Category Archives: Yeast Breads

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Roasted Bell Pepper Bread

Week Thirty-One: Breads With… Foods The last bread for this week features bell peppers, which don’t easily fall into either the “fruit” or “vegetable” categories.  Bell peppers, in fact, are a member of the nightshade family, which also includes eggplants, … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Yeast Bread

Week Thirty-One: Breads With… Foods When you see the words “pumpkin bread”, about 90% of the time they’re referring to a soft quick bread.  Chocolate may or may not be included.  And with good reason, too: vegetable or fruit purées … Continue reading

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Eggplant Buckwheat Bread

Week Thirty-One: Breads With… Foods When I decided to make eggplant bread, I knew I wanted something earthy.  See, I decided the best way to incorporate eggplant into bread was to roast it, turning it into a soft and caramelized … Continue reading

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Angel Biscuits

Week Thirty: Biscuits Southerners, with their soft white flour, have had a long love affair with the biscuit, and jump on every recipe that promises to deliver the lightest, fluffiest, softest biscuit ever.  To many, myself included, there’s not a whole … Continue reading

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Injera

Week Twenty-Nine: African Breads The last bread for this week is one that you’ve surely seen if you’ve ever eaten at an Ethiopian restaurant.  It’s called injera, and it’s that spongy, sour flatbread, likely served underneath your main dish.  In … Continue reading

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Ksra (Moroccan Flatbread)

Week Twenty-Nine: African Breads Moroccan cuisine is generally regarded as one of the most diverse on the planet.  Being a crossroads between the European, African, and Arabic worlds, Moroccan food draws inspiration from native North African Berber, Spanish, French, Turkish, Indian, … Continue reading

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Egyptian Spiced Flatbread

Week Twenty-Nine: African Breads Previously in this project, I’ve featured breads of France,  Italy, America, and Scandinavia.  This week, I thought I’d take a plunge and look at the land that originated yeast bread as we know it (and, you know, … Continue reading

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Pine Nut Cardamom Bread

Week Twenty-Eight: Breads With Nuts   If you like cardamom – which I absolutely do – you should try this bread.  Pine nut and cardamom are one of those unusual and delightful pairings often seen in Middle Eastern and Southeastern European (i.e, … Continue reading

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Peanut Bread

Week Twenty-Eight: Breads With Nuts This recipe is extra special, you guys!  Here’s why!  Were you aware that in 2005, Team USA won the Coupe du Monde?  I’m sure you know what that is, but for all the incogniscenti, it’s basically … Continue reading

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Macadamia Lemon Bread

Week Twenty-Eight: Breads With Nuts One of my goals this week was to find new ways of incorporating familiar nuts into a variety of breads.  When it came to the macadamia nut, I could think of one flavor combination that is … Continue reading

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