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What Loaf Pan is Best? (Bread test #3)
After years of people asking me what my favorite loaf pan is, and recommending some easy favorites, I began to ask the question...well I've always used these, or I love this new one, but is it really the best? Is there a BEST LOAF PAN out there? After testing...
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Favorite Mother’s Day gift ideas for her kitchen that she will LOVE! From easy, thoughtful gifts under $15 to some bigger items to surprise Mom with – here are some ideas for every woman, neighbor, sister, friend, or mama in your life!
What stand mixer is best for bread? (Bread Test #2)
A breakdown of a side by side test to determine what the best stand mixer for bread is. Comparing Kitchen Aid, Bosch, and Ankarsrum.
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Sourdough Honey Oat Bread
This easy honey oat sourdough bread is incredibly soft, with the perfect balance of sweetness from the honey and nutrition from the oats, whole grains and sourdough starter. The perfect honey oat bread This sourdough honey oat bread will quickly become a family...
Homemade French Bread
This homemade french bread recipe has a chewy crust with the softest interior. With just a few simple ingredients and steps, you will have fresh french bread that will rival any bakery. How to make homemade french bread Making...
Maple Glazed Coffee Cake Muffins
This moist coffee cake muffin is loaded with a mouth watering streusel and finished with a maple cream drizzle. A family favorite, and after baking, you'll quickly understand why! The best coffee cake muffins In under an hour you can have gourmet muffins on the table!...
Berries & Cream White Chocolate Cake
This cake has all of the elements for the perfect moist cake - applesauce, sour cream, and pudding mix. With a white chocolate mascarpone frosting, whipped cream topping, and berries all in between, this tender cake will keep your mouth watering for days. Berries...
Cinnamon Rolls
These cinnamon rolls are a family favorite. Their gooey centers and cream cheese frosting remind us of Cinnabon, which is never a bad thing around here. The actual dough is very similar to my dinner roll recipe (just with extra butter and sugar!) which means a couple...
Sourdough Chocolate Bundt Cake
Decadent, incredibly moist chocolate bundt cake made with discard sourdough starter topped with a rich, buttery chocolate glaze. The most tender bundt cake The written secret behind what makes this bundt cake incredibly tender, moist, and depth of flavor comes down...
Homemade Bread Bowls
How to make homemade bread bowls Making homemade bread bowls are easy and will make your kitchen table feel like you are eating at the finest bakery. They are also easy to make ahead and freeze great, so you can make ahead or double the batch and save some in the...
Small Batch Raspberry Sweet Rolls
The most tender, better than Cinnabon sweet rolls, now in small batch form to yield 6 perfect rolls, wrapped up in my favorite homemade raspberry sauce. The best sweet roll dough This recipe is a modification from my original tried and true, family favorite raspberry...
Sourdough German Pancakes
These sourdough german pancakes are a favorite, easy breakfast that taste just as amazing as the original, but with the added health benefits from the sourdough discard! Sourdough german pancakes or dutch baby pancakes are a go-to breakfast recipe in my house! They...
Valentine’s Monster Cookies
Our favorite Valentine's Monster cookies are a thick and chewy cookie loaded with peanut butter, oats, Valentine's M&Ms, and chocolate chips! No chilling needed either! If you're feeling big, you can throw in pretzel pieces and white chocolate chips too for the...
Sourdough Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
These sourdough banana chocolate chip muffins are tender, full of flavor and are a great way to use up some of your extra sourdough starter. The best sourdough banana chocolate chip muffins These muffins are amazing and are a great way to use up your leftover...
Cinnamon Chip Bread
This cinnamon chip bread is my incredibly soft, white sandwich bread with cinnamon chips sprinkled throughout that give it a burst of cinnamon flavor! My classic white sandwich bread is the heart and soul of what I grew up on. I made several batches every single week...
Classic White Sandwich Bread
This classic white sandwich bread is unbelievably soft and works amazing for sandwiches, toast or as a praised addition to the dinner table. This bread is the heart and soul of what I grew up on. My mom mostly stuck with the wheat version of this recipe (see...
Pumpkin Cheesecake Macarons
These delicious Pumpkin Cheesecake Macarons have a classic french macaron shell filled with a delicious pumpkin spice cheesecake filling. The best macarons I have spent many hours and MANY attempts to perfect these macarons. This recipe uses the traditional French...
French Macarons 101 Guide
A complete step by step guide to mastering french macarons, the classic delicate chewy cookie. This guide also lists out a list of tools, tips, and troubleshooting techniques from hollow shells, no feet, crunchy, and more. What is a macaron? First clarification is...
Sourdough Bread Troubleshooting & FAQ’s
Answers to the most common questions about sourdough bread. How can I make my bread more sour? What do I do if my bread is over proofed? Answers to the top sourdough bread questions below. Troubleshooting sourdough bread There are a LOT of variables with sourdough....
Sourdough Starter Troubleshooting & FAQ’s
Answers to the most common questions about a sourdough starter. How do I make one from scratch? Why isn't it growing? Does it matter what flour I use? A list of answers and troubleshooting found below! Troubleshooting a sourdough starter If you're reading this, you...
Sourdough Discard Biscuits
These flakey and buttery sourdough biscuits are an easy way to use up your leftover discard, and they are incredibly delicious! Ingredients for homemade sourdough biscuits Almost every ingredient in these biscuits is something you'd have on hand, which makes them so...
Sourdough Strawberry Scones
Sourdough discard scones Scones are the perfect mix of a crumbly, buttery exterior with a soft center. They are just the right amount of sweet, with the sourdough discard adding such a great flavor to an already wonderful treat. These scones are great for any occasion...
