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How to Bake Traditional White Bread + Video
Mar27

How to Bake Traditional White Bread + Video

Everyone should know how to bake a really good, all-purpose loaf of bread, and a great place to start is with this recipe for Traditional White Bread. How To Bake Traditional White Bread: To bake bread of this kind, you will need to use a good, traditional, fresh active dry yeast, which you will allow to bloom in warm water. The bowl containing your proofing yeast should be kept warm by placing it in a larger bowl containing warm...

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How to Bake White Bread: Homemade Bread Day
Nov17

How to Bake White Bread: Homemade Bread Day

November 17th is Homemade Bread Day, and Bread is “The Food of Life.” It’s one of the oldest foods, and most fundamental to our existence – remember: “bread & water.” Nothing is more basic & we can’t live without water either. Bread connects man to his historical roots…changing flour & water into bread. As bakers everywhere discover, it is a realization of the delight of true...

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Holiday Breads: Thanksgiving Twists on the Traditional
Nov13

Holiday Breads: Thanksgiving Twists on the Traditional

A beautiful addition to any festive feast is a fresh & delicious Holiday Bread – here’s some Thanksgiving Twists on the Traditional! Fluffy, white dinner rolls are very tasty and we usually serve them with our Holiday dinners. A wonderful staple, but this can be a bit, well, boring for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Let’s spice things up with some wonderful ideas for those Holiday get-togethers. Holiday Bread Ideas:...

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November Food Holidays & Events
Nov01

November Food Holidays & Events

Here are November Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here and there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. Georgia Pecan Month: How to Bake Pecan Pie: Georgia Pecan Month Browse Pecan recipes, Nut shows, Nut recipes Vegan Banana Pecan Muffins How to Bake Rose’s Pecan Cookies Cooking Shows: Nuts Recipes + Reviews Good Nutrition Month:...

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‘Tis National Fluffernutter Day: What are Fluffernutters?
Oct08

‘Tis National Fluffernutter Day: What are Fluffernutters?

What is a Fluffernutter? Good question! I wasn’t too sure myself, but once I tried one, I’ll never forget it. On this National Fluffernutter Day, let’s clear that right up for everyone… It’s a sandwich using peanut butter as the spread & enhanced with marshmallow creme on white bread. It is absolutely delicious! Sometimes, marshmallow creme is called Fluff or marshmallow fluff too. Every now and...

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How to Make Bread Crust Date Butter Tartlets
Nov07

How to Make Bread Crust Date Butter Tartlets

One of my very favorite desserts or treats, since I was a little girl, is butter tarts. Now, I don’t prefer them with nuts at all, and love them with raisins, but want to give you a great option, especially wonderful for Holiday Cooking. Something you may not know, or may take for granted, is that butter tarts are thought of as a typically Canadian dessert. You never know who is going to show up unexpectedly at your door during...

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How to Bake Kimberly’s Mixed-Up Bread Recipe for the Bread Machine
Sep23

How to Bake Kimberly’s Mixed-Up Bread Recipe for the Bread Machine

Tonight, I seem to have had a menagerie of bags of flour with a little bit of each left in them. I had 2 cups of sourdough flour, 1.5 cups of 7-grain flour and 1/2 cup of white bread flour. Here’s the interesting recipe I came up with and it was soooo delicious! I love my bread machine! Type: Bread Serve With: Softened butter Prep Time: 7 min Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 min Yield: 1 loaf Ingredients: 2 cups Sourdough Flour 1.5 cups...

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Cooking in a Fixer-Upper Investment Property

Real Estate Investors: When you’re in a fixer-upper investment property and staying at the home, it can be difficult to get a good, tasty meal prepared there – amongst all the mess and dealing with issues like the electricity waiting to be upgraded. This can often feel like cooking when you’re camping. So, if you don’t want to eat out at a restaurant or order fast food for every single meal and gain extra...

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