Posted in Bread Machine, Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged bread machine naan bread, homemade naan bread on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love naan bread — it’s one of my favorites. I found this recipe for homemade naan bread in the bread machine and I have to tell you, it’s pretty good and easy. I mean, it’s not exactly like the real thing because you probably don’t have a tandoor (or at least I don’t).
BTW, 1 lb [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged light cranberry scones on June 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I think this recipe for light cranberry scones was really good. You couldn’t tell it was healthier at all. In fact, I preferred the heartiness of this one to the full fat version.
It was super easy and I could see throwing this together for a quick breakfast if you have house guests.
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged apple bread recipe on June 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Apple scones these were absolutely not. But if this recipe changed its title to apple bread, then I’d say, “Heck yeah.” You may wonder, but what about the other apple bread recipe? Which one was better? I liked ‘em both. It’s a tie.
I made this recipe twice. The first time, I followed the recipe exactly. Let [...]
Posted in Bread Machine, Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged bread machine english muffins on June 21, 2008 | No Comments »
One of my favorite breads is the english muffin. It’s all the nooks and crannies that make it a perfect spot for butter, jelly, jams, peanut butters, etc.
I thought I’d try this recipe for bread machine english muffins and it was perfect! I think it really looks like english muffins with all the nooks and crannies.
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Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged banana crumb muffins on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
I had extra bananas and they were starting to turn so I figured I’d make these banana muffins because of the recipe’s delicious looking photo and the crumbly top!
Well, the banana muffin part of it all worked out well. But the crumb didn’t work out as well for me — not quite sure where I went wrong…oh [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged apple bread on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »
While this recipe is technically called apple brownies, I think apple bread (or maybe even cake) is a better description.
It’s incredibly easy to make — I used two HUGE Gala apples because I love the taste of them (and they bake well). I also peeled the skin off the aples. The batter is lumpy and ugly (unfortunately, I [...]
Posted in Bread Machine, Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged bread machine monkey bread on June 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yeah, this recipe for bread machine money bread was a pretty big blah for me. I thought you could taste too much of the wheat flour and it wasn’t what I was expecting.
I think next time I’d use 1/2 wheat and 1/2 all purpose. While the mixture of cinnamon, sugar, and butter is one of my [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged one dish cinnamon swirl on June 14, 2008 | No Comments »
When I was making this recipe, I could help but wonder if that was an awful lot of yeast to add to the recipe and if it was going to taste too “yeasty.”
Yeah, it was too much yeast. It reminded me a bit of the cinnamon flop, but with way too much [...]
Posted in Bread Machine, Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged bread machine dinner roll recipe, bread machine sandwich bun recipe on June 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is a fantastic and easy recipe for sandwich buns/dinner rolls. While I didn’t have a 2 1/2″ biscuit cutter the recipe called for, I used my 1″ cutter for dinner rolls.
Although I did make a few sandwiches with the rolls. They were tender, moist, and delicious! I will definitely make these again!
Oh, and [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged cranberry loaf on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
People think of cranberries as a fall thing, but I think of cranberries as an all-year thing since I don’t like raisins.
This recipe for a cranberry bars is delicious! It’s incredibly easy and very hearty loaf/bread. If you wanted to add a little something to it, you could make a vanilla icing for the top!
Posted in Bread Machine, Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged Easy Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls on June 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I felt my bread machine was feeling neglected again, so I thought I’d spend a little time and bake more.
With Father’s Day coming up, I knew cinnamon rolls would be greatly appreciated. And this recipe was insanely easy. Check out the middle and the last photo on the right — the power of yeast is pretty cool!
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Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged cranberry cornbread scones on June 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Figuring I needed to branch out besides using recipes from Recipezaar and AllRecipes, I went corporate. Ha ha, not really, but the recipe on the Ocean Spray Web site for this cranberry cornbread scones sounded interesting.
The key to making it a scone is to make sure you knead and add flour before you put it [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged chewy french bread recipe, good crusty french bread on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
I saw the photos of this french bread recipe and wanted to try it out. While this is the closest to be as good as this one, it’s still not quite as good. But it is a very close second!
It had a nice crust and was chewy on the inside. But Tyler Florence’s recipe is definitely superb.
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged homemade pretzel recipe on May 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I thought I’d try to make homemade pretzels with this recipe. Yeah, it didn’t really work out. Don’t get me wrong, they tasted good, but not really like pretzels (more like bread). And they definitely didn’t taste like Auntie Anne’s pretzels either.
I made 3 with cinnamon sugar (in the back) and just sprinkled sea salt on the [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged simple lemon loaf recipe on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
My recipes are turning into summer-friendly ones. One ingredient that always reminds me of summer are lemons!
And so I thought I’d try out this lemon loaf recipe. The glaze is super easy and the combination makes the most spectacularly lemony-tart loaf ever.
Love it!
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged flaky biscuit recipe, Mile High Biscuit Recipe on May 3, 2008 | No Comments »
I made these biscuits since I was running to use up milk before it went bad. But these were really good. Incredibly buttery and flaky — mile high? Not so much.