How to Activate Dried Sourdough Starter
Activating Dried Starter Dried starter can be stored in a cool, dark place (or the freezer) for at least 1 year, and even longer if vacuum sealed. You only need about 10 grams of dried starter to get it going! (If you have some dried starter from my store, this means...
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Sourdough Honey Oat Bread
This easy honey oat sourdough bread is incredibly soft, with the perfect balance of sweetness from the honey and nutrition from the oats, whole grains and sourdough starter. The perfect honey oat bread This sourdough honey oat bread will quickly become a family...
Homemade French Bread
This homemade french bread recipe has a chewy crust with the softest interior. With just a few simple ingredients and steps, you will have fresh french bread that will rival any bakery. How to make homemade french bread Making...
Maple Glazed Coffee Cake Muffins
This moist coffee cake muffin is loaded with a mouth watering streusel and finished with a maple cream drizzle. A family favorite, and after baking, you'll quickly understand why! The best coffee cake muffins In under an hour you can have gourmet muffins on the table!...
Berries & Cream White Chocolate Cake
This cake has all of the elements for the perfect moist cake - applesauce, sour cream, and pudding mix. With a white chocolate mascarpone frosting, whipped cream topping, and berries all in between, this tender cake will keep your mouth watering for days. Berries...
Cinnamon Rolls
These cinnamon rolls are a family favorite. Their gooey centers and cream cheese frosting remind us of Cinnabon, which is never a bad thing around here. The actual dough is very similar to my dinner roll recipe (just with extra butter and sugar!) which means a couple...
Sourdough Chocolate Bundt Cake
Decadent, incredibly moist chocolate bundt cake made with discard sourdough starter topped with a rich, buttery chocolate glaze. The most tender bundt cake The written secret behind what makes this bundt cake incredibly tender, moist, and depth of flavor comes down...
Homemade Bread Bowls
How to make homemade bread bowls Making homemade bread bowls are easy and will make your kitchen table feel like you are eating at the finest bakery. They are also easy to make ahead and freeze great, so you can make ahead or double the batch and save some in the...
Small Batch Raspberry Sweet Rolls
The most tender, better than Cinnabon sweet rolls, now in small batch form to yield 6 perfect rolls, wrapped up in my favorite homemade raspberry sauce. The best sweet roll dough This recipe is a modification from my original tried and true, family favorite raspberry...
Sourdough German Pancakes
These sourdough german pancakes are a favorite, easy breakfast that taste just as amazing as the original, but with the added health benefits from the sourdough discard! Sourdough german pancakes or dutch baby pancakes are a go-to breakfast recipe in my house! They...
Valentine’s Monster Cookies
Our favorite Valentine's Monster cookies are a thick and chewy cookie loaded with peanut butter, oats, Valentine's M&Ms, and chocolate chips! No chilling needed either! If you're feeling big, you can throw in pretzel pieces and white chocolate chips too for the...
Sourdough Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
These sourdough banana chocolate chip muffins are tender, full of flavor and are a great way to use up some of your extra sourdough starter. The best sourdough banana chocolate chip muffins These muffins are amazing and are a great way to use up your leftover...
Cinnamon Chip Bread
This cinnamon chip bread is my incredibly soft, white sandwich bread with cinnamon chips sprinkled throughout that give it a burst of cinnamon flavor! My classic white sandwich bread is the heart and soul of what I grew up on. I made several batches every single week...
Classic White Sandwich Bread
This classic white sandwich bread is unbelievably soft and works amazing for sandwiches, toast or as a praised addition to the dinner table. This bread is the heart and soul of what I grew up on. My mom mostly stuck with the wheat version of this recipe (see...
Pumpkin Cheesecake Macarons
These delicious Pumpkin Cheesecake Macarons have a classic french macaron shell filled with a delicious pumpkin spice cheesecake filling. The best macarons I have spent many hours and MANY attempts to perfect these macarons. This recipe uses the traditional French...
French Macarons 101 Guide
A complete step by step guide to mastering french macarons, the classic delicate chewy cookie. This guide also lists out a list of tools, tips, and troubleshooting techniques from hollow shells, no feet, crunchy, and more. What is a macaron? First clarification is...
Sourdough Bread Troubleshooting & FAQ’s
Answers to the most common questions about sourdough bread. How can I make my bread more sour? What do I do if my bread is over proofed? Answers to the top sourdough bread questions below. Troubleshooting sourdough bread There are a LOT of variables with sourdough....
Sourdough Starter Troubleshooting & FAQ’s
Answers to the most common questions about a sourdough starter. How do I make one from scratch? Why isn't it growing? Does it matter what flour I use? A list of answers and troubleshooting found below! Troubleshooting a sourdough starter If you're reading this, you...
Sourdough Discard Biscuits
These flakey and buttery sourdough biscuits are an easy way to use up your leftover discard, and they are incredibly delicious! Ingredients for homemade sourdough biscuits Almost every ingredient in these biscuits is something you'd have on hand, which makes them so...
Sourdough Strawberry Scones
Sourdough discard scones Scones are the perfect mix of a crumbly, buttery exterior with a soft center. They are just the right amount of sweet, with the sourdough discard adding such a great flavor to an already wonderful treat. These scones are great for any occasion...
How to Activate Dried Sourdough Starter
Activating Dried Starter Dried starter can be stored in a cool, dark place (or the freezer) for at least 1 year, and even longer if vacuum sealed. You only need about 10 grams of dried starter to get it going! (If you have some dried starter from my store, this means...