Challah I pinched this recipe from Deb Perelman of www.smittenkitchen.com, which has a lot of chat and ideas about Jewish (and other) cooking. She has also published two cookbooks, and I recommend them highly! On the webpage for this particular recipe, she also has pictures and a description of…
French Spiral Herb Bread I was looking for more bread recipes to extend beyond my normal cycle of spiced rye, Italian rosemary, black spice rye, choco-cherry bread, and of course the Saturday baguettes. This recipe is adapted from the French Herb Bread recipe I found on allrecipes.com. The original can be found here: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7065/french-herb-bread/ I’ve…
Chocolate Olive Oil Rosemary Loaf This week I wanted to make something different, so I did a search for savory breads and found two that have turned out exceptionally well: French Herb Spiral Bread (tomorrow’s blog post) and this Chocolate-Rosemary Loaf adapted from Anna Jones in the UK Guardian — the link is in the…
Chinese Almond Cookie Recipe #2 This recipe is adapted from a now-closed Chinese restaurant of our youth. Read more at: http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/cookies/cookies2/chinese-almond-cookies.asp. My friend Michael sent me the recipe and asked me to make these – how appropriate for New Year’s Day. The recipe comes together easily and quickly – just put all the dry ingredients…