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Daring Bakers May 2012 – Challah

May 27, 2012
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This month’s daring bakers challenge was to make challah – a bread that I’ve eaten many times but had never made myself. The recipe itself is pretty simple – calling for the standard baking ingredients – flour, yeast, honey etc. The interesting part comes in when you need to shape the bread – which is [...]

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Sunny Side Up Eggs with Mushrooms, Tomatoes and Onions (яичница)

April 5, 2012
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I’m not a big breakfast or brunch person (well except for my love of bacon of course – but I think that’s perfectly appropriate to munch on all day). Generally I have no problems eating leftover pizza, beef stew, puff pastry tarts etc , but if I am going to make myself a real breakfast [...]

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Daring Bakers March 2012 – Dutch Crunch Bread and Prosciutto Sandwiches

March 27, 2012
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This month’s Daring Bakers challenge was to make bread dough, topped with the dutch crunch paste, and then to bake it and devise a creative sandwich. Having never heard of this so called “tiger bread” I was intrigued. Hailing from Holland (where it’s known as tijgerbrood) but currently popular in the San Francisco Bay Area [...]

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Daring Bakers – February 2012 – Parmesan Cheddar Beer Bread

February 27, 2012
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February’s daring bakers challenge was to make quick bread (called that because it doesn’t require any kneading or rising time). Having never made beer bread before I went with that recipe. To tell the truth I don’t really eat bread. Not because I don’t like it per say, but because there’s a limited amount of [...]

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Daring Bakers December 2011 – Russian Rye Bread

December 28, 2011
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This daring bakers challenge got off to a bad start. First of all I hadn’t realized I would need 7 days to complete it so I really should have gotten started weeks ago. I did look at the recipe just in time to be able to finish it before the posting date, but knowing that [...]

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Cheese Puffs

November 30, 2010
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These cheese puffs are a good appetizer or just good to have lying around the house for when you get bored and want to grab a quick snack. The recipe includes a substantial amount of eggs – 4 for 24 puffs so I do feel that contributes to the flavor significantly. But these are pretty [...]

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