Tag: bread
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Za’atar and Buckwheat Garlic Bread
Today I am baking with za’atar, a beautiful blend of earthy, savory spices like sesame and sumac that is often used in the Middle East. This is also the signature challenge for the second season of the Great British Bakeoff Bread Week. The assignment was to bake a free-form loaf with innovative and complementary flavors. I took…
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Rosemary Olive Focaccia
Focaccia is a fluffy, crispy Italian flatbread packed full of flavor. I like to make it with rosemary and olives, but you can also top it with tomatoes and oregano, garlic and thyme, or whatever you like. The key is lots of patience with the dough and a generous amount of olive oil. This is…
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Really Good Dinner Rolls
Hot and fresh from the oven, these dinner rolls bring me back to my Italian grandmother’s kitchen. The recipe is inspired by a Chilean bread called pan amasado.
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Scones with Fruit and Cream
These quick scones are delicious to whip up for a weekend breakfast. They are crisp on the outside and so soft inside, pulling apart easily into two halves that can be loaded up with fruit and (plant-based) cream.
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Cheesecake Factory Brown Bread
What’s the secret to the addictive Cheesecake Factory brown bread that they give you before your meal? Turns out it’s a mix of molasses and cocoa. It tastes legit, and always disappears fast.
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Lemon Raisin Scones
Take one of these lemon raisin scones, slice and fill it with fruit and cream or butter and jam, and you have a classic British teatime snack.
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Peach Blueberry Bread Pudding
This plant-based version of the classic British bread pudding uses coconut milk for extra creaminess and fresh fruit for a sweet bit of tang. It’s an excellent way to use up leftover bread and fruit.
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Chocolate Babka
If you’ve never tasted chocolate babka from a good Jewish bakery, it’s a bit like a brioche swirled with rich chocolate filling braided into the dough. Fresh from the oven, it melts in your mouth.
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Blueberry Buns
Every time I visited my parents at their house in Toronto, it was a must to stop by their local Jewish bakery and pick up some fresh blueberry buns. They’re packed with a thick blueberry sauce and not ridiculously sweet.
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Sweet Samoan Coconut Buns
These are the softest, sweetest pull-apart rolls you can bake. They will melt in your mouth. Based on a Samoan recipe for pani popo, the buns have a lovely, sweet coconut glaze.