Bread
Cinnamon Biscuits. No Yeast, No Waiting, No Problem.

Cinnamon Biscuits. No Yeast, No Waiting, No Problem.

When you don't have time to make cinnamon rolls, these gooey biscuits are your best bet.
Peppery Bacon and Cheddar Scones

Peppery Bacon and Cheddar Scones

They're like loaded biscuits with their pinkies up.
Alice Waters' Strawberry Shortcake with Cream Biscuits. Hello, Lover.

Alice Waters’ Strawberry Shortcake with Cream Biscuits. Hello, Lover.

Spoonfuls of slightly sweetened strawberries and vanilla whipped cream spilling out of a cream biscuit dusted with powdered sugar.
Hot, Crusty Buttermilk Biscuits

Hot, Crusty Buttermilk Biscuits

They come out of the oven golden on the top and bottom, tender on the inside, with a nice snap from the outside crust and a little tang from the buttermilk.
Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins

Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins

An authentically Southwestern cornbread with fresh corn, jalapeño, red bell pepper and cilantro.
Focaccia with Caramelized Onions, Goat Cheese and Rosemary

Focaccia with Caramelized Onions, Goat Cheese and Rosemary

The hefty toppings make it extremely versatile as an appetizer, an accompaniment for a big bowl of soup or as a sandwich bread.

An apology with cinnamon buns

WARNING: The following recipe is for Peter Reinhart’s Cinnamon Buns. It has much less fat content than what you’re probably used to, so the results more closely resemble a bun than something you would find at Cinnabon. Think bready, not gooey. You should be seeing a delicious Dimply Plum Cake here, since that is today’s...

Pecan Sour Cream Biscuits

I love making breakfast. It should make me curl into the fetal position and rock myself, since my mom was Queen of the Rude Awakening. She would wake me up by flickering the bedroom light and singing at the top of her lungs: “Good mornin’, good mornin’! We’ve talked the whole night through, good mornin’,...

How to properly burn your Black and White Banana Loaf

1. Prep this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe–The Black and White Banana Loaf–and lovingly place it in the oven. 2. Lock the front door before you go downstairs to check on the laundry. 3. Step into the laundry room, and close the door behind you. Realize it just locked. 4. Remember the banana bread. 5....

Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread (Barefoot Contessa)

Today, Barefoot Bloggers around the world are posting Ina Garten’s Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread. It’s a recipe she prepared on her TV show, “Barefoot Contessa,” for an episode called “The Cat’s Away.” Apparently, when Ina’s husband Jeffrey is away, she makes herself a pan of jalapeno cheddar cornbread and a steaming pot of Mexican chicken soup....

Angel Biscuits. God Bless Em.

Ah, comfort food. You have no idea how much we were looking forward to the Fourth of July. First, we were going to drive to my parents’ house for our annual Red, White, and Blue Breakfast–an event that started after Momma handed Daddy the business end of a sparkler and we had to come up...

Danish Braid. A Weekend Project.

This morning, I made two Danish Braids, because we don’t have enough carbs in the house. What with the cake, the biscuits, the scones. If not for Simply Orange, we’d have scurvy. There are three things you should know if you decide to make this Danish Braid: 1. The entire process takes at least eight...