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Dad’s Sourdough Bread

January 31, 2025 by Anne Leave a Comment

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This recipe makes 2 loaves. If you want 4 loaves then use the numbers in parenthesis. If you want one loaf, half the first number. Ingredients 514g (1028g) room temp. water 24g (48g) Celtic sea salt 776g (1552g) bread flour – I prefer to use about 1:3 ratio of fresh ground flour and the rest…

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Zucchini Bread

July 22, 2024 by Anne Leave a Comment

3 cups shredded zucchini (about 3 medium) 1 2/3 cups sugar or sucanat 2/3 cup melted butter 2 tsp. vanilla 4 eggs 3 cups flour 2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon ½ tsp. ground cloves ½ tsp. baking powder ½ cup chopped nuts (optional) ½ cup raisins (optional) Mix zucchini, sugar,…

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Homemade Matzoh

November 17, 2023 by Anne Leave a Comment

Matzoh means unleavened bread, or bread made without yeast. You can buy it from the store, but why, when the homemade variety is so delicious and easy? Ingredients: 1 cup warm water 1/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoons salt 4 tablespoons butter, melted 2 1/2 cups unbleached white flour Procedure: Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Combine…

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Links for Healthy Bread Baking

January 10, 2023 by Anne Leave a Comment

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About Healthy Bread: “Wheaty Indiscretions–What Happens to Wheat, from Seed to Storage” by Jen Allbritton. “Replacing White Flour with Whole Grains in Four Simple Steps” by Lori Lipinski. Recipes: This is an excellent article that includes how-tos, sourdough bread, tortillas, buttermilk pancakes, and oatmeal bread. Anne’s Soaked Whole-Wheat Bread Marilyn’s Famous Whole Wheat Bread (and…

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Delicious Dinner Rolls

January 10, 2023 by Anne Leave a Comment

I first started making this recipe from an old Betty Crocker cookbook I got for a wedding present. (That was over 30 years ago!) Delicious Dinner Rolls Yield: 48 rolls 7 to 7 1/2 cups unbleached flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter, softened 2 tsp. salt 1 1/2 tbsp. yeast 1 cup very warm…

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Cinnamon Rolls

May 10, 2018 by Anne

Yield: 24 large cinnamon rolls Dough: 1 1/2 tablespoon yeast 1 cup warm water 1 cup warm milk 3/4 butter, melted (1 1/2 sticks) 1/2 cup sugar 2 teaspoons salt 2 eggs 7-8 cups flour I warm my ingredients in the microwave, in a 2-cup glass measuring cup. First I warm the water and milk….

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Banana Bread

January 11, 2018 by Anne

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Here’s a recipe I’ve been making for over 30 years. I first made it from my mother’s Betty Crocker Cookbook, which she gave me a copy of for my wedding. When my children were young, they loved to pull stools all around the kitchen counter and “help” me make this, which mostly consisted of smushing…

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Cauliflower Pizza Crust

January 23, 2017 by Anne

2 cups riced and cooked cauliflower (see below) 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese 2 eggs, beaten 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons black pepper To rice cauliflower, cut fresh cauliflower florets into chunks and pulse in a food processor until you have…

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Baking Powder Biscuits

January 11, 2017 by Anne

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  This old Southern recipe pleased a friend of ours who actually grew up in Georgia. That made this Michigan girl happy! We love serving these with homemade turkey-sausage gravy. Butter and honey also tastes great with them, or a little homemade strawberry jam. I have to double the recipe for our family. 1/4 cup…

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Getting Started with Healthy Bread

April 18, 2012 by Anne

With Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread over this year, I thought I’d share some information on bread making. Here are some of my favorite sites on making bread: A good introduction to soaking flour (and why) A simple introduction to sourdough starters (and his little book is my favorite sourdough guide) An in-depth…

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