Breadmaking Recipes and Tips
Breadmaking is a useful and much appreciated skill to acquire. Hesitant to work with yeast? Try your hand at quick breads for satisfying results. Here are some ways to get started making bread at home, including tips on how to create a sourdough starter. There are also recipes for how to use leftover bread, a yummy way to reduce food waste.
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Pane Siciliano
To ensure best results when making bread, ingredients should be measured by weight. Kitchen scales can be found at grocery stores and wherever small appliances are sold.
Challah Bread
Challah Bread is a traditional Jewish egg bread, often braided for a beautiful presentation. Top it with sesame or poppy seeds or try adding raisins to the batter for a special touch.
Make Your Own Sourdough Starter
Sourdough starter brings flavor and nutrition to otherwise lifeless baked goods. It also carries on a tradition of baking which is so central to many cuisines throughout history: fermenting grains...
Strawberry Brioche Tart
Easy to double for a crowd, this is an incredibly versatile dessert that can change according to seasonal fruit. Use blueberries in the summer or apples with cinnamon in the fall.
Wild Mushroom Pizza with White Garlic Sauce
Pizza night goes gourmet with this flavorful recipe featuring wild mushrooms, white garlic sauce and a blend of cheeses from Chef Kristen Uffman.
Pumpkin Gingerbread Breakfast Loaf
Warm notes of ginger and molasses make this slightly sweet bread a perfect complement to cozy mornings with family and friends. Serve it with Brown Butter Fig Glaze for an extra special...
Vegan Blueberry Banana Bread
This hearty banana bread is bursting with fresh blueberries, perfect for dessert at a Sunday brunch. Make sure to let the bread cool completely before slicing.
Garlic Knots
Leftover garlic knots can be used for homemade croutons - if they don't get gobbled up as soon as they come out of the oven, that is.
Rosemary Zucchini Supper Bread
Slice and toast leftover bread for an easy snack or as a side dish at breakfast.
Gluten-Free Orange-Cranberry Bread
Make these slightly sweet mini loaves as a gluten-free option on your next brunch menu. (Bonus? Leftover cranberry mustard!)
Chef Roderick's Southern Cornbread
The one thing I always love about the holidays is my grandmother's cornbread. As kids, we would always race to the kitchen to eat first so we could get a crispy piece. She would make the batter and I...
RECIPES USING LEFTOVER BREAD
Cornbread Pudding with Salted Bourbon Caramel Sauce
Here’s a tasty dessert idea for your leftover cornbread.
Pecan French Toast Casserole
Chef Scotty Schwartz is a master of seasonal Southern Brunch. Vary this crowd-pleasing dish by using...
Savory Herb & Ricotta Bread Pudding
Light and fluffy yet rich and satisfying, this dish is versatile enough for brunch, lunch or a dinner side dish.
