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After yesterday’s Ood-tastic failure, I decided to try making King’s Hawaiian Style bread again today. I had a couple of ideas for making this recipe work. Increase the sugar, increase the ginger, and most of all, proof the yeast. Most of the Hawaiian Bread knockoff recipes I’ve seen tell you […]
I’m taking this one loaf at a time. At least, that’s the plan. Unfortunately, so darn many bread recipes are for two huge, hearty loaves. I can see why that’s convenient, but I live in a post-South Beach diet world. Carbs are sinful indulgences, not our main staple. Today, I […]
You wish you were here. I added a little home made vanilla bourbon to the egg glaze hoping to add to the caramel color and give it a nice aroma. Nice doesn’t begin to describe it. This challah came out of the oven smelling exactly like fresh donuts. Not Krispie […]
I’ve clearly lost my mind. This year, to counter my notorious grinchitude, I was gifted a Kitchenaid stand mixer. Surely, the logic went, she’ll go insane buying attachments, one of which will make her heart grow three sizes big, and she will finally discover the true meaning of the holiday […]
This adorable Panda Bread popped up on my Tumblr again. Naturally, I found myself wondering how hard it would be to make a Tardis inspired bread instead. The answer: a moderate pain in the ass. The colored bread didn’t end up anywhere near as vibrant a blue as I wanted. […]
With The Walking Dead coming back in just a few weeks, I couldn’t stop thinking about bloody red, fleshy foods for a dinner party. I’m more than a little in love with the amazing things you can do with dark red beets, but I also realize a lot of people […]