If you’re wondering why I cut them into these ugly squares, it’s because I didn’t want to over-handle them. So while they may be ugly, it [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged cranberry oat bread on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Wow, now this was quite the find! I loved this cranberry oat bread. It was a perfect combination of crunchy, sweet, and a bit healthy. This recipe was super simple to make — if you switched out the oil for applesauce, you could even make it even healthier.
I wanted to bake it in my loaf pan, [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged jelly muffin recipe, surprise muffin recipe on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
One of my favorite muffins is the jelly muffin — or “surprise” muffin. You make a plain dough and fill it half way with whatever jelly, preserve, or jam (and yes, there’s a difference!) you want.
In my case, I used a very lightly flavored banana jelly. I would recommend using a stronger flavor — I usually find [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged Pumpkin Spice Bread Recipe on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
I wanted to try to open up a little space in my cupboards. Ever since I went to Trader Joe’s, I’ve been trying use up food so my cupboards can close properly.
Anyway, I thought I’d use up the can of pumpkin puree by making this pumpkin spice bread recipe.
Wow was this a great recipe! I [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged basic corn bread muffin recipe on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
I love corn bread. There’s something about them that just are so yummy. I used to make corn bread muffins with jalapenos, but I can’t seem to find that recipe.
So I tried to make some new ones with this recipe. I thought this was a good basic recipe — they were moist and crumbly (and [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged chocolate cheesecake muffins on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Yum to chocolate and cheesecake — and yay for being able to enjoy in a single-serving! I thought this recipe for chocolate cheesecake was pretty good.
I think the filling could have been a bit stronger in the cheesecake flavor. Perhaps if you added a little sour cream and vanilla with the cream cheese, it would have helped.
I used [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged simple scone recipe on March 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I hate raisins so I didn’t put any in as this recipe suggested. But, I did think this was a great recipe for scones. What I loved was that I was able to make 20 smaller ones which would be a great size if you were having guests or wanted to put into a food gift [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged muffins that taste like donuts on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
I made these “muffins that taste like donuts” the other week because I thought they’d be healthier since they weren’t fried like a yummy donut.
While I don’t think they really taste like donuts, they were really good in all their cinnamon sugar glory. The tops were all cinnamon sugar while the bottoms were just plain.
A heads [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged lemon poppy seed muffin recipe on March 2, 2008 | No Comments »
I love lemon poppy seed muffins. They’re so good…but make sure you don’t eat them before you take a drug test (ha ha).
These were really good and moist. Of course, I didn’t follow the darn instructions so they weren’t quite as “lemony” as I would have liked. If I would have added the 1/3 lemon juice and [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged sour cream coffee cake recipe on March 1, 2008 | No Comments »
**Update 5/16 - I’ve made this a couple of times since I originally posted. Spreading the mixture thinly was a challenge until I took my rubber spatula and sprayed some non-stick cooking spray. Then it was crazy easy. But make sure it’s a thin layer or you’ll never have enough for to cover! **
I think baking [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, healthy, recipes, tagged low-fat chocolate muffin recipe on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
My quest to use up the abundence of cocoa powder continues, so I found this low-fat chocolat muffin recipe on Hershey’s Web site.
I will absolutely make these again because while they were healthy, THEY HAD CHOCOLATE IN THEM. Ha, I love chocolate. It makes everything OK (well, almost).
Yes, they were a little spongy but they did [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged easy cinnamon flop recipe on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Milk in my apartment is a rare sight. If I have it, it’s only because I’m cooking. So I frequently find myself in the position I was in this weekend — an almost full container of milk that’s a couple days away from expiring.
That’s when I decided to start researching and found this cinnamon flop [...]
Posted in Bread Machine, Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged Oatmeal Bread for the Bread Machine on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Continuing with my search for good, healthy bread recipes, I found this one for oatmeal bread.
To make it a little bit healthier, I put 1 cup of whole wheat flour (so then there was 2 cups of bread flour). Seriously, this was really actually pretty good. It actually had flavor and didn’t taste like cardboard. [...]
Posted in $, American, Dessert, Lunch, Restaurant Review, biscotti, bread & muffins, breakfast, cakes & brownies, casual attire, cookies, deli, free wi-fi, golden triangle, vegetarian, tagged breadline deli and bakery oyster po boy on February 14, 2008 | No Comments »
You already know I went to Breadline once before. I felt like going again to try their Oyster Po Boy sandwich since I heard so much about it.
As you can see from the photo, the sandwich was very creamy. I hate mayo, so for me, it was too much remoulade sauce. The good stuff in [...]
Posted in Recipe Review, bread & muffins, recipes, tagged lower in fat biscuit recipe on February 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, I think I may have found my “healthier” biscuit recipe. Healthier is of course put into quotes because there is 5 TBSP of butter. But, they came out flaky and pretty darn good.
You may remember my other biscuit attempt, which didn’t work out as well. I know you’re supposed to use buttermilk and lard, [...]
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