Archive for the 'Breads - Quick' Category

What a springtime muffin!
Batter:
2 cups flour
5 Tbsp. white sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 cup thawed, frozen lemonade concentrate from a 6oz. can
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup melted butter
1 large egg
Glaze Topping:
1/4 reserved lemonade concentrate
1/4 cup white sugar
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Grease the bottoms only (use something like Pam spray) of 12 muffin [...]

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The Mott’s company sells packets of instant Hot Spiced Cider in a couple different flavors. Someone gave me some packets and so I tossed them into my basic applesauce bread recipe and it worked wonderfully. See for yourself.
1 cup white sugar
1 cup applesauce
1/3 cup oil (NOT olive oil)
2 eggs
3 Tbsp. milk
1/2 tsp. pure [...]

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Monterey Jack cheese and herbs blend together to form these flaky, delicious, savory biscuits. Enjoy these with a dinner, or make your own breakfast sandwich out of them.
4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. dried basil (or McCormick’s makes an excellent basil & garlic blend)
1 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. dried rosemary
4 tsp. balking powder
1 tsp. salt [...]

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What would the cold weather season be without some delicious gingerbread? Whenever I smell this baking it takes me back to school days when I’d kick through the fallen leaves walking home from the bus stop.

1 cup water
2 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 stick (1/2 [...]

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What? Yup, these are a ricotta cheese based waffle and are they delicious! We sometimes have them for dinners as a nice change so I usually have to double the recipe.
4 Tbsp. butter
1 3/4 cup flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1 cup ricotta cheese
2 large eggs
Pinch of [...]

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Feathery light.
Batter:
1/3 cup Crisco
1/2 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1-1/2 cups cake flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 cup milk
Topping:
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 stick butter, melted
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and grease a 12 muffin tin.
In a bowl, cream the Crisco, sugar and egg. In a separate [...]

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If the icing is just too much for you, by all means don’t ice it - even plain, it’s still elegant. I must however note the importance of real, unsalted, butter, not margarine for this, and fresh lemon juice makes a world of difference; the plastic yellow stuff from your grocer is really substandard. This [...]

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Your whole family will enjoy these and everyone will be happy! This is just a springboard recipe - add + change as you will; have fun with it. Goes great alongside my Poppy Seed Noodles for dinner or serve for breakfast with eggs on the side.

1 lb. ground turkey, chicken, or pork sausage
2 tsp. minced [...]

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This is so incredibly simple. I can’t believe I didn’t think of this years ago.
1 large loaf of Italian bread
2 Tbsp. butter
1 small, diced onion
1 pkg. frozen spinach - thawed or not
1 tsp. minced garlic
Salt & pepper
1/2 cup Pecorino Romano or Parmesan
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Get out a cookie or baking sheet. Melt [...]

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Truly simplistic and easy. Doubles beautifully. For the pictures I prepared one pepperoni and one with just cheese.
2 cans refrigerated pizza dough
1/2 a jar of pizza sauce
Sprinklings of Parmesan or Pecorino Romano cheese
Shredded mozzarella
1 6 oz. pkg. thick cut pepperoni
Plus, any additional toppings you want
Follow directions on pizza dough cans regarding oven preheating, and cooking [...]

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