This is a favourite for herbed focaccia. It makes 2 medium-ish sized loaves that keep well for up to a week (may want to refrigerate in the summer). The Herb Oil instructions are at the bottom. Bread Ingredients Directions Herb Oil
Category: Baking
Sandwich Bread
I make this bread once a month for sandwiches for lunch. This recipe makes 4 loaves. This started as the “Soft white Sandwich Loaf, American Style” from the Home Baking cookbook by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid (highly recommended book). There are some (very) minor deviations from the recipe in that book. Biga Make the […]
UBC Cinnamon Bun
The best cinnamon buns (in the world) come from Grounds for Coffee. But I can’t get them anymore because I moved out of Vancouver in 2008. (My brother mailed them to me for my birthday once, which was awesome) The UBC cinnamon buns are pretty good, too. I ate a lot of them when I […]
Glazed Orange (Lemon) Pound Cake
Lemon pound cake is my fave, but this orange pound cake is pretty good. You could probably use lemons instead of oranges. Just sayin’. Actually, you known what? I used lemons instead of oranges, and it worked great. I’m just going to go ahead and revise the recipe accordingly. Ingredients: Directions: Glaze Directions (do this […]
Gramercy Tavern Ginger Bread Cake with Rum Butter Sauce
We’ve been making this for desert on Christmas day for over a decade. It’s very good and keeps well in the fridge for leftovers for several days. It can be finicky, and I’ve left some pointers as footnotes from lessons learned. The Ginger Bread Cake Ingredients: Directions: Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream […]
Chocolate Orange Drops
These are kind of like chocolate orange cheesecake cookies. We make them every Christmas. Ingredients: Directions:
Triple Ginger Cookies
We make these cookies every year at Christmas. But they’re just plain good. Especially with coffee. Ingredients Instructions To mix batter: To bake cookies: