Fuzz had a new friend over yesterday, so I decided to make a good impression by baking fresh cinnamon rolls and infusing the whole house with their lovely fragrance. But my timing was very, very bad. I started making the rolls a few minutes after our friend arrived, put them away for an hour and […]
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A few weeks ago I made some chocolate chip cookies with instant yeast – an ingredient I don’t usually keep around the house. For one thing, I hardly ever make yeast bread and another, if I did make yeast bread I’d use regular yeast. So I had some leftover instant yeast and was …
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Baking with whole grains is trendy right now, but this recipe is 50 years old. It was an entry in the 1957 Pillsbury Bake-Off. I’m not sure if Pillsbury has updated it for modern times or if they left it as is. The recipe is easy to follow, but watch the flour. It …
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These rolls (adapted greatly from from Cooks’ Illustrated — if they don’t work, blame me not them) were a big hit with my family. If you want to bake them up fresh at breakfast, cut the dough into spirals the night before and let them rise slowly in the refrigerator overnight. Glazed Cinnamon Rolls – […]
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