I often teach classes on putting together a yearly menu plan and how to store foods so they last. One of the things I stress most is the importance of being able to make bread! That’s a critical part of food storage – at least mine. Inevitable, someone always asks me how to store yeast long-term and I’ve […]
BREAD RECIPES:
EASY Country Biscuits from Scratch
My dad has talked for years about the baking powder biscuits his grandmother (my great-grandmother) used to make. Recently I asked him if he remembered the recipe, or if I could get it from my grandma. He laughed and said “Honey, all she used was baking powder and Pioneer baking mix.” I was stunned. My […]
Food Storage Restaurant-Style Tortillas
There are about a billion flour tortilla recipes out there. You may have a favorite or you may be lost when it comes to trying to make them like I was. In hunting for a recipe, I had some pretty picky criteria: 1. The recipe could only use the most shelf-stable ingredients: flour, water, salt, […]
Bread Kindergarten: Delicious Pantry Cornbread
As the reigning Queen of Screw-Ups I like recipes that, even in an emergency, I simply can’t screw up! I found this Cornbread recipe on Crystal Godfrey’s EverydayFoodStorage.net blog and adapted it to use ONLY powdered ingredients (although I admit it tastes better when you use real butter). :: Follow This Link to View The […]
Bread Kindergarten: Reliable Pizza Dough
Technically you could call this Remedial Pizza Dough because I’ve yet to be able to mess it up, even when throwing ingredients at the mixing bowl from halfway across the room and letting my KitchenAid do just about everything but roll it out and add the toppings. Once my five year-old used my solid wood […]
Bread Kindergarten: Ridiculously Easy French Bread Recipe
Nobody can mess up a recipe quite like I can. After growing up in a home where my mother didn’t bake a single batch of cookies EVER, I was determined to be the baking Mom that every child dreams of having. After 12 years of marriage and countless destroyed culinary “wonders”, I finally amassed an […]
45-Minute Dinner Roll Recipe
Monica made these crescent rolls to go with her homemade strawberry jam and we immediately had to have the recipe. I tried not to look like an oinker , but couldn’t help myself sneaking another one each time I walked by. Beware, you will instantly become very popular wherever you take these. PrintMonica’s Famous Crescent Roll Recipe INGREDIENTS:1/4 […]