Croissants
This recipe is a detailed road map to making bakery-quality light, flaky croissants in your own kitchen. With a pastry as technical as croissants, some aspects of the process — gauging the butter temperature, learning how much pressure to apply to the dough while rolling — become easier with experience. […]
Brioche
If you love butter, you’ll live for this brioche bread. This recipe produces two loaves, each containing a whole stick of butter—so you can imagine how rich each fluffy bite will be. Brioche is a yeast dough that falls firmly into the enriched dough camp. Unlike simple lean doughs (think French bread or pita bread) that only […]
Corn Tortilla Recipe
by chef Billy Parisi This foolproof Homemade corn tortilla recipe comes out perfectly puffed up and full of flavor and it’s only 3 ingredients. You will never buy pre-made store bought tortillas again after making these. We absolutely love using this recipe to make homemade tacos like Chicken Tinga or […]
Banana Walnut Bread
Active Time: 20 MINTotal Time: 1hr. 30min. Ingredients 3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (3 ounces) 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup of sugar 2 large eggs 1/2 cup canola oil 3 medium overripe bananas, mashed (1 1/4 cups) […]
Tsoureki recipe (Traditional Greek Easter bread)
If you haven’t tried tsoureki (Greek Easter bread) before, then you are certainly missing out! Soft, fluffy, with a beautiful brown semi-soft crust and an amazing stringy texture. This is the most flavourful tsoureki recipe you will ever try! While this Greek Easter bread (tsoureki) is traditionally served in Easter […]
Tsoureki – Greek sweet mahlab bread
Two things that make a difference are the high moisture ratio in the dough and the second thing is the use of honey. Both of these help in creating a tsoureki that stays moist for days on end if it is wrapped carefully with cling film. Make sure that you […]
How to make Homemade Bread
I absolutely love to make my own bread. I also love having fresh, delicious, fragrant bread straight from my oven, but I actually love the process of making bread itself. The end product is just like a bonus. However, bread is something that tends to intimidate people. They think it’s […]
7 tips to making your own bread (with no previous experience required)
The only real way to get better at baking bread is to get in the kitchen and get your hands dirty! However, there are some things that may be helpful to know before yo do. Use these tips to learn from my mistakes (and successes) and give yourself a head start […]
Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
This cake is really a bread, similar to a banana or pumpkin bread. Some may liken it more to a loaf. Whatever you call it, it’s made with lemons (obviously), eggs, and greek yogurt which basically means it’s breakfast. Are you following me here?? Cake for breakfast. Yep…totally a thing. You know where to […]