People ask me all the time what my favorite recipe is. I hate that – I don’t publish anything I don’t think is really good. Of course, there are things I like better than others, as we all do. If absolutely pushed though, I could work on a list of some of my top recipes. And for me, Fresh Corn Buttermilk Biscuits would be on that list. They are classic buttermilk … [Read more...] about Fresh Corn Yeast Bread
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Literally, The Best Garlic Bread
I am not one prone to hyperbole. And I do my very best not to misuse the English language. I am after all a writer. I do have a problem with the rampant overuse of the word literally. I am one of those people. So when I say literally, I mean literally. This garlic bread is beyond amazing. The secret is the garlic confit – whole cloves of garlic braised in butter until meltingly … [Read more...] about Literally, The Best Garlic Bread
New Fashioned Dilly Bread
People of a certain age will have fond memories of Casserole Dilly bread, a round loaf of bread redolent with dill and tender with cottage cheese. My mother says it was the only bread she ever successfully made. And it is such a good, simple bread. And at the time this was in fashion, cottage cheese was pretty much used for dilly bread or served as a “diet” food with canned … [Read more...] about New Fashioned Dilly Bread
Cheese Bomb Biscuits
I absolutely adore a good buttermilk biscuit. And I’ve gotten pretty good at making them. It may be the thing I am asked to cook for friends and family the most. I make them in bulk and keep them in the freezer. At a holiday brunch, I am famous for my biscuit bars – several types of biscuits, homemade jams, flavored butters and gravies in chafing dishes. I make biscuits … [Read more...] about Cheese Bomb Biscuits
Molasses Bread
I never got into the pandemic trend of baking sourdough bread. Fussy, precise baking has never been my forte, and it took me a long time to feel any kind of confidence with yeast at all. But my nieces appear to be in a sourdough phase and seeing them bake inspired me to try my own loaf, but I went in a different direction with a perfect for autumn dark molasses bread. It is … [Read more...] about Molasses Bread
