When I was 18 and a member of my college choir, I was invited to a dinner party, joining with a group of my fellow singers at one member’s house. We sat around the table, and when the basket of warm bread was passed around, I took a piece and ate it with butter. It… Continue reading Monday Pumpernickel (The Vegetarian Epicure)
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Banana Bread (Laurel’s Kitchen)
This is a recipe that came out of a book and, slightly altered, has persisted as a regular part of our family’s cooking repertoire. It’s a really good banana bread, and has a far, far better flavor than any banana bread mix available in supermarkets. Juice of 1 lemon3 very ripe bananas½ cup brown sugar½… Continue reading Banana Bread (Laurel’s Kitchen)
Irish Brown Soda Bread
Notice how, that with soda bread, kneading the dough takes almost no time at all? The fact is, you don’t want to develop too much gluten, which would make the end result tough rather than tender. That’s because each loaf of Irish soda bread is nothing more than a giant buttermilk biscuit! 1 ¼ cups… Continue reading Irish Brown Soda Bread
Recipes out of the Blond Box 