Tag: bread

Mini White Bread Loaves

Mini White Bread Loaves

When we were little, our parents used to take us to weekend brunch at a fabulous place called The Nut Tree in Vacaville, California. If you have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, or parts east of the bay, you probably know about it. 

English Muffins

English Muffins

If you are ever in St. Helena, a quaint town in the heart of the Napa Valley, you must visit The Model Bakery . It is hands down our favorite bakery.   They not only make excellent Almond Macaroons , as we previously shared with you, 

Sourdough Discard Focaccia

Sourdough Discard Focaccia

Have you gotten on the sourdough starter bandwagon this year? We have and are loving baking all the breads. Truth be told, we don’t like to throw away our discard sourdough starter and have been looking for ways to use it up. Our Sourdough Discard 

Challah

Challah

Challah bread is one of the prettiest loafs, isn’t it? That’s in addition to being delicious. Don’t be intimidated by Challah…it’s really not as difficult to make as it might look. It just takes some time and patience and the reward is well worth while. 

Cinnamon-Sugar Pull-Apart Bread

Cinnamon-Sugar Pull-Apart Bread

Do you ever feel like you belong to a culture or a community but you don’t think you have much of factual basis for feeling that way? We both recently did the 23 and Me ancestry DNA testing. Much to our surprise, we both came 

New York Rye Bread

New York Rye Bread

Okay you guys…it’s almost St. Patrick’s Day and, in our world, that means corned beef and rye bread! We love our bread around here and we have tried many, many rye bread recipes. We finally found the secret ingredient that makes our New York Rye